Thursday |
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| 2:00 p.m. | Registration | |
| 2:00 p.m. | Networking and Vendor Hall Open | |
| 6:30 p.m. | Welcome and Introductions | |
| 7:00 p.m. | Big Picture Vision Talk | Doug Phillips |
| 8:30 p.m. | Networking and Vendor Hall Open | |
Friday |
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| 8:30 a.m. | Keynotes
- Family Business and the 200 Hundred Year Plan — Geoff Botkin
- Seven Nuts and Bolts of the Pent Family Entrepreneurial Vision — Arnold Pent
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| 10:30 a.m. | Break | |
| 11::0 a.m. | Symposium on Getting Started (Four Workshop Tracks)
- Track A: Building A Business from Start To Finish — Wade Myers
- Track B: How To Start A Company — Arnold Pent
- Track C: Top Ten Legal Issues Every Family Entrepreneur Needs to Understand — Don Hart
- Track D: Accounting Basics for Small Businesses — TBA
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| Lunch | |
| Symposium on Family-Integrated Entrepreneurship (Four Workshop Tracks)
- Track A: General Management Skills Needed to Run a Business — Wade Myers
- Track B: A Vision for Wives and Daughters in Family Business — Doug Phillips
- Track C: How to Cultivate and Entrepreneurial Spirit with Your Children — Arnold Pent
- Track D: Fathers and Sons working Together — Scott Brown
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| 2:45 p.m. | Break | |
| 3:00 p.m. | Top Ten Business Plan Presentations | |
| 5:30 p.m. | Dinner Break | |
| 7:30 p.m. | Keynote: Biblical Principles for Business Success | Jim Sammons |
Saturday |
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| 8:30 a.m. | Keynotes
- The Joel Salatin Story — Joel Salatin
- The Rebirth of Family-Friendly Christian Entrepreneurship — Nick Logan
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| 10:30 a.m. | Break | |
| 11:00 a.m. | Symposium on Specialization (Four Workshop Tracks)
- Track A: A Biblical Model for Successful Agrarian Entrepreneurship — Joel Salatin
- Track B: Building An E-Commerce Business — Doug Phillips and Panel
- Track C: A Christian Entrepreneurial Vision for Marketing and Retail — Nick Logan
- Track D: Critical Issues for Manufacturing and Construction Entrepreneurs — TBA
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| 12:15 p.m. | Lunch and Networking | |
| 1:30 p.m. | Symposium on Biblical Principles for Entrepreneurial Faithfulness (Four Workshop Tracks)
- Track A: Top Ten Biblical Principles for Business Success — Jim Sammons
- Track B: Building the Team: Biblical Principles of Management — Doug Phillips
- Track C: Creative Models for Raising Capital Without Debt Bondage — Wade Myers
- Track D: 21 Characteristics of Tomorrow’s Leaders — Geoff Botkin
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| 2:45 p.m. | Break | |
| 3:00 p.m. | General Session: The Blessings of Failure: How and Why God Uses Entrepreneurial Disasters to Build Character and Forge Leaders | Jim Leininger |
| 3:45 p.m. | Break | |
| 4:00 p.m. | Closing Sessions
Vision for the Future
Business Plan Awards | |