California Small Business Success Conferences

California Small Business
Success Conferences

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"Bringing Success To Every Small Business In California"
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2008 Conference

Our speakers are a blend of successful small business owners, authors, college professors and teachers that all have experienced what you go through on a daily basis. They will offer real life examples and solutions that you can immediately apply to your company.

Scott Burnett Details coming soon!
Larry B. Comp, Principal, Humanomics, Inc. Details coming soon!
Linda Feinholz Details coming soon!
Doug Gfeller Details coming soon!
Neal Gold Details coming soon!
Margie Hanson, Communicating - Today's Way,Inc. Margie’s professional background includes over 20 years of sales and marketing within the voice and data communications industry – beginning when the internet was a dirt road. Today she is the founder and owner of Communicating – Today’s Way, an on-line business communications consulting and service firm that identifies and provides “individualized” internet strategies and solutions to all sizes of businesses. Margie has built Today’s Way on the principle that “Good Business is Good Communications!”
Amy Henderson, Henderson Training, Inc. Amy Henderson has been involved in all facets of training and development for over fourteen years. She has thousands of classroom hours facilitating training and has designed and implemented a wide range of programs. Her specialty is customizing every program to the particular needs of each client. She works effectively with construction foremen in the Arizona desert and also with insurance executives in Manhattan. Amy does her homework and makes the content of her programs very practical and real-world. Perhaps that's why her clients keep having her back, year after year.
Michelle Howe Michelle Howe, MBA, president of Internet Word Magic, specializes in online copywriting and Internet marketing. Her E-Mail Productivity System™ training is a customized training program that covers the issues of business writing, e-mail etiquette, e-mail security and the liabilities of e-mail.
Margaret Jacoby, PHR, MJ Management Solutions, Inc. Margaret Jacoby has more than 25 years of Human Resources and professional management experience in a variety of industries. She has designed human resources infrastructure and implemented systems to ensure compliance with state and federal employment laws. She has directed high quality human resources functions for small and emerging businesses, and served as an external consultant to a wide range of diverse organizations, including non-profits. If you are thinking about hiring either your first employee or your hundredth, attend this session!
Miryam Jannol, Workplace Literacy Associates Miryam Jannol grew up in West Orange, New Jersey. She is a graduate of the University of Maryland, has a Master’s Degree in Education from Seton Hall University and holds a Life Credential from both California and New Jersey. She also received a Reading Specialist Credential from California State University at Northridge. Miryam began her educational career as a Secondary Teacher at some of the Southland’s premier Private High Schools. She then taught at Fairfax High School and subsequently took a position as an employee for the Los Angeles Unified School District writing curriculum for its Adult Education component. While at LAUSD, Miryam wrote curricula and taught adults who were retraining for career changes. Among her assignments were the GM plant in Van Nuys, Harman Kardon and Disney Imagineering. Miryam also co-wrote the B.E.S.T. program implemented by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Miryam’s interests moved to Literacy Training. In 1993, she established her firm, Workplace Literacy Associates. She remains as the Founder and a principal to the firm. Workplace Literacy Associates develops and conducts workshops, training and other programs (such as Workplace E.S.L. and Accent Reduction), which integrate education into the business environment. Miryam authored and received a grant to establish a Literacy Program at the Beverly Hills Library. She is the former Education Director of the El Portal Center for the Arts in North Hollywood. She now serves as the curriculum developer and head trainer for the KOREH LA Project sponsored by the Los Angeles Jewish Federation. Through Miryam’s efforts, KOREH LA has trained over 6000 individuals who mentor elementary school children in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Miryam serves on the faculty at Los Angeles City College, focusing on developing Learning Schools and has taught and consulted for the Los Angeles County Office of Education’s Head Start Program. In the private sector, Miryam has worked with hospitals such as Cedars- Sinai in Los Angeles and Beth Israel Medical Center in New Jersey, in businesses like the Beverly Hills Hotel, Park Hyatt Hotel and developed literacy programs and conducted seminars for U.C.L.A. and U.S.C. employees. She also holds the position of Vice-Chair of the Community Advisory Board at KCET and recently developed the Volunteer Literacy Program for the Literacy Network of Greater Los Angeles. She has lectured at State and National Conferences and is a recognized expert in her field. Miryam is married and has two adult children who enjoy reading.
Carl Kanowsky Details coming soon!
Moty Koppes, MA, CPBA, Coach, Mentor & Sounding Board Details coming soon!
