Architectural Artisans Collaborative
Austin CarShare
Austin Energy
Aus-Tex Printing & Mailing
BiG Austin
Business Community Lenders of Texas
Business Success Center
Capital Certified Development Corp.
Catellus Development Group
CB Richard Ellis
City of Austin Small Business Development Program
Commercial Real Estate Solutions
Direct Development
Downtown Austin Alliance
Drenner & Golden Stuart Wolff LLP
Endeavor Real Estate Group
Henslee, Fowler, Hepworth & Schwartz, LLP
Heritage Title
Leadership Shows
Loomis Austin, Inc.
Meridian Energy Systems
National Federation of Independent Business
Omni Bank
PeopleFund
South Texas Business Group
Simon Property Group
Stratus Properties
Taste the Heat
Time Warner Business Class
Tine Warner Media Sales
urbanspace Commercial
Velocity Credit Union
The 2nd Annual
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
St. Edward's University
Ragsdale Center, 3001 South Congress Ave.
At the 2007 AIBA Trade Show we will provide you with all of the tools and connections your business needs not only to sustain but to thrive in our growing economy in Austin, Texas.
Last May, AIBA organized a trade show in which developers presented upcoming projects while independent entrepreneurs reviewed and identified potential locations for their businesses and introduced themselves. Banks and other local lenders were also present at the show, and workshops on a variety of business development topics, including financing and leasing, were held.
The trade show was such a success that AIBA will be hosting the trade show again this May with an expanded line-up of workshops including ways that areas of locally owned business can become IBIZ Districts.
2007 AIBA Trade Show Schedule
Agenda:
11:00am
Doors Open
11:30am to 1:00pm
Luncheon with Speakers
Danny Roth, Principal, Southwest Strategies Group
Rosy Jalifi, City of Austin Small Business Development Program
1:00pm
Exhibit Hall Opens
1:30 to 2:15pm Workshop Session 1
Basic Information for Starting a Small Business City of Austin Small Business Development Program
How Your Business' Area Can Become an IBIZ District
Austin Independent Business Alliance
Commercial Leasing from the Tenants Perspective Commercial Real Estate Solutions
New Workshop: Texas Legislative Update National Federation of Independent Business
2:20 to 3:05pm Workshop Session 2
Small Business Permitting 101
City of Austin Small Business Development Program
The Hot Spots of Lease Terms
Henslee, Fowler, Hepworth & Schwartz, LLP
Taking Your Business to the Next Level
The Business Success Center
New Workshop:Business Plan Basics
BiG Austin
3:10 to 3:55pm Workshop Session 3
A Plan for Accessing Capital
PeopleFund
Panel Discussion: Opening a Second Location
Amy's Ice Cream, Wild About Music and others to be announced
Success Based Marketing
The Business Success Center
New Workshop:The Benefits of Austin Carshare for Developments Austin CarShare
4:00 to 5:00pm
Networking Reception in Exhibit Hall
AIBA Trade Show
Sponsored by
2006 Trade Show attendees
are talking....
"The audience members were just fabulous. Every one of them was a sole proprietor, looking to lease space for the first time for a start-up business. Those people were filled with enthusiasm and great ideas; it was truly inspirational. They reminded me a little of myself when I was in their shoes twenty years ago with a four lawyer firm. How time flies!"
Laura S. Fowler, Henslee, Fowler, Hepworth & Schwartz, LLP
"...it was a very professional and well-managed event˜one of the best I have seen in Austin!"
Mike Bolin,
Ultimate Cheesecake
"I wanted to let you know how impressed I was with the event today. It was a wonderful forum and Stacy's presentation was very insightful--I hope we are able to take today's momentum forward in terms of new opportunities and making Austin a model city in promoting and sustaining local businesses."
John Philip Donisi,
Drenner & Golden Stuart Wolff, L.L.P.
