We had a GREAT August Luncheon– big thanks to Jennifer Brinkman with Advanced Payment Solutions for her presentation and to GrowthPointe Strategies for their generous Luncheon Sponsorship. Please see below for our September Luncheon information.

NAWBO Business Luncheon
September 29th, 11:30-1:00pm

Please join us on Thursday, September 29th, 2011 at Maggiano’s Little Italy for our September luncheon.

11:00- Networking with Speaker and other Business Owners
11:30-1:00 pm – Lunch & Program

Using Bootstrap Marketing to Grow your Business

by Dr. Jeff Cornwall

Do you want to understand the principles of bootstrapping as well as recognize the importance of it in the current economy and within your business? If so, then join us to hear Dr. Cornwall share his knowledge and help you build a stronger business.

Dr. Jeff Cornwall is the inaugural recipient of the Jack C. Massey Chair in Entrepreneurship at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee.  He also serves as the Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship.  He has a Doctorate in Business Administration and an MBA from the University of Kentucky.  

In the late 1980’s, Dr. Cornwall left academics to become the co-founder and President/CEO of Atlantic Behavioral Health Systems, headquartered in Raleigh, NC.  ABHS operated a variety of health care facilities and programs throughout North Carolina.  After nine years of rapid growth, he negotiating the sale of most of his corporations’ business interests, and returned to academics.  

He has received national awards for his work in curriculum development and teaching.  The Belmont entrepreneurship program has been named a Top 25 Undergraduate Program in the nation by Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine.  Belmont University received the 2008 National Model Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Program Award from the United States Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship.  In 2010 Fortune magazine featured the Belmont as one of five universities to study entrepreneurship.  Dr. Cornwall is a Fellow of the United States Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

He has published six books and numerous articles on entrepreneurship. 

His blog, The Entrepreneurial Mind, is among the most popular with a focus on small business and entrepreneurship.  The Entrepreneurial Mind is part of the Forbes blog network and was named by that magazine as a “Best of the Web.” It is also syndicated by The Christian Science Monitor and Business Insider.

Click on the link below to make your reservation and pay online.

http://nashvillenawbo.com/luncheon/

Members-$25.00, Non-Members-$35.00, At the door without reservations-$40.00

We are women meeting women to build strategic affiliations & create opportunities to grow business. We are Succesful~Engaged~Committed~Women Business Owners.

Please Join Us!

We had a GREAT Networking luncheon last Thursday! Many women made new business contacts and enjoyed a great lunch! We hope to see you at our next luncheon, which will be Thursday, August 25th at Maggiano’s on West End. Networking is from 11-11:30am and our program will be 11:30-1pm. Please check back soon to find out more about our program!