SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 9, 2019
Check-in/Virtual Event Lobby
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM EASTERN TIME
Welcome, Opening Remarks and Why Maturepreneur Today
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Bruce Markewicz
Founder,
Maturepreneur Today.
Starting A Business Mid-Life: Why and How Maturepreneurs Do It
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Kerry Hannon
Nationally recognized expert and strategist on career transitions, personal finance, entrepreneurship and retirement.
The SBA and What It Offers the Maturepreneur
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Allen Gutierrez
Associate Administrator, Office of Entrepreneurial Development, Small Business Administration.
Maturepreneur Profile: Pedego Electric Bikes
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Don DiCostanzo &
Terry Sherry
Founders of Pedego Electric Bikes
Breakout Tracks Overview (pick 1 Track Session for the morning and then 1 Track session for the afternoon)
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM
Breakout Tracks:
Track 1.1 - Legal and Financial
Protecting Your Business Against Liability: Five Ways To Keep Lawsuits at Bay
Track 2.1 - Marketing
Getting Started in Content Marketing: A Guide To Promoting Your Business on the Web, Mobile and Social
Track 3.1 - Brick & Mortar, Solo, Franchise: What's Right for Me
From Corporate to Consultant to Starting a Beverage Company
Cliff Ennico
Attorney, author, syndicated columnist, speaker, television personality and humorist.
Buddy Scalera
Content strategist and digital pioneer with over 15 years of multichannel marketing experience.
Michele Meloy Burchfield
15 years at the Boston Beer Company helping build the Sam Adams brand before starting her own consulting business and beverage company.
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM
Breakout Tracks:
Track 1.1 - Legal and Financial
TBD
Track 2.1 - Marketing
How To Sell Without Selling
Track 3.1 - Brick & Morter, Solo, Franchise: What's Right for Me
How to Evaluate if a Franchise is Right For Me
Speaker TBD
TBD
Kieron Sweeney
The Strategic Mentor. Business mentoring to entrepreneurs for over 20 years
Michael Rosen
A FranNet consultant, Michael's role is to provide education and guidance to help determine if franchise ownership is right for you.
Morning Session Review
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM
Lunch and Virtual Networking
12:30 PM - 12:50 PM
Maturepreneur Profile: NakedPoppy
1:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Jaleh Bisharat
Founder, NakedPoppy
Keynote Address
1:15 PM - 1:45 PM - KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Lessons in Leadership for a Maturepreneur
General (ret) Stan McChrystal
Former Commander of U.S. and International Forces in Afghanistan, Author of Bestsellers Team of Teams and My Share of the Task, and Founder of the McChrystal Group
Financing Your Maturepreneur Venture: Loans, IRA/401K Rollovers, Friends-and-Family Equity, and Other Options
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM
Cliff Ennico
Attorney, author, syndicated columnist, speaker, television personality and humorist.
Breakout Tracks Overview (Select a different Track session for the afternoon)
2:15 PM - 2:20 PM
2:20 PM - 2:40 PM
Breakout Tracks:
Track 1.1 - Legal and Financial
Protecting Your Business Against Liability: Five Ways To Keep Lawsuits at Bay
Track 2.1 - Marketing
Getting Started in Content Marketing: A Guide To Promoting Your Business on the Web, Mobile and Social
Track 3.1 - Brick & Mortar, Solo, Franchise: What's Right for Me
From Corporate to Consultant to Starting a Beverage Company
Cliff Ennico
Attorney, author, syndicated columnist, speaker, television personality and humorist.
Buddy Scalera
Content strategist and digital pioneer with over 15 years of multichannel marketing experience.
Michele Meloy Burchfield
15 years at the Boston Beer Company helping build the Sam Adams brand before starting her own consulting business and beverage company.
Breakout Tracks Regroup and 15 minute break
3:00 PM - 3:20 PM
2:40 PM - 3:00 PM
Breakout Tracks:
Track 1.1 - Legal and Financial
TBD
Track 2.1 - Marketing
How To Sell Without Selling
Track 3.1 - Brick & Morter, Solo, Franchise: What's Right for Me
How to Evaluate if a Franchise is Right For Me
Speaker TBD
TBD
Kieron Sweeney
The Strategic Mentor. Business mentoring to entrepreneurs for over 20 years
Michael Rosen
A FranNet consultant, Michael's role is to provide education and guidance to help determine if franchise ownership is right for you.
PM Break
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM
7 Steps To Business Success
3:20 PM - 3:45 PM
S. Rutland, II
President of Jupiter Marketing, a NYS Minority Certified company
and NXLVL Certified Instructor, conducts entrepreneurial training
programs and seminars
Maturepreneur Profile: PulpWorks
3:45 PM - 4:00 PM
Paul Tasner
Founder, PulpWorks and
TED Talk Resident
Panel Discussion and Q&A
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Don DiCostanzo &
Terry Sherry
Founders of Pedego Electric Bikes
Jaleh Bisharat
Founder, NakedPoppy
Paul Tasner
Founder, PulpWorks and
TED Talk Resident
Cliff Ennico
Attorney, author, syndicated columnist, and speaker.
Thank you, Closing Remarks and the Future of Maturepreneur Today
4:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Bruce Markewicz
Founder, Maturepreneur Today
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