The Southern California Minority Entrepreneurship Seminar is a cross-collaboration between We Tha Plug, Founders First Capital Partners & the UC San Diego Office of Innovation & Commercialization. This summit is dedicated to helping Southern California (Counties: Los Angeles, Orange County, Riverside, San Bernardino, Imperial, and San Diego) small business owners, startup entrepreneurs & innovators of color with Launch & Scale- focused sessions on strategies, trending technologies, and alternative funding options, opportunities & programming for minority entrepreneurs. This End-of-Year Seminar is for entrepreneurs to take their idea or concept and launch your business in 2022 No matter if your an early-stage entrepreneur or scaling your existing business to add to your Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR). Experienced speakers, entrepreneurs & tech enthusiasts together for a day of sessions and networking at UC San Diego's new 74,000-square-foot Design & Innovation Building.
- Entrepreneurship Fundamentals - Educate entrepreneurs on many of the steps required to take an idea or concept and launch a successful company in 2022 .
- Alternative Funding Options for your Business - Discovering alternative funding options such as Grants & Revenue-based financing which can help take your business to the next level without the worry of losing control/equity in your business.
- Understanding Customer-Focused Marketing- Grow with Google will conduct a 2-Part Session on how to create a compelling brand, define your audience, convert customers & build loyalty and advocacy.
- So Cal Ecosystem Networking- Join us later in the early evening for networking with San Diego & Southern Cal Ecosystem contributors & leaders
AGENDA
8AM-9AM- REGISTRATION/BREAKFAST/NETWORKING
9AM- WELCOME
9:30 AM- UNDERSTANDING BUSINESS MODELS
LUIS MARTINEZ, MSOL FOUNDER & CEO WE THA PLUG
10:30 AM- LAUNCH YOUR BUSINESS WITH CUSTOMER FOCUSED MARKETING
ROBERTO MARTINEZ GROW WITH GOOGLE DIGITAL COACH
11:30-1PM LUNCH
1PM - CREATING YOUR PITCHDECK FOR INVESTORS
OSCAR FRANCO - FOUNDERS FIRST CAPITAL PARTNERS
2PM- GRANT FUNDING FOR YOUR BUSINESS
CHRISTIANA RUSSELL- COO & PARTNER WE THA PLUG & MENDEDWING CONSULTING
3PM- UNDERSTANDING REVENUE BASED FINANCING
AARON BRAND- FOUNDERS FIRST CAPITAL PARTNERS
4PM- EARLY STAGE FUNDRAISING- ROSE BOWLUS /ROSE BOWLUS LAW
5:30PM - ECOSYSTEM NETWORKING EVENT