GMEN Entrepreneurship Networking Series

504 Fair Street Southwest,Atlanta GA 30313

28 July, 2022

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Georgia Micro Enterprise Network (GMEN) is proud to celebrate 25 years of building businesses in 2022. GMEN is honoring organizations that started with GMEN 25 years ago through today, supporting and being a driving force with us for growing businesses in Georgia and the southeast region. We are highlighting our present initiatives and providing insight into the future of GMEN as we continue to grow businesses. https://gmen.org This entrepreneurship networking series is held in downtown Atlanta, Georgia at the Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs, and is free and open to the public. Free parking. Who Should Attend: Entrepreneurs, small businesses, non-profits and business consultants. Thursday, June 23, 2022 Topic: "Business Development" | What is business development? Business development in entrepreneurship involves finding new growth opportunities for the company and forming strategic partnerships that open up new markets. Many get business development confused with sales development, but sales development focuses on identifying leads, researching and developing them and moving them along the sales cycle toward a closing. GMEN Partner Organization Spotlight: Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs (ACE ) | 20+ Years. $135 million in loans. 14,000+ jobs. | From an initial grant of $50,000, ACE | Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs has helped North Georgia and metro Atlanta’s entrepreneurs survive and thrive for more than 20 years. This commitment to providing affordable loans to underserved small and medium businesses has positioned ACE as the 42nd largest nonprofit in the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s list of Atlanta’s 75 Largest Nonprofit Organizations in 2021. GMEN has been a partner of ACE for 20+ years. https://aceloans.org Guest Speaker: Princella White, P.K. Connections LLC | "Thinking Outside the Box" When Doing Business Development | Princella White is a Business Growth Strategist, who specializes in consulting with small to mid-size business owners on How to Do Business with the Public (Government) and Private sectors. Princella created P. K, Connections L.L.C., over eighteen years ago; and combined her work experience of 20 plus years in the banking industry, 5 years in finance and 20 years in purchasing and contracting to consult, train and educate business owners on “How to Think Outside the Box" when doing Business Development. https://pkconnections.godaddysites.com/ Appetizers, refreshments, and water provided. Thursday, July 28, 2022 Guest Speaker: TBA Organization(s) Spotlight: TBA Food: Brownies and Ice Cream provided by M&R Brownies, water, snacks. Thursday, August 25, 2022 Guest Speaker: TBA Organization(s) Spotlight: TBA Food: Snacks, sodas, water provided.