Events

Business From a Family Point of View

July 08, 2009 at 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Members: Free / NonMembers: Free

HELD AT THE HILL LIBRARY - Bill Monson and Rich Sorenson of the St Thomas Center for Family Enterprise will help participants learn how to develop their family point of view to improve business performance and family harmony. Part of a four part series on Family Business.Registration is required. Parking will not be validated for this free event.

How to Start a Business in Minnesota

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July 15, 2009 at 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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HELD AT THE HILL LIBRARY - Mike Ryan, director of the Small Business Development Center at the University of St. Thomas, says that, first and foremost, your small business idea must be something you truly want to do. He will help you determine whether your small business idea is feasible and can advise you on what kinds of businesses are easier or more difficult to start. Click here to signup

Marketing Your Business & Yourself

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July 22, 2009 at 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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HELD AT THE HILL LIBRARY - Dr. George Dierberger, entrepreneur and adjunct professor at Argosy University with a long history of marketing management at 3M, will deliver real world small business marketing strategies, ideas and tips that are simple, effective and affordable. Click here to signup

Business From a Family Point of View

July 23, 2009 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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HELD AT LURIE BESIKOF LAPIDUS COMPANY, Minneapolis (map) - Bill Monson and Rich Sorenson of the St Thomas Center for Family Enterprise will help participants learn how to develop their family point of view to improve business performance and family harmony. Part of a four part series on Family Business. Registration is required. Parking is free.

Getting Financing for Your New Business

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July 29, 2009 at 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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HELD AT THE RONDO COMMUNITY OUTREACH LIBRARY - 461 North Dale Street, St. Paul, 55103 (map) - Cindy Collett, specialist with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), will focus on where to get the financing you need to start your small business. She will guide you through the services offered by the SBA, as well as other important funding resources for new businesses. Click here to signup

Ten Ways to Survive and Thrive in Today’s Market

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August 05, 2009 at 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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HELD AT THE RONDO COMMUNITY OUTREACH LIBRARY - 461 North Dale Street, St. Paul, 55103 (map) - Brian Singer, director of lending at the Neighborhood Development Center will provide strategies to sustain and adapt a business in hard economic times. Click here to signup

How to Plan for the Future and Avoid Litigation

August 12, 2009 at 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Members: $10.00 / NonMembers: $10.00

HELD AT THE HILL LIBRARY - Legal, structural, financial, and relationship issues can lead to problems in family and closely held businesses. Careful structuring, planning, and communications of expectations in these areas may significantly reduce the potential for disputes and financial costs to resolve them, while substantially increasing the probability of developing a strategic plan for the vision, continuity, growth and succession of the enterprise. Presenters: Sally Grossman, Charlie Maier, and Mike Sullivan - Gray Plant Mooty. Parking will be validated at Lawson Ramp (5th past St Peter) or the Victory Ramp (4th and Wabasha) for 2 hours.

How to Plan for the Future and Avoid Litigation

August 27, 2009 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Members: $10.00 / NonMembers: $10.00

HELD AT LURIE BESIKOF LAPIDUS COMPANY, Minneapolis (map) - Legal, structural, financial, and relationship issues can lead to problems in family and closely held businesses. Careful structuring, planning, and communications of expectations in these areas may significantly reduce the potential for disputes and financial costs to resolve them, while substantially increasing the probability of developing a strategic plan for the vision, continuity, growth and succession of the enterprise. Presenters: Sally Grossman, Charlie Maier, and Mike Sullivan - Gray Plant Mooty. Registration is required. Parking is free.

Performance Measures...What Should You Track

September 09, 2009 at 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Members: $10.00 / NonMembers: $10.00

HELD AT THE HILL LIBRARY - This seminar will examine what performance measures make sense to track for your company to achieve both its business and family goals. In changing economic times it is important to keep the sails trimmed and the boat pointed in the right direction. Tracking the right financial performance measures is a time-tested way that a company?s leadership to ensure they are going the direction they desire. But performance measures must be benchmarked against goals ? and for a family business those goals are not purely business in nature ? but are impacted by the goals and values of the family. In this event, under the guidance of Beth Leonard and Farley Kaufmann of Lurie Besikof Lapidus & Company LLP, we will examine what performance measures make sense to track for your company to achieve both its business and family goals. Presented by Beth Kieffer Leonard, Managing Partner, and Farley Kaufmann, Partner from Lurie Besikof Lapidus & Company LLP. Registration is required. Parking is free.

Performance Measures....What Should You Track

September 24, 2009 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Members: $10.00 / NonMembers: $10.00

HELD AT LURIE BESIKOF LAPIDUS COMPANY, Minneapolis (map) - This seminar will examine what performance measures make sense to track for your company to achieve both its business and family goals. In changing economic times it is important to keep the sails trimmed and the boat pointed in the right direction. Tracking the right financial performance measures is a time-tested way that a company?s leadership to ensure they are going the direction they desire. But performance measures must be benchmarked against goals ? and for a family business those goals are not purely business in nature ? but are impacted by the goals and values of the family. In this event, under the guidance of Beth Leonard and Farley Kaufmann of Lurie Besikof Lapidus & Company LLP, we will examine what performance measures make sense to track for your company to achieve both its business and family goals. Presented by Beth Kieffer Leonard, Managing Partner, and Farley Kaufmann, Partner from Lurie Besikof Lapidus & Company LLP. Registration is required. Parking is free.

Unraveling Family & Business So You Can Succeed...

October 14, 2009 at 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Members: $10.00 / NonMembers: $10.00

HELD AT THE HILL LIBRARY - Learn from Tom Hubler's 30 years of working with business families on how your business can stay focused. Business issues come home. Family issues come to work. In a family business the overlapping of complex issues can often twist and turn until there is no clear distinction at all. Leadership and management meets are influenced by family dynamics; and Thanksgiving because a rehash of the last board meeting. Untangling these issues so that we can successfully address family issues and we can successfully address business issues is a critical aspect of success for a family business. Parking will be validated at Lawson Ramp (5th past St Peter) or the Victory Ramp (4th and Wabasha) for 2 hours.