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SUMMARY:[:en]PROFESSIONAL CONNECTIONS NETWORKING[:]
DESCRIPTION:Event Details\nWe may be physically apart\, but this community is coming together to connect on professional needs. This intentional networking session is facilitated by The Coven Team and we ask you to bring forth what you may be seeking or offering … whether it be a specific role or job\, skills development\, resume writing or even negotiation! Our networking sessions have the goal of connecting you to our broad network and beyond! and will help you get to know your fellow members. \n  \n\n\nAdditional Information\nTo know more about upcoming events\, visit The Coven Website. \n  \n\n\nSpecial Instructions\nPlease click the Event link below to complete the registration on the Coven website.
URL:https://caccmn.org/event/professional-connections-networking/
CATEGORIES:Business Event,Online Event
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SUMMARY:[:en]1 MILLION CUPS MINNEAPOLIS - SAINT PAUL (ONLINE)[:]
DESCRIPTION:Event Details\nEach Wednesday morning\, entrepreneurs around the country gather to share a (virtual) cup of coffee and present their latest ideas! \n  \n\n\nAdditional Information\nJoin us at Impact Hub for the MSP Chapter of 1MC. Two entrepreneurs will share their venture to gather ideas\, feedback and support from the community. \nClick here to learn more.
URL:https://caccmn.org/event/1-million-cups-minneapolis-saint-paul-online-2/
CATEGORIES:Business Event,Online Event
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SUMMARY:[:en]Stop Selling and Start Scaling[:]
DESCRIPTION:About this event\n\n\n\n\nAs a CEO\, what is your role in sales? How do you know when it’s time to build a sales organization? How do you make it easy to be your customer? When do you go from selling to scaling? In this fireside chat with Alice Heiman\, Chief Sales Energizer and Strategist\, these questions and more will be answered. You will learn how to tackle lack of sales\, pipeline development\, underperforming salespeople\, and how to design around the customer journey. \nKey Takeaways: \n\nUnderstand your role in sales.\nWays to scale sales.\nMake it easy to be your customer.\n\nOUR SPECIAL GUEST \n\n\n\n\n\nAlice Heiman\nChief Sales Energizer\, Sales Strategies for CEOs with Alice Heiman\nAs Chief Sales Energizer\, Alice is internationally known for her expertise in elevating sales to increase valuation for companies with a B2B sale that have exceptional growth potential. Spending her time strategizing with CEOs\, company leaders and their sales leadership to build the strategies that find new business and grow existing accounts is her passion. Her clients love her spirit and the way she energizes their sales organization. She’s the host of the popular podcast\, Sales Talk for CEOs. Alice dedicates time to local entrepreneurs by teaching at the University of Nevada in the entrepreneurship minor which she helped inspire. Alice also serves on the board of several growing companies to energize and elevate their sales. When she is not guiding CEOs to elevate their sales\, she can be found hanging out with her family\, walking\, snow skiing\, sailing in Lake Tahoe\, volunteering in the community\, or reading a book in her backyard. \n\n\n\n\n\nThe Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center is a 501c(3) public charity whose mission it is to make entrepreneurship accessible to all. We deliver world-class resources and mentoring to enable every entrepreneur across the globe to realize their maximum potential. Please join us and make your gift to ensure these transformative programs may continue to reach the underserved. \n\n\n\n\nAll Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center programs and services are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least 48 hours in advance of this event; please send an email to webinarhost@thecenter.nasdaq.org with the subject header ACCOMMODATION REQUEST. For assistance with registration or other technical difficulties\, please contact anna.vanmaanen@thecenter.nasdaq.org
URL:https://caccmn.org/event/stop-selling-and-start-scaling/
CATEGORIES:Business Event,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221216T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221216T140000
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SUMMARY:[:en]Storyselling strategies For B2B entrepreneurs[:]
DESCRIPTION:About this event\n\n\n\n\nIn the past businesses made sales to buyers who had no access to information and so buyers trusted the data that was provided by sellers through their pitches\, product spiels and glossy brochures. And then the Internet happened\, and the Knowledge Economy was born. Buyers could now do their own research\, undertake deeper due diligence\, and begin to discern those relevant sellers from irrelevant ones . By rediscovering the power of STORY for SELLING\, those who want to connect\, convert and create change in their buyers world more effectively\, are now able to tap into this under-rated resource. The B2BSTORYSELLING Circles will help you market your influence so that you can more profitably and confidently influence your market. This will help entrepreneurs to connect\, build trust\, sell change and win more business \nKey Takeaways: \n\nUnderstand the foundations of a relevant sales story\nIdentify the 3 types of story that differentiate you from every other seller\nLearn how to tell stories that win the business.