One of the biggest challenges that business owners and future business owners encounter are those things that they may not have known. That is one of the reasons the Dubuque Area Chamber of Commerce is proud to host it’s 2nd Business Summit. We want our audience to hear of the challenges it takes to become a business owner, current business owners to know of resources available for expansion and what it takes to stay competitive and trendy in the 21st century.
Speakers and Agenda:
7:30am – 8:00am: Registration
8:00am: Event Kick Off Featuring Derek Dachelet of Southwest Wisconsin Technical College
9:15am: Strategic Planning Panel Pat McGrath Owner of Dubuque Used Car Superstore/McGrath Volkswagen Lynn Allendorf Director of the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center Kevin Scharpf Co-Owner of Brazen Open Kitchen + Bar
10:30am: HR & Customer Service Panel Ben Graham Owner of Graham’s Style Store Colin Sanderson Director of Sales & Marketing at Eagle Ridge Resort & Spa TBD
11:30am: Lunch & Keynote Karel Czanderna President & CEO of Flexsteel Industries Inc.
12:30pm: Marketing Jason Norton Senior VP Marketing & Business Development at DuTrac Community Credit Union Christina Rader Owner of Re:Think Marketing Edward Severns Owner RF2 Furniture Warehouse, LLC.
1:45pm: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly Cheryl Rusk Owner of Charlotte’s Coffee House and Drake House Vacation Rentals Tom Rauen Owner of Envision Sports Design Michael Gantz Co-Owner of Verena Street Coffee Company
