Biz Tech Day by Edith Yeung

BizTechDay is the largest and most impactful business technology conference in the nation. Its mission is to connect, educate and inspire entrepreneurs. Technology happens fast...This is the ONE event of the year where entrepreneurs catch up on the latest technologies and practical business strategies.

BizTechDay 2009 features an extraordinary lineup of both inspirational speakers and well-renown business experts. It will be held on October 22-23 in Silicon Valley and be streamed live to tens of thousands of entrepreneurs via the internet worldwide. Throughout the day, we will hear from amazing thought leaders, influential business experts, social media mavericks from Virgin America, Comcast, Yelp, Google, Facebook, Elance and many other like-minded entrepreneurs and business owners.

This conference features the top internet and business icons to show you 3 simple ways to use technology to drive your business:

1) How To Raise Money or Get Investors.

2) How To Use Social Media To Increase Business.

3) How To Leverage On Your Website For Marketing And To Drive Sales.

Some of this year's speakers:

Craig Newmark – Founder of Craigslist.org

Tim Ferriss – Author of 4-Hour Workweek

Michael Gerber – World’s No 1 Small Business Guru per Inc Magazine and the New York Times Best Selling Author of the E-Myth

Will Bunker – Co-Founder of Match.com

Kevin Rose – Founder of Digg (Over a Million People follow up on Twitter)

Porter Gale – VP Marketing at Virgin America

Mark O’Leary – Regional VP for Business Services for Comcast

Matt Mullenweg – Founder of WordPress

Kevin Hartz – Paypal Angel Investor

Fabio RosIati – CEO of Elance

Joel Comm – Creator of iFart iPhone App – Over 1 Million downloads

Gary Swart – CEO of oDesk

Randy Williams, Founder of Keiretsu Forum. The World’s largest angel investor network – over $180m invested in 200 companies

Chris Larsen – Founder of Prosper.com

Michelle Broderick – Director of Marketing at Yelp

Justin Kan – Founder of Justin.TV

Ramon Ray – Chief Editor of SmallBizTechnology.com

Alison Covarrubias – Founder & CEO of Hatch Network

And 40+ more thought leaders and successful entrepreneurs

Find out more at www.biztechday.com

Latina Business Strategies Breakfast

Last Thursday (Oct. 15) , in conjunction with the San Francisco Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, NAWBO-SFBA was proud to present the Latina Business Strategies/NAWBO-U Breakfast focusing on providing educational resources to women business owners.

The diverse panel of women entrepreneurs who shared their experiences and tips for navigating and succeeding in this economy was great.

Agenda:

"Growing Your Business in a Down Economy"
This panel, was moderated by Vanessa Robledo of Black Coyote Vineyards and discussed how to shift and create new marketing strategies, how to look beyond your typical target customer for new contracts, how to create strategic alliances with other women-owned businesses.

Panelists included:
Katie Gutierrez – Assistant Match
Jeanne Beacham – Delphon Industries
Edith Yeung – San Francisco Entrepreneurs


"Secure New Contracts for Your Small Business: Demystify the Terminology and Process of Procurement"
This panel, was moderated by Denise Coley of Cisco Systems, and discussed the ways in which small business, micro-business and minority businesses can secure new contracts through the procurement process. Panelists shared their own successes and pitfalls in securing contracts from corporations and government.

Panelists included:
Ginny Velasquez – Team Persona Personnel
Sheila Lewis – Flyin' West Strategic Marketing Resource Group
Miranda Reyes, PG&E Supplier Diversity


Special thanks to Mr. Richard Ventura, president and CEO of the San Francisco Hispanic Chamber of Commerce for providing us once more with an informative event.