\n\n  \nOUR SPECIAL GUESTS \n\n\n\n\n\nBernadette McClelland\nSales Leadership & Storyselling Speaker\nCompanies hire Bernadette McClelland because of her thought leadership around sales leadership and StorySelling. \nCombining an executive career in Corporate Australia\, a penchant for human behaviour and a natural storytelling style\, she delivers powerful strategies to businesses so they can connect and convert more economic opportunities. \nShe has proudly coached Harvard MBA students on their sales enablement curriculum\, been the Master Asia Pacific coach for Anthony Robbins across twelve countries and had two of her five books endorsed by the legendary author\, Brian Tracey. In addition\, has recently been granted a Green Card as an ‘Alien of Exceptional Ability in the field of Sales Leadership’ by the USCIS and now a resident of the USA. \nHaving been named in the Top 50 Speakers globally by Top Sales World\, she has shared ideas on sales leadership\, strategic story and mindset and spoken on stages from the UK to Paris to Portugal\, Atlanta to Alice Springs\, Sydney to Chicago\, New Delhi\, New Zealand and New York City\, Bangkok to Brisbane\, and Melbourne to Minneapolis. \nHer articles have been featured in The Age\, BRW\, India Economic Times\, Jeweller Magazine and Australian Financial Review and she has also been awarded one of the Top 35 Most Influential Women in Sales Globally. A high content\, warm and direct speaker who walks her talk\, you will be remembering her relevant insights and humour well after you leave the event. \n  \n  \n\n\n\n\n\nThe Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center is a 501c(3) public charity whose mission it is to make entrepreneurship accessible to all. We deliver world-class resources and mentoring to enable every entrepreneur across the globe to realize their maximum potential. Please join us and make your gift to ensure these transformative programs may continue to reach the underserved. \n\n\n\n\nAll Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center programs and services are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least 48 hours in advance of this event; please send an email to webinarhost@thecenter.nasdaq.org with the subject header ACCOMMODATION REQUEST. For assistance with registration or other technical difficulties\, please contact anna.vanmaanen@thecenter.nasdaq.org
URL:https://caccmn.org/event/storyselling-strategies-for-b2b-entrepreneurs/
CATEGORIES:Business Event,Online Event
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SUMMARY:[:en]2022 Winter IPO Bootcamp[:]
DESCRIPTION:About this event\n\n\n\n\nJoin fellow Founders\, CEOs\, CFOs\, General Counsels and their teams at this exclusive webinar designed to help private companies better understand the process behind an initial public offering. The market volatility seen in 2022 has slowed the IPO market down\, giving companies thinking about listing more time to prepare and strategize. Our experts will share – how to prepare\, ways to avoid pitfalls\, and strategies for a successful transition to being a public company. \nWHO SHOULD ATTEND? \nThis IPO Bootcamp is intended for any executive who is involved in devising and/or executing an IPO – from CEO\, CFO\, COO\, CTO\, Chief Counsel\, General Counsel – to leaders and the teams who are responsible for identifying and managing an IPO. \nSpace is limited; please RSVP to ensure your spot! \nAGENDA \n9:00AM – 9:30AM – IPO Market Update & Analysis by Bank of the West BNP Paribas \n9:30AM – 10:30AM – Preparing for and staying on track for your IPO \nThis panel will cover: \n\nHow readiness is the key to success\nGetting the timing right\nTips and strategies on how to ensure you are on the right path\n\n10:30 AM-10:35AM – BREAK \n10:35AM-11:40 AM – Executing your IPO \nThis panel will cover: \n\nCompany requirements required to IPO\nWhat are the advantages/disadvantages to virtual roadshows?\nHow should pre-IPO companies think about investor engagement?\nAre direct listings still a consideration for tech companies?\nThe best practices for managing an IPO deal team\n\n11:40 AM-11:45AM – BREAK \n11:45AM-1:00 PM – Achieving Success as a New Public Company \nThis panel will cover: \n\nCase studies of successful IPOs\nKeeping a clean balance sheet during a delay in a public offering\nClosing the books in a mostly still virtual world\nLearning from process issues identified by the challenges created by COVID-19\nBeing productive during a delay – enhance skills and processes required for public companies\n\n\n\n*Please use the same zoom link across all the panels\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center is a 501c(3) public charity whose mission it is to make entrepreneurship accessible to all. We deliver world-class resources and mentoring to enable every entrepreneur across the globe to realize their maximum potential. Please join us and make your gift to ensure these transformative programs may continue to reach the underserved. \n\n\n\n\nAll Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center programs and services are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least 48 hours in advance of this event; please send an email to webinarhost@thecenter.nasdaq.org with the subject header ACCOMMODATION REQUEST. For assistance with registration or other technical difficulties\, please contact anna.vanmaanen@thecenter.nasdaq.org
URL:https://caccmn.org/event/2022-winter-ipo-bootcamp/
CATEGORIES:Business Event,Online Event
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SUMMARY:[:en]Future Media: How to Brand like a Hip Hop Empire[:]
DESCRIPTION:About this event\n\n\n\n\nBranding is a way for businesses to communicate their purpose and value by acknowledging and addressing the needs of existing and prospective consumers through messaging\, design\, and experience. There are endless possibilities when developing a branding strategy\, which begs the question: what is the best way to brand your business offering in a way that will reach your target market and turn them into loyal customers? Join us for an exciting session with Lauren deLisa Coleman as she reveals the lessons she’s learned working with clients like Jay-Z to develop multi-million dollar brands. \nKey Takeaways: \n\nThe components needed to build a strong branding strategy\nHow to communicate your brand message without breaking the bank\nHow to evolve with the needs of your consumers\n\n  \nOUR SPECIAL GUEST \n\n\n\n\n\nLauren deLisa Coleman\nMulti-Media