Specialized Tracks

Workshops by Topic   Workshops by Time

The cornerstone of the Entrepreneur’s Growth Conference is the acclaimed line-up of workshops that feature timely topics relevant to today’s business climate.

All workshops are led by successful entrepreneurs and experienced business experts and include presentations, handouts and a question and answer period where entrepreneurs can address their specific concerns and questions.

KEY

The EGC features more than a dozen different workshops, organized into three distinct tracks:

**Please note, workshops are subject to change.

NEW VENTURE FAST TRACK

Developed to help entrepreneurs currently building a young company or planning to launch one. Workshops will help attendees get out of the gate faster and position their businesses for rapid growth and profitability.

• Commanding Communications: How to Create Pitches, Presentations & Executive Summaries That Get Noticed & Get Results (NV,G,T)

• Start-Up A-Z (Part I): Cash Management Basics & Economical Marketing Strategies for Rookie Entrepreneurs (NV)

• Why Entrepreneurial Thinking is the Only Way (NV,G,T)

• Start-Up A-Z Part II: The Five Top Business Planning Mistakes & How To Avoid Them (NV)

• Marketing & Media Buying Hits: 10 Things You Need to Know to Market Like A Pro (NV,G,T)

• The Buck Stops Here: Finding the Capital You Need to Fund Your Growth (NV)

• The New Frontier: Capitalizing on the Latest Social Media Opportunities & Trends (NV,G,T)

ESTABLISHED COMPANY GROWTH TRACK

Designed to help established entrepreneurs transition to the next level and manage growth-related challenges and opportunities. Includes workshops for MILLION DOLLAR VENTURES.

• Business and Personal Planning: Building a Foundation for Growing and Selling Your Business (G) (T)

• Commanding Communications: How to Create Pitches, Presentations & Executive Summaries That Get Noticed & Get Results (NV,G,T)

• Managing Change: How To Reenergize, Reinvent & Reignite Your Business , $Million Dollar Workshop (G)

• Seizing Growth-Driving Opportunities: Exploring Exporting, Strategic Partnerships & Government Procurement (G) (T)

• Why Entrepreneurial Thinking is the Only Way (NV,G,T)

• Marketing & Media Buying Hits: 10 Things You Need to Know to Market Like A Pro (NV,G,T)

• Confessions from A CEO: Lessons Learned From The Trenches, $Million Dollar Workshop (G) (T)

• Conquering the Giants: Best Practices for Selling to Big Companies (G) (T)

• The New Frontier: Capitalizing on the Latest Social Media Opportunities & Trends (NV,G,T)

• All in the Family: Preserving Your Family's Business Legacy and Profitability. (G) (T)

TECHNOLOGY TRACK

Designed to help technology and life sciences entrepreneurs commercialize their innovations, avoid common pitfalls and address other issues pertinent to building a tech-based company.

• Business and Personal Planning: Building a Foundation for Growing and Selling Your Business (G) (T)
  

• Commanding Communications: How to Create Pitches, Presentations & Executive Summaries That Get Noticed & Get Results (NV,G,T)


• Managing Change: How To Reenergize, Reinvent & Reignite Your Business , $Million Dollar Workshop (G)



• Seizing Growth-Driving Opportunities: Exploring Exporting, Strategic Partnerships & Government Procurement (G) (T)

• Tale of Two Tech Ventures (Part I): The Roads They Travelled To Success & How You Can Follow (T)

• Business and Personal Planning: Building a Foundation for Growing and Selling Your Business (G) (T)

• Business and Personal Planning: Building a Foundation for Growing and Selling Your Business (G) (T)

• Why Entrepreneurial Thinking is the Only Way (NV,G,T)

• Marketing & Media Buying Hits: 10 Things You Need to Know to Market Like A Pro (NV,G,T)

• Confessions from A CEO: Lessons Learned From The Trenches, (For Million Dollar+Ventures) (G) (T)

• Conquering the Giants: Best Practices for Selling to Big Companies (G) (T)

• Tale of Two Tech Ventures (Part II): The Roads They Travelled To Success & How You Can Follow (T)
  

Tech Venture: Restek

Paul started Restek Corporation in a small business incubator in central Pennsylvania on October 15, 1985. In two decades, Restek has grown into an international business in gas and liquid chromatography columns and supplies, with representation in more than 75 countries, with numerous business and community service awards, and earning Paul admiration and imitation among local, national, and international businesses. Recognitions of Paul™ and Restek™ accomplishments include Inc. magazine's 500 fastest growing companies (1992 & 1993), top 50 of Pennsylvania™ Best Companies to Work For (2000, 2001, & 2006), and national recognition in 2007 by the Wall Street Journal as one of the Top 15 Workplaces. Today, Restek has sales over $50 million and a staff of over 280 employees.

Tech Venture: Vocollect

Since 1987, Vocollect, Inc. has delivered proven performance improvements in productivity, accuracy, cost reduction and job satisfaction for mobile employees. Through a premier global network of resellers and supply chain performance experts, hundreds of thousands of people on six continents use Vocollect Voice to improve work every day. Vocollect is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pa., U.S.A., and supports its clients and resellers through offices in Europe, the Americas and Asia. Today, Vocollect has over 400 employees and sales over $110 million.


• The New Frontier: Capitalizing on the Latest Social Media Opportunities & Trends (NV,G,T)

• All in the Family: Preserving Your Family's Business Legacy and Profitability. (G) (T)

WORKSHOPS FOR EVERY TRACK

Features workshops appropriate for businesses at all levels and offers smart management and profit-building strategies, as well as specialized workshops for minority entrepreneurs, franchisees and million dollar ventures.

• Overcoming Challenges: Best Practices for Women & Minority Entrepreneurs (NV,G,T)

• The Quest for Cash: Unlocking the Mysteries of Venture Capitalists, Institutional Investors & Angels (NV,G,T)

• Making Money from the People You Meet: Networking Your Way To The Top (NV,G,T)

• Websites That Work: 10 Ways To Increase Site Traffic, Engage Prospects & Generate More Business Online (NV,G,T)

• Success Secrets of the Self-Employed (NV,G,T)

• Winning Systems: Proven Selling Solutions for Making the Deal(NV,G,T)