Portland Business Journal - 2012 BizGrowth Expo
Join us for a day of tools, tips and inspiration focused on growing your business.
Summit will include:
- All day Expo (7am-4:30pm)
- Secrets of the Fastest Growing Private 100 companies panel
- CEO talks throughout the day
- Small Business Awards Luncheon celebrating the outstanding companies in our region under 100 employees
- Inspirational session with Kevin Carroll, international lecturer and author of “Rules of the Red Rubber Ball”.
- Consultative panel discussion on Expansion through finance, acquisition and international growth
Sponsorship & Exhibitor opportunities still available, contact Ad Director, Rob Vaughn at rwvaughn@bizjournals.com or 503-219-3406
7am – 7:45am
Registration & Continental Breakfast
7:45am – 8:45am Main Hall
The Ritz-Carlton Leadership Center
Radar On – Antenna Up
This program shows how Ritz-Carlton staff take service excellence to the highest levels every day. Learn how to surprise and delight your customers!
9am – 9:30am Expo Hall
Executive Briefings
A session of successive 15 minute interviews with Mike Golub, COO of the Portland Timbers, and Wendy Lane, CEO of LANE PR.
9:45am – 11am Main Hall
Expand Your Business
CEOs who've been there discuss key strategies for growth such as international development, finance, acquisition, market segmentation and leveraging technology. Panel includes Calvin Johnston, CEO of Leupold Stevens, and Jim Johnson, CEO of Tripwire.
11:30pm – 1pm Main Hall
Small Business Awards Luncheon
Keynote address by Gov. John Kitzhaber
The Small Business Awards are presented to businesses with fewer than 100 employees that have demonstrated excellence in sales growth, market penetration, industry impact, service offering, and community engagement.
1:15pm – 2:15pm Expo Hall
Executive Briefings
Executives take questions on how to grow in collaboration with the public sector, how to partner with higher education, and how to grow an effective sales organization. Panel includes Jeff Schneider, CEO of Sandler Training, Patrick Quinton, executive director of the Portland Development Commission, and Wim Wiewel, president of Portland State University.
2:30pm – 3:30pm Main Hall
Inspirational/Motivational Talk
Kevin Carroll, Author of Rules of the Red Rubber Ball
As an author, speaker and agent for social change it is Kevin's "job" to inspire businesses, to embrace their spirit of play and creativity to sustain more meaningful business and personal growth.
3:30pm – 4:30pm Expo Hall
Networking Reception
