FLORIDA SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER AT IRSC
Pamela Starr, Google trainer, spoke to attendees regarding tools to help collect and interpret real-time information about how customers interact online.
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BUSINESSES, COMMUNITY LEADERS IGNITE
STRATEGIC GROWTH AT
SMALL BUSINESS LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
TCBusiness.com
Orlando, Fla. — More than 300 small
business owners, professionals, and community
leaders gathered for the ninth
annual Small Business Leadership Conference
June 26-28. Held in Orlando, the
conference featured more than 40 speakers
who discussed strategies and best
practices for igniting strategic growth.
The event was co-hosted by the Jim
Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship,
part of the Florida State University
College of Business, and the Florida Small
Business Development Center (SBDC)
Network, headquartered at the University
of West Florida.
Speakers shared their insights about
how businesses and professionals can
accelerate growth. Interactive discussions
addressed marketing, organizational
culture, international trade, cybersecurity,
government contracting, and other
growth-related issues.
The conference featured panelists Ken
Lawson, executive director of the Florida
Department of Economic Opportunity;
Jamal Sowell, president and chief executive
officer of Enterprise Florida; Michelle
Dennard, president and chief executive
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officer of CareerSource Florida; and Michael
W. Myhre, chief executive officer of
the Florida SBDC Network, who spoke on
a panel on the state of small businesses.
The panel was preceded by an economic
outlook from Jerry Parrish, chief economist
and director of research for the Florida
Chamber Foundation.
The conference also featured keynotes
by Pamela Starr, a Google-supported
trainer; Nat Jones, chief financial officer
of Limbitless Solutions; Mona Amodeo,
founder of idgroup; and Ryo Zsun, culture
maestro of Zappos.com. >>
BY DIANNE HAFLEIGH
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