CPG Growth Roadmap: Model, Money, Marketing & Mentoring" is a free day long event presented by the Profit Mover Advisory Team™ Feb. 15, part of Austin CPG Week Feb. 12-16 for Consumer Packaged Goods companies & vendors
The Profit Mover Advisory Team™ (PMAT) and others around Austin are providing workshops and programs to help new and existing CPG companies and vendors to these companies become more successful.
CPG Growth RoadMap
The PMAT™ program, "CPG Growth RoadMap" is a free all day event on Feb 15 that includes mentoring in the afternoon. It will be held at Chase Bank, 7600 Burnet Rd, 2nd Floor Conference Room.
RSVP to BSC Client Services Manager Marsha Teague and be sure to specify if it is just the morning programs or you are requesting a mentoring time. Mentoring slots are assigned on a first-come/first-served basis. Seating is limited, so please RSVP right away.
GROWTH ROADMAP PROGRAM INFO:• Morning Sessions 9-Noon: Model, Money, & Marketing (limited to 20 attendees)
8:30-9:00 Registration & Networking
Led by Jan Triplett, author of The Networker's Guide to Success
9:00-9:45 Success ModelsPresenters: Jan Triplett, Business Success Center, IP Attorney Andrew Eisenberg, Lee & Hayes, Patricia Bauer-Slate, Patricia’s Lunch Box, and special guest Page Heller, Hopes Creek Consulting
10:00-10:45 Money Cascade: Time Zones & Multi-prong ApproachPresenters: Françoise Luca Business Finance Solutions (funding - when to do what and multi prong approach) and Patricia Bauer-Slate, founder of Patricia's Lunch Box, Jan Triplett, author of 104 Ways to Fund Your Business, and special guests.
11:00-11:45 Marketing for GrowthPresenters: Bill Combes (No Time for Social) and Steve Pearson (Pearson Strategy Group (including market research/freedom to operate) and special guest Dan Gillotte, GM, Wheatsville Co-Op
You do not have to attend all sessions but it is recommended since they build on each other.
• Afternoon Mentoring Sessions 1-4PM (limited to 3 companies, 1 company per 45 minutes session)
Mentors; the entire Profit Mover™ team and special guest Eric Spencer, SBA will mentor each company
To register for mentoring, email Marsha Teague Mentoring slots are assigned on a first-come/first-served basis. We will let you know your time slot.
Mentoring Times:
1:00-1:45
2;00-2:45
3:00-3:45
Profit Mover™ 2018 Team Members:
• Jan Triplett & Daniel Diener,
Business Success Center & PMT leaders
• Bill Combes,
No Time for Social
• Andrew Eisenberg,
Lee & Hayes IP Attorneys
• Francoise Luca/Sam Thacker,
Business Finance Solutions
• Steve Pearson,
Pearson Strategy Group
Special food business team member: Patricia Bauer-Slate,
Patricia's Lunchbox
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Information on Special Guests at CPG Growth Roadmap:
• Eric Spencer is the SBA, Business Opportunity Specialist, the Austin area Small Business Administration liaison.
• Page Heller, Hopes Creek Consulting, is a former mentor of 1st Looks Mentoring,
He has owned and operated six technology companies in the electronics sector. He has also self-funded, angel-funded, venture-funded and formed strategic alliances with major corporations. For the last sixteen years, he has have been managing intellectual property for a large organization. His firm, located in College Station, provides intellectual property management services nationwide.
Https://www.hopescreekconsulting.com/• Dan Gillotte, is GM of Wheatsville Co-Op, which has been extremely supportive of local businesses, including new startup small businesses, giving them an opportunity to do market testing as well as find their earliest sales.