Futurist\, Author\, Speaker\, and Entrepreneur\nMulti-Media Futurist\, Author\, Speaker\, and Entrepreneur; Lauren is an expert at deciphering and forecasting power trends\, innovation\, and public sentiment within the intersection of popular culture & emerging tech – Artificial Intelligence\, 5G\, Web 3 – and the impact of such on business and governance – with a unique focus on Millennials+ as well as diverse demographics. She helps brands and politicos understand how to create messaging and content that better resonates with today’s tech-savvy\, pop culture Millennials consumers/constituents and influential demographics of color by providing forecast & insight into cultural trends\, attitudes\, and behavior as it all intersects with emerging tech usage\, that is\, Future Media. \nThrough the lens of what she calls “the rise of the leaderful”; a cultural shift exemplified by a new spirit of increased individual empowerment via a decentralized\, networked\, Future-Media driven era\, she provides a unique voice as a visionary. Her work is based on her team’s micro-sociology research\, her books “Rise of the Smartpower Class”(Amazon Best: “New Media Studies”)\, and the 2016 update of that book\, “America’s Most Wanted: The Millennial”\, and via her background as a successful\, international digital entrepreneur previously collaborating with clients from Snoop Dogg to Microsoft leveraging content strategy\, pop culture trends\, and technology through her previous startup\, Punch Media Group as well as an MTV Networks vet. \nShe is the current founder of Lnk Agency\, a diversified concept marketing\, and media production company fostering innovation in marketing and communications strategy with ventures integrating music\, film\, post-cable television\, technology\, politics for the new GenZ/Millennial tech class\, and DEI initiatives and counts as its clients companies from WarnerMedia (now WarnerMedia Discovery) to Microsoft. \nA massive proponent of supporting the new majority in the powerful realm of Future Media\, Lauren also recently launched an innovative non-profit and movement entitled GameChange to ensure that this new area is inclusive of a variety of top minds from diverse demographics. \nShe is at work on a new AI-driven media company and speaks professionally on the above via Leading Authorities agency. \nLauren is an alum of Columbia University and is currently pursuing studies at Harvard Business School. \n\n\n\n\n\nThe Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center is a 501c(3) public charity whose mission it is to make entrepreneurship accessible to all. We deliver world-class resources and mentoring to enable every entrepreneur across the globe to realize their maximum potential. Please join us and make your gift to ensure these transformative programs may continue to reach the underserved. \n\n\n\n\nAll Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center programs and services are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least 48 hours in advance of this event; please send an email to webinarhost@thecenter.nasdaq.org with the subject header ACCOMMODATION REQUEST. For assistance with registration or other technical difficulties\, please contact anna.vanmaanen@thecenter.nasdaq.org
URL:https://caccmn.org/event/future-media-how-to-brand-like-a-hip-hop-empire/
CATEGORIES:Business Event,Online Event
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221207T130000
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SUMMARY:[:en]TAX BASICS 101[:]
DESCRIPTION:Event Details\nKeep your business out of trouble with the IRS \nNo one wants a “friendly” letter from the IRS. Taxes are an important part of starting a business and it’s not as difficult as you think! But where do you start? \nHow should I set up my business: as a sole proprietor\, LLC\, corporation\, or partnership?  What can I deduct and how do I track my expenses?  How do I report my business income and expenses? \nThis webinar will answer all of these questions and more! \n  \n\n\nAdditional Information\nTo know more about upcoming events visit SCORE Twin Cities website.
URL:https://caccmn.org/event/tax-basics-101/
CATEGORIES:Business Event,Online Event
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221206T133000
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SUMMARY:[:en]GROWING YOUR BUSINESS WITH A CRM[:]
DESCRIPTION:Event Details\nThis is for business owners who are looking to get organized and gain insights into how prospects and customers are engaging with your marketing\, sales\, and service efforts. \nWe will dig into what a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tool is and the habits and processes that complement the technology. We will look at what structures are needed in order to attract more prospects\, engage and convert more leads\, and delight your customers. \n\n\nAdditional Information\nTo know more about upcoming events visit SCORE Twin Cities website. \n 
URL:https://caccmn.org/event/growing-your-business-with-a-crm/
CATEGORIES:Business Event,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221203T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221203T153000
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SUMMARY:[:en]WORK OF ART: BUSINESS PLAN ESSENTIALS[:]
DESCRIPTION:Event Details\nLearn how to prepare a simple business plan\, in arts-friendly language\, to help you organize all the various aspects of your artistic practice and make informed business decisions. Collaborator: Springboard for the Arts. Funded by Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. \n  \n\n\nAdditional Information\nIf you have questions\, contact Zaraawar Mistry at 651-789-2282 or zaraawar@springboardforthearts.org. \n\n\nSpecial Instructions\n\nThe link to the live online discussion will be emailed to registrants in advance. If you’re new to Zoom.
URL:https://caccmn.org/event/work-of-art-business-plan-essentials/
CATEGORIES:Business Event,Online Event
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