Refine Your Pitch, Refine Your Plan, Grow Your Business

Immediately following the Connecting the Dots Networking Luncheon

Refine Your Pitch – Efficient, Effective, Compelling!

Come participate and get a sample of the highly interactive, entrepreneur-focused peer-learning environment in the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Program.

Ibrahim Firat, Entrepreneur and Lead Faculty, presents one small exercise from this groundbreaking initiative designed to propel forward small businesses owners in accelerated growth.

Hear from Martha Ceballos and Teri Ray, WBEA members who have graduated from the program.

Immediately Following Connecting the Dots Luncheon

Refine Your Plan, Grow Your Businesses

Is your growth plan in your head? The 10,000 Small Businesses program helps small business owners create growth plans, sharpen their skills, connects them with the best entrepreneurial resources in Houston, and provides opportunities for access to capital. Small business owners connect with local and national businesses to create a vibrant and rich network of resources. Now that’s collaboration and synergy!

Sandra Louvier will describe the program and how to apply. It is a $25 million grant won by HCC for Houston small business owners, funded by Goldman Sachs. Every applicant accepted into the program participates at no cost!

	Ibrahim Firat Lead Faculty, 10,000 Small Businesses, Owner, Firat Education Solutions		Sandra Louvier Outreach Director, 10,000 Small Businesses Director, Center for Entrepreneurship, HCC NW
	Martha Ceballos President, ELP Enterprises10,000 Small Businesses Graduate		Teri Ray Owner, AdPrint International, Inc.10,000 Small Businesses Graduate

Reserve Your Place

To RSVP for this workshop only, at no cost, Register at http://www.hccs.edu/10ksb

To RSVP for the entire Connecting the Dots Program (11:00am-3:00pm) go to http://www.wbea-texas.org/networking-luncheon