| 4-4:30 PM: | REGISTRATION! Arrive, Get Settled. |
| 4:30-5:00 PM: | Introductions: Kelly Penwell, Associate Dean, Solano SBDC Michael Connelly, Co-Leader KPatrice Williams, Co-Leader |
| 5:00-6PM: | Challenge Overview: Your Mind, Your Idea, Your Dream. Success Brewing in 48 Hours Like Clockwork! You’re Idea Is Understanding Time, Motion, Mental Approach. Michael Connelly |
| 6:00-6:45PM: | William K. Wesley –President, Full Life Balance The Six Secrets of the Successful Entrepreneur |
| 7:00-8:30PM: | Top 12 Rules to Starting a Business! Michael Connelly Break |
| 9:00-9:45PM: | Rolanda Wilson – President, SoundnVest Mastering Business Budgeting |
| 10:00-12:00PM: | Reporter 101: Who, What, Where, Why, Who’s your Customer. Michael ConnellySWOT Analysis K. Patrice Williams The Art of the Elevator Speech. Group Projects |
| 12:30-7AM: | Charting a Business Plan | Turn it into an Action Plan Knowing the Five W’s, “Work to Identify.”Coffee and Connelly on Differentiating. Think like a reporter. Building a “Buyer Persona” to know your CUSTOMER. Build a Marketing Plan | Turn it into an Action Plan Coffee and K. Patrice Marketing Q&A. Go Build Your Marketing Plan. (Break into groups) Break |
| 7:00-8AM | Mark Hagan- President, Biz Dev4 Humanz The Lean Start-Up |
| 8:00-9AM: | Thomas Burns, Small Business Sales Force Developing your Business Plan |
| 9:00-10:15AM: | Your Image, Your Business, Your Brand Citlalli Flores Zepeda Graphic Designer + Brand Strategist, Alfa Entrepreneurs |
| 10:15-1:30PM: | Break into Groups What have we learned so far? Lunch |
| 12:45-1:30PM: | Lynne Vaughan Founder, MIT Academy Dreaming the Dream & Facing the Reality |
| 1:30-2:30PM: | Marisela Barbosa – President, Green Hive Spaces Challenges and Rewards in owning a Small Business from a Serial Entrepreneur March 17th 1:30-2:15pm March 25th6:00-6:45pmBreak |
| 3:00-5PM: | How learning Business Process Management will immediately Improve your Small Business Patricia Hudnall – CEO, Hudnall, Thomas & Wilson Build a Business Process |
| 5:00-6PM: | Tim Hiemstra, Owner, Napa River Reality Developing Scalable, Repeatable Business Systems |
| 7:00-9PM: | Show Me The Money! Paying for your dream. Group Breakout. The Funding Action Plan.Rest |
| 9:00-10PM: | Equipment. What you need, and how will you pay for it? Michael Connelly Group Breakout: List of the equipment down to the paper clip you’ll need. |
| 10:00-12PM: | Choosing the correct legal structurefor your business. K. Patrice Williams Group Breakout: Devise your business legal formation.Rest |
| MIDNIGHT-6AM: | PIZZA! Refine Business Plan |
| 6:00-10AM: | Breakfast Final breakout group. Build a presentation. |
| 10AM-3PM: | Present. We pick a 1st and 2nd place winner! 5 minutes each. Judges: Board Member, Solano Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Elease Cheek, Solano County Black Chamber of Commerce |