Minority Enterprise Development Week -  September 12-15, 2011
MED Week: Emerging Industries and Markets: A Blueprint for Success


Monday, September 12, 2011 
 
MED Week Kickoff  Empowerment   Breakfast
Presented by: Small & Disadvantaged Business Opportunity Council (SADBOC)
Where: PPA
2105 Decatur St.
Denver, CO
Time: 7:30 – 9:30 a.m.
Cost: $50
Presentation of SBA Awards
Register at: www.sadboc.org 
2011
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
 
Trailblazers- Women Entrepreneurs of the Next Generation©
Women business owners that are in non-traditional industries provide insight and words of wisdom to those wanting to start or expand their businesses. 




Where: 1445 Market St., Denver
Time: Check In - 11:30 a.m., Panel Presentation 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Cost: $15  (Box Lunch provided)
Panelists:  Kristi Alford-E2 Optics, Lisa R. Buckley-American  Automation, Nidhi Saxena-DatamanUSA,
Lori Nevarez -Innovar, Sandra Watts – Jazz at Jacks (See our panelist Bios)
 


MED Week Business Awards Program & Reception
Minority & Women Chambers' Coalition and MEED
Where: PPA
2105 Decatur St.
Denver, CO
Time: 5:30-8:00 pm
Cost: $15 early registration; $20 at the door
 

Y. Lo Epicure is a Women-Owned and Operated Corporate and Custom Catering Company. It is also Denver's preferred caterer for quality food, and service. Our extensive fourteen page menu includes the Best Box Lunch in Town! Our love of food, presentation, and quality is seen in every rder, whether it be a small corporate training or a full service sit-down event for 500. Our event team is ready to help with menu design, location selection, rental needs, table arrangements, and anything else in order to create your event's signature style!  We take pride in our food and our perfectionist attitude, which easily sets us apart from any other caterer in town. We are the best at what we do as we continually exceed expectations. Let us prove it to you!  
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
 
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Seminar
Where:  Denver SBDC, 1445 Market St., Denver
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Cost: Free
Click here to Register 
 
Subject:  Building Outrageously Successful Alliances and Referrals
This free seminar, presented by the Denver Metro SBDC during 2011 Minority Enterprise Development Week, will teach you how to build your business through strategic alliances and referrals so you can stop spending money on marketing campaigns that return very few results. Learn hard-hitting, proven strategies to double or triple your business through strategically leveraging resources you already have - your network and clients. Gain skills, tools, and techniques to build amazing relationships that lead to new clients, customers, patients, or guests. During this seminar, you will be introduced to the five-interview process for developing multiple strategic alliances that can introduce up to 16 new client opportunities. You will also learn how to implement a formalized referral system that enables your clients to introduce you to five probable clients. 
Thursday, September 15, 2011
 
RMMSDC - Growth Through Partnership Event 
Where: Colorado Convention Center, Korbel Ballroom
700 14th St., Denver
Time:  7:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Cost: $75 before Sept. 9 and $99 after that date.
For Conference Details go to:  http://rmmsdc.org/GTP2011Sponsorship.html
Registration go to:  https://rmmsdc.wufoo.com/forms/2011-growth-through-partnership/