How did a boot-strap, scrappy start-up with little seed capital grow to the rank of #114 on the Inc 500? How did an obscure, independent video game development company produce the #1 PC game in the US? And how did a small group of developers hold the #1 spot on the iPad App Store for an entire week back in the Spring of 2012?
Michel founded his first entrepreneurial venture just 8 days after graduation from UCSD. Come listen to his stories as he takes you on a journey of entrepreneurial successes and failures over the past 25 years. He will also share tips, techniques and mindsets that are critical for success.
If you are currently running a small business or if you have ever dreamed of doing so, this talk will have loads of wisdom and inspiration for you
Are you looking to create an app or software for your startup? Without a technical background making software can be intimidating. We will cover key terms you will hear when talking with developers. Then we will discuss the various methods you can employee to create your software, with an emphasis on the benefits and drawbacks of each. We will also provide you with some tips on how to communicate with your technical team to get the results you want.
So you have a business page on Facebook and you post pretty photos of your products on Instagram. Maybe you even use hashtags and know how to tweet. That's super rad but not really enough.
Social media usage without a solid strategy, in depth knowledge and wisdom is much like having a fancy car. A fancy car that has no gas in the tank, no GPS and no wheels. You may have the most badass road trip planned, that car is going to take you absolutely nowhere FAST.
There is a truly effective way to utilize social media and 90% of the business owners we've encountered are doing it wrong and DON'T EVEN KNOW IT. Are you in that 90%? You sure about that?
If you're not 110% sure you don't suck at using social media for your business, you need to get out of your lifeless (but pretty!) car and Uber it over to Mind & Mill, a digital marketing agency in Riverside, California, for a little social media intervention.
Join us! https://www.facebook.com/events/265801353921033
Thank you to our sponsors, SolarMax Technology and All Covered (IT Services from Konica Minolta), for so generously helping make this event possible.
Thank you to our sponsors, SolarMax Technology and All Covered (IT Services from Konica Minolta), for so generously helping make this event possible.
Thank you to our sponsors, SolarMax Technology and All Covered (IT Services from Konica Minolta), for so generously helping make this event possible.
Specialty Coffee is one the fastest growing categories in the food and beverage industry. Is this just a trend or can you create a lasting business? Hear about the numerous opportunities and the dangers in the industry, and the steps of opening and running a successful coffee shop. Oh we'll also teach you how to brew great coffee at home too.
Look to get answers about the differences between iced and cold-brewed coffee as well as the nuances of acidity, taste, temperature, caffeine, filtering and presentation of specialty coffee drinks. Who knows, you may become a cold brew specialist...
This is a Wednesday farmers market sponsored by the County of Riverside Culture of Health. We are open all year round, rain or shine. This farmers market is certified by the County of Food and Agriculture as well as the County of Environmental Health. We host over 20 vendors, many of whom are certified farmers/growers or producers. This farmers market is certified or registered to accept WIC coupons as well as EBT cards.
Garner Holt Productions, Inc. is the gateway to realms of incredible imagination, artistry, technical wizardry, experienced industry veterans, and unmatched, proven quality. From creating the world’s finest and most lifelike animatronic figures, to design for themed attractions, museums, retail and restaurant locations and more, GHP is the most complete design and production workshop in the world
Are you pursuing the right buisness model? Learn how the proven Blue Ocean Strategy will help you determine which startup model is best for you. Blue Ocean Strategy was developed by globally pre-eminent management thinkers Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne. They observed that companies tend to engage in head-to-head competition in search of sustained profitable growth. Yet in today’s overcrowded industries competing head-on results in nothing but a bloody red ocean of rivals fighting over a shrinking profit pool. Lasting success increasingly comes, not from battling competitors, but from creating blue oceans of untapped new market spaces ripe for growth.
Blue Ocean Strategy challenges everything you thought you knew about strategic success and provides a systematic approach to making the competition irrelevant.
Customer discovery requires a lot of leg work and understanding the process will help you make decisions when you're unsure where your product or service fits within a market.
This session will take you through a proven methodology on interviewing customers which gets them to tell you all of their problems so that you can build solutions that they willing to pay for.
Understanding the Labor Market and industry trends are crucial when runnign or starting a business. This session will start off by taking an in depth look into IT Talent trends what is happening in the labor market. Next we will take a look at attracting and retaining talent in a climate with IT unemployment below 2%. This has become a daunting task for not only enterprise organzations but for small businesses and startups as well. This session will take a look at strategies some organizations have taken to manage attraction and retention of the best technical talent.
Most likely, you are reading this content from your phone. Why? Because that is where YOU are…most likely 22/7!
Mobile is now the 1st screen, where your potential clients are when they are looking for you, hopefully finding you, and buying from you! If you don't have a mobile strategy for your business, so you can make it easy for your customers to do business with you, then you could be missing out out several opportunities.
In this session you will learn:
**Mobile Technology Trends that will help you be more Profitable in your Business!
**How you can use your Mobile Phone to make your Life & Work more Productive!
**Free & Easy Tools to be more Engaging with your Customers!
Seeking capital in today's economy is getting tougher and tougher. Investors are pitched ideas all day long so your idea needs to stand out above the crowd. Learn about the most common mistakes and how to avoid them in order to show potential investors that you're worthy of their focused attention.
Every organization faces challenges today unheard of five years ago. New technology offers new ways to broadcast a message, but the value of an advertisement has dropped. How do you connect when you have thousands of options and more competition? This session define and explain storytelling to show you how to effectively and affordably engage and empower your audience. When done correctly, your audience will not only choose you, but they will become a “brandvocate” for you. (Questions are encouraged during the session and free analysis will be offered.)
The City of Riverside has been publishing Open Data through www.engageriverside.com since 2012. Recently, the City has accompanied the website with the launching of an Open Data GIS Portal with the 12 most requested City GIS layers. The use of the City’s Open Data helps foster public engagement, improve delivery of public services, and creates opportunities for innovation.
Social enterprises are empowering entrepreneurs to build and scale busineses while make a powerful impact on underserved areas of society. The social enterprise sector is expanding and this is a good time for you to think about where you can make the biggest difference as a practioner, enthusiast, founder, supporter or other role.
Come learn about
1. The difference between social enterprise and social entrepreneurship,
2. Best practice examples of social enterprise
3. Social enterprise operational models
4. Social enterprise organizational structures
5. Social enterprise networking events.
Your food is amazing!! You should turn this into a business. Have you ever heard these words from your friends or family? Are you curious about the Cottage Food industry and whether you can start a venture selling your Grandmother's special recipes from home? This session will take you through the process and show you how you can make $50K a year from an industry specialist who has worked with Cottage Food businesses since 2013.
In 2016, we pivoted the business model, and renamed the company to Marketplace Valet
Marketplace Valet brands and ecommerce companies save time and money with a turnkey worldwide multi channel marketplace listing, sales, and fulfillment solution.
To date, Marketplace Valet has generated over $60,000,000 in sales on over 12,000,000 direct to consumer marketplace orders.
Learn more at https://www.marketplacevalet.com
Being a technical CEO has its advantages and disadvantages. On one hand, you know the technology very well. On the other hand, you may not have much business and management experience.
In this session, I will take you through my experience on how to transition from being “tech” to “management”, including business infrastructure, tools, management, and leadership practices.
Other topics to be covered could include:
Bootstrapping your first 3 years in business for profitability
Hiring and Firing employees
What should your company culture be?
