BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20180822T170000Z DTEND:20180822T180000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Top Five For Small Business- Top Five Apps for Small Businesses DESCRIPTION:It's given that small business owners and managers wear many hats. But for every minute spent working 'in' the business\, a minute is lost to focus 'on' the business. We will talk about the top five apps small businesses can employ to reduce administrative time and gain more time for strategic thinking and growth.\n\n\n\nLaura Kinnard\, MBA\, Founder of Curated Growth\, Drake University Professor\, and Entrepreneurial Adviser\n\n \n\nLaura Kinnard obtained her MBA with an Internet Marketing Specialty designation from the Florida Institute of Technology and has an Advertising Management degree with a Marketing Concentration from Drake University where she is now a Professor and Entrepreneurial Fellow.\n\n \n\nKinnard teaches Entrepreneurial Management and works as an adviser for Drake University's Student Startup 'Hatchery' and for the visiting Mandela Washington Young African Leaders. She was also awarded a reciprocal grant through the Young African Leadership Initiative (YALI) program in 2017 to do entrepreneurial management and marketing training in Nigeria\, Africa.\n\n \n\nDrawing on the more than 20 years she has spent marketing and helping to develop and promote unique businesses\, products\, and events\, Kinnard recently Founded Curated Growth. The company intentionally curates resources\, including physical spaces\, for the purpose of fostering innovation and growing new business ventures. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:It'\;s given that small business owners and managers wear many hats. But for every minute spent working '\;in'\; the business\, a minute is lost to \;focus '\;on'\; the business. We will talk about the top five apps small businesses can employ to reduce administrative time and gain more \;time for strategic thinking and growth.
\n
\nLaura Kinnard\, MBA\, \;Founder of Curated Growth\, Drake University Professor\, and Entrepreneurial Adviser
\n \;
\nLaura Kinnard obtained her MBA with an Internet Marketing Specialty designation from the Florida Institute of Technology and has an Advertising Management degree with a Marketing Concentration from Drake University &ndash\; where she is now a Professor and Entrepreneurial Fellow.
\n \;
\nKinnard teaches Entrepreneurial Management and works as an adviser for Drake University&rsquo\;s Student Startup &lsquo\;Hatchery&rsquo\; and for the visiting Mandela Washington Young African Leaders. She was also awarded a reciprocal grant through the Young African Leadership Initiative (YALI) program in 2017 to do entrepreneurial management and marketing training in Nigeria\, Africa.
\n \;
\nDrawing on the more than 20 years she has spent marketing and helping to develop and promote unique businesses\, products\, and events\, Kinnard recently Founded Curated Growth. The company intentionally curates resources\, including physical spaces\, for the purpose of fostering innovation and growing new business ventures.
\n \; LOCATION:Harley L. Otto Memorial Board Room Grimes Chamber & Economic Development 404 SE 2nd Street\; Suite 200 Grimes\, IA 50111 UID:e.2636.1312 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260424T114510Z URL:https://business.grimesiowa.com/events/details/top-five-for-small-business-top-five-apps-for-small-businesses-1312 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR