Lakeshore Business Expo

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UPCOMING BUSINESS EXPOS

2010 Entrepreneur Expo Wednesday, September 8, 2010 Holiday Inn Muskegon Harbor

Buy Local Business Expo Friday, September 17, 2010 The Lakes Mall

2010 Entrepreneur Resource Expo

This expo will provide you with tools and resources to start your own business and gain confidence in the idea that self-employment could be your next career opportunity.

An entrepreneur is a person who organizes and manages any enterprise, especially a business, usually with considerable initiative and risk. While self-employment and entrepreneurship is an attractive option and can be very rewarding, it is not for everyone. This expo and conference will help you find out if becoming an entrepreneur is right for you.

Ask yourself:

Consider these questions before registering.

1. Have you ever owned your own business?

2. Have you thought about or considered owning your own business for a long period of time?

3. Do you have a talent, skill, invention or idea that could be turned into a business?

4. Have you thought about your financial resources?

5. Are you willing to work 60 to 70 hours a week to get a business off the ground?

This half-day expo and conference will feature displayers offering business start-up resources and speakers sharing expert advice on how to go into business. Read more!

Agenda:

8:00am Resource Expo

9:15am Keynote Speaker

10:00am – Noon Presentations: Innovation, Small Business Start Up, Financing,

Entrepreneur Panel

Noon – 1:00pm Resource Expo

Bonus session exclusive to Michigan Works! clients …

12:30pm – 2:00pm Lunch & How to Write a Business Plan Workshop

Keynote speaker:

A former Muskegon Area Chamber of Commerce Entrepreneur Award winner will discuss the realities and rewards of starting a business and offer strategies for business success.

Expo Displayers:

SCORE ● Small Business Technology Development Center ● The Starting Block ● Muskegon Area Chamber of Commerce ● Muskegon Area First ● Lakeshore 504 ● Muskegon Inventors Network ● Muskegon Heights Downtown Development Authority ● Oceana County Economic Development Corporation ● Orchard View Adult Education ● Muskegon County Department of Employment and Training ● Muskegon Community College ● And Many More!

RSVP:

There is no cost to attend however space is limited. Meeting materials and refreshments will be provided. Reserve your seat by calling your local Michigan Works! location at 1-800-285-9675.

Orchard View Workforce Development Center

2389 E. Laketon Ave

Muskegon, MI 49442

Phone: (231) 760-1999

Goodwill Workforce Development Center

950 West Norton Ave.

Muskegon, MI 49441

Phone: (231) 739-9010

Muskegon Heights Workforce Development Center

160 E. Barney Street

Muskegon Hts, MI 49444

Phone: (231) 830-3382

Family Services Center Workforce Development Center

1516 Peck Street

Muskegon, MI 49441

Phone: (231) 726-2626

White Lake Workforce Development Center

541 E. Slocum Street

Whitehall, MI 49461

Phone: (231) 893-1091

Oceana Employment & Training Workforce Development Center

195 N. Michigan Ave.

Shelby, MI 49455

Phone: (231) 861-2073

EVENT DETAILS

Wednesday, September 8, 2010
8:00 am – 1:00 pm
Holiday Inn Muskegon Harbor
RSVP by calling your local Michigan Works! office

First-ever Buy Local Business Expo

Breakthrough sales opportunity
at The Lakes Mall

What is the Buy Local Expo?

» Inaugural business-to-consumer expo at the mall

» Sell products and services to shoppers ready to buy local

» Great exposure on the mall’s main concourse

» Limited number of booths available, so reserve yours today

We provide you with

» 6 ft x 8 ft display booth

» Table cover & skirt

» Media promotions

» Electricity (limited)

Friday, September 17, 2010
Noon to 8 pm
The Lakes Mall
5600 Harvey Street
$250/booth for Chamber members
$350/nonmember

EVENT WRAP-UP

Success! 2010 Business Expo...

Hundreds attended the 2010 Lakeshore Business Expo, which featured more than 70 vendors from a wide range of businesses along the lakeshore. A special thank you to everyone who attended this event May 13, 2010, at the Trillium Banquet Hall in Spring Lake.

Testimonial:

"Thank you so much for putting on such a great Business Expo today. Our reception by the people and businesses that we met was fantastic. Thanks for all you do and we will continue to promote our wonderful city of Muskegon..." Renee Webster, Gillespie Group.