Question: Do you have a great idea but need help in building, creating it or turning it into reality? Or ever wanted to start a business? Or ever wanted to lower your operation costs and increase your bottom line for your business?
Dilemma: You don’t have the resources to hire full-time staff and pay their benefits. You are not sure how to begin…
SOLUTION
Connect, meet and learn how to run your business on the cheap by hiring employee locally in San Francisco without having to pay their salary.
The San Francisco Human Services Agency (SF-HSA) is using newly available federal stimulus funds to expand subsidized employment opportunities, with a goal of placing 1,000 participants in jobs between May 2009 and September 2010. This new program is called JOBS NOW!
Also learn about How to Market Online Your Business on the Cheap – Bonus Topic!
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Cost:
• $20 (for Meetup & Chamber members. Tickets include hors d’oeuvres)
• $30 (for Non-Meetup & Chamber members. Tickets include hors d’oeuvres)
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When: Thursday January 21, 2010
Where: San Francisco Chamber of Commerce (Map)
235 Montgomery Street
12th floor
San Francisco, CA 94104
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Agenda
6:00 – 7:00 pm Registration & Networking
7:00 – 8:00 pm
How to Run Your Business on the Cheap
by Edith Yeung BizTechDay
How to Hire on the Cheap – Learn How San Francisco ‘Jobs Now’ Program Can Work for you!
by Regina Dick-Endrizzi – Executive Director , Office of Small Business of San Francisco
8:15 – 9:00 p.m 30-second Company Introduction
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Who Will You Meet? Over 100 professionals & entrepreneurs and featured speakers
Regina Dick-Endrizzi – Executive Director, Office of Small Business of San Francisco
Regina Dick-Endrizzi, moved to San Francisco in 1986 to open the “Buffalo Exchange, Ltd.” store located on Haight Street and in her 13 years with Buffalo Exchange, 10 as District Manger, she helped grow the company from 4 to 11 stores. From there she provided business organization and development to entrepreneurs, until she had the opportunity to work with one of her heroes, Dr. Helen Caldicott.
In 2005 she made her switch to government as Legislative Aide to City and County of San Francisco Board of Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, whom she worked with to establish the Green Party of California in 1992. Since 2008 she has worked for the Office of Small Business, in May 2009 Mayor Gavin Newsom appointed her Executive Director of the Office of Small Business, and is the recipient of the San Francisco Bay Guardian 2009 Business Advocate Award.
Regina Dick-Endrizzi has a Bachelor of Arts from University of Arizona, and served as Board of Director for the Joe Good Performance Group.
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Edith Yeung – Executive Director of BizTechDay and CEO iConnect Lab
“Edith Yeung is a force of nature.” says Mark O’Leary, Comcast Regional Vice President.
Edith is a guest host of CBS 5 Startup Profile, the go-to consultant in small business marketing, a sought-after speaker, and the Founder of BizTechDay – the most impactful business technology conference serving the entrepreneur community every year in San Francisco.
Edith is passionate about connecting, educating and inspiring entrepreneurs. She has delivered many content rich, high-energy and memorable talks in US, Asia and Europe and leads San Francisco Entrepreneur Meetup Group with over 2800 members.
Edith is also co-founder and CEO of iConnect Lab, a company which connects entrepreneurs worldwide.
Prior, she consulted and won multiple awards working with Fortune 500 companies including AT&T Wireless, Oracle, Siebel, Autodesk, Cisco Systems, Symantec, American Management Systems (AMS), Telstra Australia, Matav Hungary Telecom and Taiwan Semi-Conductor.
Born and raised in Hong Kong, Edith moved to the United States by herself at the age of 16 and survived the culture shock with minimal English. Edith has led many lives: pianist, square dancer, software engineer, corporate slave, road warrior, consultant and entrepreneur. In early 2007, she left Corporate America to pursue something really meaningful to her – her entrepreneurial dream of empowering the small business community.
Edith Yeung has been featured on CBS, CNN, Comcast, World Journal News, Marketing Sherpa and Sales & Marketing Management Magazine, Hong Kong Economics Times and Sing Tao News.
A board member of the San Francisco Small Business Week, National Association of Women Business Owner and UC Berkeley Entrepreneurship Certificate Program Advisory Board, Edith Yeung graduated from Purdue University with a degree in Information Technology & Marketing. She lives in San Francisco.
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Media inquiries, please contact Luanne Teoh (luanne@iConnectLab.com)
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Refund Policy:
* All charges are 100% refundable 2 days before the event day.
* You must notify us in email to request a refund.
* Refund request received after the event date will not be eligible.
* You can contact us anytime by emailing us luanne@iConnectLab.com