Peter Kraus Peter Kraus has spent the past 31 years advising over ten thousand business owners and executive managers—with strategic directives enlisting their temperament, education, experience, and skill set—to produce over seven and a half trillion dollars in economic impact. Like a pilot he has guided them away from the rocks towards more sales and greater profit—by way of the path of least resistance.
Marshall Lebovits Marshall Lebovits of Funding 911 specializes in obtaining secured debt financing for companies who wish to grow their businesses while maintaining ownership control. He works with funding sources including banks, factors, leasing company, real estate lenders and angel investors to provide financing in amounts ranging from tens of thousands to millions.
Michael S. Lavenant, Landegger, Baron, Lavenant Michael S. Lavenant, Esq., is a partner with the law firm of Landegger Baron & Lavenant - a firm dedicated to the representation of management in employment and labor law and related litigation. Michael has extensive experience in advising and representing employers covering many different professions and industries in all areas of employment disputes, with particular emphasis in employment law compliance, employment discrimination and wrongful termination defense, wage and hour claim defense (including representative and class actions), and OSHA compliance. He regularly appears in civil litigation matters in state and federal court, and has appeared on behalf of his clients in administrative hearings before the DFEH, EEOC, Cal/OSHA, NLRB, and California Labor Commissioner, and various other agencies regulating employment practices. has been interested in the unique dynamics created by each employer-employee relationship. Michael has lived in Southern California most of his life and is aware of the employment situations that arise in this region, as well as all of California. He is heavily involved in the community through various non-profits and service organizations. Currently, he is the President of the Camarillo Breakfast Rotary Club, Camarillo Chamber Board of Directors, Vice-Chair of the Camarillo Chamber Business Advocacy Committee and is a Board of Director and Vice President of the Camarillo Ranch Foundation. Michael was just recently honored as one of the Pacific Coast Business Times’ 40 Under 40 business persons in the tri-county region. He is a former board member of the Camarillo Family YMCA and Camarillo Fiesta Association. Michael lives in Camarillo with his wife and three young children.
Larry Steven Londre, Londre Marketing Consultants LLC For over 35 years Larry Londre has been a strategic marketing and advertising professional, working in marketing within companies (DIRECTV, The Music Center of LA, Walt Disney Productions, Security Pacific Bank), advertising agencies and as a client, with several advertising agencies, media buying services, marketing research organizations, design companies, direct marketing/mail and other marketing firms reporting to him. Larry has taught marketing, business strategies, global marketing and advertising in the graduate and undergraduate programs at the USC (Annenberg School For Communication and Marshall School of Business), CSUN (California State University, Northridge), LMU and Pepperdine University.
Jorge Lopez, J & M, Entertainment Event Production Details coming soon!
Don Matso, Founder, The Valere Group Don Matso has worked with well over 100 business owners over the past 25 years as both an independent advisor as well as a senior executive managing a service for a division of Citigroup/SmithBarney. Along the way, Don has participated in dozens of merger & acquisition transactions on behalf of his clients. Today, The Valēre Group, Inc., the consultancy Don founded, has a very narrow focus ---- to advise his clients on how to prepare for a successful transition whenever the timing is appropriate. And, because he does not participate in the ultimate transaction, he functions as an independent and impartial advocate on behalf of the business owner.
Andy Mindlin, Real World Marketing, Inc. Andy Mindlin specializes in helping CEOs and entrepreneurs drive revenue growth. He is known for quickly assessing complex situations, bringing focus to the critical issues, and improving results. His recent experience includes co-founding a company where he raised $13 million in venture capital. As an independent management consultant, his satisfied clients include start-up, Inc. 500, and Fortune 500 companies. He is a highly rated speaker at Inc. magazine conferences and at the University of California, Irvine. Andy developed the core of his marketing, sales and strategic planning expertise at Procter & Gamble, after graduating Phi Beta Kappa from Vanderbilt University with a BA in International Economics.
Tony Mulkern, Mulkern Associates Details coming soon!
Andy Pattantyus, President, Strategic Modularity, Inc. Andy Pattantyus is the founder and President of Strategic Modularity Inc. (SMI), a firm offering professional services in facility planning, lean manufacturing, and strategic planning. Andy is passionate about helping clients set goals, prepare plans and eliminate waste, thus allowing companies reach their greatest potential. Andy and the SMI associates facilitate one-day strategic planning meetings. With over 20 years of experience as an Engineering Manager and Project Manager, Andy has realized that it is almost impossible to be effective and efficient in an environment that tolerates bad meetings and poor teamwork.
