HERE Event Schedule
Registration
Welcome and Lunch Keynote: Francesca Hong
Day 1
Breakout 1
Wednesday, September 14
1:30 – 02:30 pm
Starting a Business 101 – Everything you need to know to start a business
Speaker(s): Mark Speirs, Zia Yang,
Leveraging Local, State and Federal Contracts – how to sell to the government & Get Certified
Speaker(s): Aina, WPI
Inside Out: Reflecting On Ourselves So We Can Better See Others
Speaker(s): Colette Campbell
Day 1
Breakout 2
Wednesday, September 14
02:45 – 03:45 pm
Leveraging your taxes to grow your business
Speaker(s): Ying Sa, Community CAP
Show me the MONEY! – How to access different capital sources: (Venture Capitalist, Loans, Micro-Loans, Grants, Crowd Funding etc. for HMong/Diverse businesses)
Essentials Managing a successful Non-profit Organization
Banquet
Welcome & Keynote: Kou Lee
Day 2
Breakout 3
Thursday, September 15
9:30-10:30 am
Leveraging local support to scale your business - from people to capital and secrets to success.
Speaker(s): Tou Long Yang, Yee Lee
Scaling up your small business to a larger systematic based business
Speaker(s): Steven Thao, Creative Results
State of Hmong/Ethnic Businesses, Why Chambers are Relevant, Building Capacity of Hmong and Ethnic Chambers of Commerce
Speaker(s): Steven Thao, Creative Results
Day 2
Breakout 4
Thursday, September 15
10:40-11:40 am
Starting and scaling in the beauty industry – everything you need to know about starting a successful business in the PMU industry
Speaker(s): Pang Vang
Exporting 101 - a big picture and the resources available to you
Dismantling the Asian Monolith
Speaker(s): Dr. Calvin Yang, Dictumdose
Day 2
Thursday, September 15
11:40am – 01:00 pm
Lunch & Food Trucks (1.5 hrs)
01:00am – 01:30 pm
Facilitated Networking Session (30 mins)
Day 2
Breakout 5
Thursday, September 15
01:30pm – 02:30 pm
Intro to Non-traditional Pathway to Wealth Building: Intro to Real Estate Investment, introducing a new industry (beyond restaurant, retail)
Non-Traditional Wealth Model: Re-envisioning the restaurant industry- building an empire in franchising (Leadership Training) SERVE Model
Blong/Samantha – Pivoting resources to support Hmong business post pandemic, recovery funds
Day 2
Breakout 6
Thursday, September 15
02:40pm – 03:40 pm
E-Marking & Web Presence
Succession Planning for Business Owners / Planning for Multigenerational Wealth
Peer Support Groups?