The pros and cons of joint ventures is the topic of a networking lunch for entrepreneurs from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 28 at the Doubletree Hotel in Rohnert Park.
The speaker will be Sonoma State University business professor Robert Colman who opens this series of lunches for start-up entrepreneurs as part of the University's new Enterprise Partnership Program at the School of Business and Economics.
The lunch is the first in a series of programs to take place the fourth Tuesday of the month to give up entrepreneurs an opportunity to meet people of similar interests.
The series is also sponsored by PeopleConnect and the Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs (SVASE).
Cost of the lunch is $20 . To make a reservation or for further information, please contact Max Shapiro at (415) 479-3400 or
max@peopleconnectstaffing.com
EPP will address the needs of small businesses, entrepreneurs, inventors in the North Bay by providing hands-on assistance through faculty, interns, and mentors in the business community, says Colman who is director of the program.
It will provide strategic, financial, marketing, production and staffing support and seek to form alliances among businesses,
the University, and local and federal government agencies.
EPP will also assist in the development of business plans, financial offerings, and will facilitate access to office, manufacturing, and research facilities, and introduction to funding sources for small businesses.
For further information on EPP, contact Colman at (707) 664-2393.