Lynn Sarkany, Marketfinders Lynn Sarkany, MBA has over 15 years of marketing and sales management experience ranging from private professional practice development to manufacturing companies and major medical facilities with over $50M in annual gross sales. She acts as a consultant to various businesses including those in the manufacturing, medical and medical supplies industries. Lynn’s business strength lies in her ability to assimilate ideas from a diverse array of markets and industries. This talent enables her to seek out and enter business markets quickly and effectively.
Seena Sharp, Sharp Market Intelligence Seena Sharp is a recognized leader in competitive intelligence (CI), and established the first CI firm in 1979 in Los Angeles. Sharp earned her master’s degree in mathematics at NYU, and had a successful corporate career in New York City. Client companies across the US, Europe, Asia and Africa seek their strategic business information and analysis from Sharp when entering new industries, expanding product lines, preparing business and strategic plans, engaging in M&A or business development. Sharp uncovers market drivers, barriers to entry, unknown customers, competitor profiles, plus solid marketplace data and trends. Seena Sharp speaks worldwide, and publishes business articles and *SharpInsights*.
Jeff Solomon, Promotion Solutions Details coming soon!
David Stone David Stone is the founder and a partner with the accounting firm IRS Solutions™, Inc. Mr. Stone founded the firm in 1999 with the goal of helping people. While Mr. Stone has passed the CPA exam, he decided to pursue the career of an enrolled agent. An Enrolled Agent (EA) is a federally-authorized tax practitioner who has technical expertise in the field of taxation and who is empowered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury to represent taxpayers before all administrative levels of the Internal Revenue Service for audits, collections, and appeals. Prior to starting IRS Solutions, Mr. Stone worked for the Internal Revenue Service. Mr. Stone handled both collections and assessments in his role as a revenue officer. His experiences included dealing with both corporations and high income individuals. Mr. Stone investigated many financial issues including income taxes, fraud, and discovery of hidden assets as well as training many of the revenue officers that are still in the field today. Mr. Stone attended California State University Northridge where he secured his Bachelor of Science degree in business with an emphasis in both accounting and finance.
J. Eldridge Taylor, Jr., The J. Eldridge Taylor Company, Inc. J. Eldridge Taylor, Jr. (J.T.) is a life-long resident of Los Angeles and is actively involved in his community. Diverse activities include the Lions Club; Atherton Men of Today and Tomorrow (Young Men Mentorship Program); Community Network- LA; Holly Park Homeowners Association; and Sunday School Teacher at Atherton Baptist Church. J. Eldridge has 20+ years experience in Sales and Customer Service and has led Call Center Management and Field Sales Teams. In addition, led those teams in planning, tracking, and implementation of strategic activities to promote revenue generation for sales and repeat business/customer retention through Customer Service and Sales training. He has managed multimillion dollar budgets and trained other high-level sales professionals while creating referral strategies that leveraged SBC's many internal sales channels.
Laurie Taylor Details coming soon!
Bob Thomas Details coming soon!
Jacquelyn Thorp, MSHR, SPHR, HR-Coach Products, Inc. Jacquelyn Thorp, SPHR, is the founder and CEO of HR-Coach Products® and Services. After 25 years as a Human Resource professional at such notable firms as CalComp, Playmates Toys, NorthStar-At-Tahoe, Vans and Vista Paint, she originated a unique line of affordable, high quality, products and services to help small business owners, Human Resource practitioners, consultants and trainers manage the Human Resources function. Jacquelyn is trained by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in Identifying, Preventing and Eliminating Sexual Harassment in the Workplace. She has trained thousands of supervisors in over 100 companies in harassment prevention. During her 25 plus years as a Human Resource practitioner, Jacquelyn gained substantial practical hands-on experience in preventing harassment, discrimination, and retaliation supported by a legal education in the field of Human Resource Management and a personal passion to stay on top of matters of harassment and discrimination prevention through continuous learning. She is the author of 7 Keys to Human Resource Management, a guide book packed with forms and solid HR advice for all employers. Jacquelyn’s articles on strategic management for HR, harassment prevention and human resource management have appeared in OC Metro, PIHRAScope and FastCompany, among other publications. Ms. Thorp is a Professor of Entrepreneurial Leadership, Organization Behavior and Human Resource Management at California State University, Fullerton. For 2007, Jacquelyn was selected by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) California State Council to be a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in writing the new California Professionals in Human Resources Study Guide. She is one of 25 Certified California PHR/SPHR trainers. A graduate of Chapman University, Jacquelyn holds a Master of Science in Human Resources and a Bachelor of Arts in Organization Leadership.
Lori Williams, LW and Associates Details coming soon!

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