The Small Business Tour 2012: It's Time to Thrive, Houston!

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The Small Business Tour is stopping Houston on June 7th. The Tour gives small business owners an opportunity to learn from national brands and local experts about the transformative technologies available to run a thriving small business. Agenda topics focus on subjects most important to small business owners: Money, Growth, Customers, and... [read more]

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The Small Business Tour is stopping Houston on June 7th. The Tour gives small business owners an opportunity to learn from national brands and local experts about the transformative technologies available to run a thriving small business. Agenda topics focus on subjects most important to small business owners: Money, Growth, Customers, and People.

The Small Business Tour is hosted by Corelytics, Inc. in partnership with small business technologies leaders including Intuit, Microsoft, Concur, Cisco and Constant Contact. The Small Business Association (SBA) is participating in the event along with business experts, bankers and authors including best-selling author, Chris Widener, who is emceeing each event.

Over 100 companies participated in Seattle which set the standard for subsequent cities on the tour.

Attendees received:

Insight about what’s changing the future of their business.
Free Corelytics Financial Health Check Report.
Extended trials to TripIt and Concur Small Business for their 21st Century Expense Policy.
Best practices around social media campaign management from Constant Contact.
One free iPad per city and Connected World Order Report from Cisco.
All participants received a comprehensive How-to Pocket Guide to Running a Thriving Business.

“Small Business 3.0 represents a new way of accelerating business. I think as small business owners, we all sense this major change and just need to know what to do about it. The owners who understand some of the concepts we’re talking about on The Tour will definitely be ahead of the curve,” said Frank Coker, Corelytics CEO and organizing company for the tour.

Agenda:

7:30a - 8:30a - Arrival, Portraits & Networking

8:40a - 9:00a - Small Business 3.0

9:15a - 10:15a - Money: Managing Your Business by the Numbers

10:30a - 11:30a - Growth: Best Practices & New Techniques

11:30a - 1:00p - Lunch: Finances & Marketing Lab

- Manage your Business by the Numbers in 30 Minutes a Month

- Social Marketing 101 with Real-world Examples from Constant Contact

1:15p - 2:15p - People Productivity: Make the Most of your Team

2:15p - 2:30p - Put It All Together - Take Action!

2:30p - 4:00p - Main Street Meet-up

Small business owners can participate in the event by:

Listening via Internet at http://www.thesmallbusinesstour.com/live
Joining the Main Street Meetup â€

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