We made it! On August 19, 2008, SBSN celebrated the one-year anniversary of our very first networking event. We celebrated right where it started ...Gregory's Piano Bar in Dayton.
On August 27, 2007 several frustrated business owners met to help each other with their challenges ...after all basically we had the same challenges ...just different levels and degrees.
Since that day SBSN have grown by leaps and bounds - sort of exploded! Our membership continues to grow rapidly.
The MBR (Mutually Beneficial Relationships) Alliance chapters were implemented and are now held in Centerville, Beavercreek, Dayton, Columbus and soon in Middletown, Springfield and West Chester.
Everything thing we do is driven by our passion, our mission...
To provide the best possible arena for small business owners to increase sales and achieve business success by creating a national network of small business owners who
-Work together to resolve small business challenges,
-Hone networking and sales skills,
-Patronize Members businesses and
-Help each other achieve their dreams.
Because we are small business owners ourselves we understand there is this "subculture" of small business owners who are hungry, starving, for:
-Affordable and effective ways to market their businesses and
boost sales,
-Small business resources and answers to their questions,
-Connections to other small business owners
-Relief from the feelings of being alone and left out and
-Funding, access to capital.
A year, later we remain true to our mission, thanks to our Member Executive Council:
Gabrielle Beyer, Reliv
Phil Capps, Bartolo's Executive Sedan Service
Jimmie Collins, JC Enterprises
Carm Crawford, Global Sales & Event Marketing
Bob Goldberg, Food for Thought Marketing
Adrian LeBlanc, US Bank
Jeremy Schans, First Financial Bank
Steve White, Action Coach
For this upcoming year our motto, our philosophy, is: Dream Big. Think Big.
And we have some pretty big stuff coming down the pike; the Small Biz SUCCESS! Expo, member coaching, boot camp, quarterly regionals, the gigantic multi-networking/organizational networking event, a foundation to help fund deserving small businesses and expansion into Indiana, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Kentucky!
A sincere heartfelt "Thank you" goes out to all of our members. We continually strive to truly be "Your partner in SUCCESS!" "Where Dreams Mean Business."
We look forward to celebrating with you at our second anniversary
celebration on Tuesday August 18, 2009. Same place. Same time.
