2nd Annual Small Business Summit

2nd Annual Small Business Summit: Secure Your Business Future

Whether you're a budding entrepreneur or an established business owner, this summit is the perfect opportunity to take your business to the next level. Local resources and vendors will be available to answer a variety of questions to assist you in starting a small business and provide growth strategies for existing businesses.

Securing Your Data:

Jennifer Fix, Deputy State Chief Information Security Officer, NC Department of Information Technology will present our keynote address on protecting your small business from cyber threats.

Securing Your Finances:

We will have a panel of experts from the financial industry to help answer your most pressing funding questions. The panel will be moderated by Matt Gorman, Founder, Gorman Group Insurance.

Panel Members include:

• David Hall - Chief Banking Officer, First Federal Bank of NC
• Heather Port - Outreach/Marketing Specialist, US Small Business Administration
• Magaly Rivera - Business Solutions Officer, Carolina Small Business Development Fund (CDFI)
• Dr. Jonathan Thill - Founder, VentureAsheboro and Grant Specialist

Schedule of Events

• 9:00 AM - Registration and Vendor Market
• 9:30 AM - Keynote Address: Cyber Security for Small Business Owners
• 10:30 AM - Break/Vendor Market and Networking
• 11:15 AM - Panel Discussion: Funding Options for Small Business Owners
• 12:15 PM - Vendor Market and Networking
• 1:00 PM - Summit Ends

Special Thanks to all of our sponsors!

Presenting Sponsor: First Federal Bank of North Carolina

Resource Advocate Sponsors: Activate Selma and Boone Hill Environmental

Friends of the Summit: JNOW Media, Servpro Team Edwards, and Showing My Roots

Expected Vendors include:

*Activate Selma *AVRAC Finance *Black Castle IT *Carolina Small Business Development Fund *Clayton Chamber/Launch JoCo *Everything with Love *First Federal Bank NC *Gorman Group Insurance *High Point Bookkeeping, LLC *JCC Cybersecurity Team *JNOW Media *Johnston County Blinds *Market and Church *Narron Wenzel, P.A. *NC Department of Transportation *NC Department of Revenue *NDM Method *Next Level Electric, LLC *Oak City Spices *Prospera *Reign of Pearl Events *SBTDC & SSBCI *Showing My Roots *SMEK Digital *Studio Restore *Triangle East Chamber of Commerce *Vibe Central Events