We are kicking off 2020 with the theme “Building,” and revamping our 3rd Wednesdays programs to help women veteran owned businesses, military spouses and our surrounding business community apply successful scaling strategies to build:
Personal/Professional Confidence - Sign-up for on the spot pitch coaching
Business Credit & Access to Capital - Be selected to pitch your business
Business to Business Sales - Develop your ability to increase referrals and sales
This year’s 3rd Wednesdays theme is “Women Warriors Winning the Business Battle!” The program will continue to offer light refreshments beginning at 11AM.
The new agenda will include the following:
11:15AM - 11:30AM - Structured Speed Networking - An area will be set up for you to immediately join the action as members arrive and get connected.
11:30AM - 11:40AM - 30 Second Business Pitch - You cannot sell you business, if no one knows what you selling, now every month we will give you the opportunity to connect with a confidence or business coach to develop your pitch and then battle with your peers for the best presentation and a $60 Gift Card.
Prepare Your Pitch - Sign up for a session with a Confidence or Business Coach:
Caplan is a female empowerment author, speaker and confidence coach. As she climbed the corporate ladder for over 20 years, she learned that advancing meant tolerating discriminatoion in the workplace. This drove Holly to write a book titled, “Surviving the Dick Clique: A Girl’s Guide to Surviving the Male Dominated Corporate World.” Her most recent work related articles can be found in Fox Business, Inc, and Fast Company, CEO MOM and Cosmopolitan. Holly resides in Dallas, TX.
Shirley Staten is a certified life and business coach, specializing in sales and customer service. She’s passionate about working with individuals to help them achieve their personal goals as well as business owners to help them increase sales by leveraging customer service techniques. Her process includes helping clients create an executable strategic plan to help them achieve their business goals by focusing on key operational areas.
11:40AM - 12:00PM - 2 - Three-Minutes Business Pitch for a line of Business Credit - Each month two business owners will be selected to showcase their business and make a 3 minute pitch for a business line of credit.
Meet the Judges:
Stephanie M. Broughton, Minority/Women Business Enterprise (M/WBE) Coordinator, Dallas Independent School District, Dallas Education Center;
Christina Mortel , Army Veteran & Business Consultant, Texas Veterans Commission Veteran Entrepreneur Program;
Tracy Irby, Small Business Advisor, Center for Women Entrepreneurs, Texas but I Woman's University;
12:00PM - 12:15PM - Introductions Partners, Sponsors & Keynote Speaker - Get connected to the resources you need to succeed with a brief presentation from partners and sponsors supporting this and other VWEC events.
12:15PM - 12:45PM - Words of Wisdom - Now make the connection as one of our sisters in arms shares her entrepreneur journey. The journey will be different for each of us and sharing our stories strengthens our ability to learn from both failures and successes. Building your buisness is all about developing the right success strategy for you! Let us help you access the resources you need to succeed!
12:45PM - 12:55PM - Questions & Answers
12:55PM - 1:00PM - Selection of Next Month’s Business Pitches & Closing Remarks
Are you ready to take full control of your business, turning contacts into contracts, building your business credit and strengthening your business pitch? When opportunities knocks, will you be ready? We’re turning information into opportunities for you to access the resources your need to succeed.