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Can you really make the world a better place and make money at the same time? Join a community of Central Valley-based college students, business professionals, churches, and entrepreneurs to look at social entrepreneurship, talk about the opportunities, and meet local social entrepreneurs who are changing our community - one business at a time. Come and be part of the change!
What you will get:
- Network with leaders using business solutions to solve social issues
- Innovative ideas for social entrepreneurship
- Practical workshops that equip people to bring their unique resources to the table
Workshops include:
- Local Social Enterprises Tell Their Stories - with Eddie Valero & Carolyn Ocheltree
- How To Get Started With Hardly Any Money - with Andrew Shinn
- Why Not You? Start A Business. Impact A Community. - with Jake Soberal
- And More!
Schedule:
- 9:00 AM - Coffee and Registration
- 9:30 AM - Welcome
- 10:00 AM - Bryan Feil: What is Social Enterprise?
- 10:35 AM - Break
- 10:50 AM - Workshop #1
- 11:30 AM - Break
- 11:40 AM - Workshop #2
- 12:20 PM - Lunch & Networking
- 1:05 PM - Bryan Feil: Start Something New
- 1:50 PM - Final Resources
- 2:00 PM - Depart
Speakers:
- Bryan Feil - CEO @ Lanna Coffee Co.
- Jake Soberal - Co-Founder & Co-CEO @ Bitwise Industries
- Tim Goetz - Founder and CEO @ Aplos Software
- Amber Balakian - Professor of Business Administration @ Fresno City College
- Randy White - Director @ Center For Community Transformation
- Eric Nasalroad - COO @ Aplos Software
- Eddie Valero - Executive Director @ Young Men's Initiative
- AP Armour - Director @ Neighborhood Industries
- Andrew Shinn - Entrepreneur/Business Owner & Business Professor @ Fresno Pacific, Fresno State, and Reedley College
- Dave Ediger - Owner @ Securities America
- Carolyn Ocheltree - Co-Owner @ Tree of Life Cafe
- John Mueller - Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship @ Fresno State
- Phil Skei - Neighborhood Revitalization Manager @ City of Fresno & Co-Pastor @ On Ramps Covenant Church
- Matt Alanis - Professor of Business @ Clovis Community College
- Loren Dubberke - Executive Director @ Fresno Area Community Enterprises (FACE) & Pastor @ North Fresno Church
- Addie Carr - Program Coordinator @ Neighborhood Industries
- Vicki Pontius - Program Director @ Fresno Pacific Credential Program
- Renee Chu-Jacoby - Social Entrepreneur & Business Strategist
- Carlos Huerta - Program Director @ Center for Community Transformation