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Make Mine a $Million Business Workshops and Celebration on June 2, 2006


Workshops and celebration ($60), 3:30 to 6:30 pm: go to http://www.nawbo.org
Celebration only ($28), 5 to 6:30 pm: http://www.makemineamillion.org
Location: Westin St. Francis Hotel, Union Square, San Francisco


Workshops description:
40 finalists will present their businesses with 4-minutes each in 2 simultaneous product and service workshops, judged by a panel of judges and the audience. Come observe and vote! Workshop speakers: Marilyn Montross of QVC and Lauren Ventura of Cisco Systems.

Workshop judges:
Gay Gaddis of T-3 (The Think Tank), Connie Gaglio of the Ohrenschall Center for Entrepreneurship, Cynthia McClain-Hill of Strategic Counsel, Tamara Monosoff of Mom Inventors, Maria de Lourdes Sobrino of Lulu’s Dessert Corporation, and Paula Welsh of Welsh Marketing Group.

Celebration description:
Financial Lifestyle Expert Deborah Owens and Susan Solovic of SBTV.com will preside as Mistresses of Ceremonies. Panel talk moderated by Laurie Benson of Inacom Information Systems with panelists Jennifer Elias of SmartsCo, Denise Houseberg of MarketingExpo.com, Cynthia Ivie of White Space Inc., and Adrienne Simpson of Smooth Mooove Senior Relocation Services, Inc.

Keynote speech by Dany Levy, founder of The Daily Candy.

20 business women will win the award to help them achieve a $million businesses — mentoring for a year, marketing assistance through an array of opportunities, and financing.

Read a Chronicle article about Make Mine a $Million Business:
“Encouraging women to be entrepreneurs / Female business owners get push to expand enterprises with cash, mentors, marketing,”
by Ilana DeBare, Chronicle Staff Writer, Sunday, May 28, 2006.

Prepare to be inspired! Your guide to achieving business goals.
Workshops and celebration ($60): go to http://www.nawbo.org
Celebration only ($28): http://www.makemineamillion.org

Presenting Partner:
OPEN from American Express
Network Technology Sponsor: Cisco Systems
Retail Marketing Partner: QVC

Local Sponsors:
Bay Area BusinessWoman News, http://www.babwnews.com/
Commonwealth Club’s INFORUM, http://www.commonwealthclub.org/INFORUM/
Hispanic Net, http://www.hispanic-net.org/
Net Impact NorCal: Professionals for Responsible Business, http://www.net-impact.org
Oakland Metropolitan Chamber Commerce, http://www.oaklandchamber.com/
Pow.wow, http://www.powwownetwork.org/
Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center, http://www.rencenter.org/
San Francisco Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, http:// www.sfhcc.com/
San Francisco Small Business Commission, http://www.sfgov.org/sbc
San Jose Entrepreneur Center, http://www.ecenteronline.org/
SistersinBiz.com, http://www.sistersinbiz.com
SparkPLUG Network, http://www.sparkplugnetwork.com
TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs), http://www.tie.org/
Women's Initiative for Self Employment (WISE), http://www.womensinitiative.org/
Women's Radio / Women's Calendar, http://www.womensradio.com/
Women's Technology Cluster, http://www.wtc-sf.org/