Are you ready for an inspiring and informative event as part of San Francisco’s Small Business Week? On May 10th, join the biannual New Roots/New Routes FREE conference at the City College of San Francisco, Ocean Campus, where you’ll hear from industry leaders, network with like-minded individuals, and gain valuable insights into growing your business.

Renaissance WBC is collaborating with Gellert Family Business Center at USF  and CCSF’s Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation for an exciting afternoon of conversation, information sharing, and networking.

Learn from thought leaders in the industry, discover strategies to build, operate, and grow your business, and gain valuable insights into the unique challenges and opportunities for family and small businesses.

Register now! https://tinyurl.com/NewRootsNewRoutes2023

Program:

1:00 – 1:30   Registration / Check-In (Multi-Use Building)
1:30 – 2:15    Opening plenary
2:30 – 3:15   Concurrent sessions:

• Women in Family Businesses
• You Need to Own It!

3:30 – 4:15   Concurrent sessions:

• Build, Operate, and Grow Your Business
• Women Mean Business: It’s not enough to be resilient

4:30 – 5:15  Closing plenary

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from thought leaders and connect with other passionate entrepreneurs!

Speaker: Pete Slosberg

Pete is a successful entrepreneur with a proven track record of building and growing companies. He founded Pete’s Brewing Company, which saw 10 years of over 100% growth rates and was listed on the Inc. 100 top US private companies for three years. He also founded Cocoa Pete’s Chocolate Adventures and held management positions at companies like Xerox, ROLM, and IBM. Today, he is known as Latin America’s Ambassador of Craft Beer to the World and has developed SCORE workshops on “Effective Elevator Pitches” and “Guerrilla Marketing”.

Speaker: Natasha Miller

Natasha Miller isn’t your average CEO. She sits at the helm of Entire Productions which has been an Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies in America for three years in a row. She is an award-winning, bestselling author of a memoir, Relentless. Natasha studied entrepreneurship at the Harvard Business School and MIT, and is a trained classical violinist and accomplished jazz vocalist. She resides in Oakland, CA and is a member and has a regional position at EO (Entrepreneurs’ Organization).

Renaissance WBC is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. All opinions, conclusions, or recommendations expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the SBA. All SBA programs or cosponsored programs are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made, if requested, at least 2 weeks in advance. Contact: Isla, Isla@rencenter.org, (415) 348-6227