Positively Pittsburgh Live! For Sale Opportunity, Franchising
Event Preview
10-4-12
For Sale:Opportunity
franchising event, featuring 30+ national and regional exhibitors, including
Giant Eagle, Sport Clips, Liberty Tax, Handy Pro and Veterans Taxi; top SBA and
franchise lenders, including FranNet and Benetrends; and representatives from
Pittsburgh's top commercial real estate firms to be held October 9 at Fairmont
Hotel.
Guests:
Adam J. Mohney, Director
of Communications and Fund Development for Building Bridges for Business
Larry Carnell, CFE, CBI
BeneTrends Inc./Vice President of Business Development
Sue Malone, "The
Money Lady," Strategies for Small Business founder
Sponsored by:
PositivelyPittsburghLiveMagazine.com - Media Sponsor
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“Franchises
have long been an important component in the structure of American business,”
said Linda Handley, founder, Building Bridges for Business. “According to the
International Franchise Association (IFA), over the first five years, four out
of five franchises succeed, whereas only one out of five independent small
businesses succeeds.” Franchises in the United States provide over 9.8 million
jobs with a payroll of over $229 billion, according to the IFA.
Allegheny
County Executive Rich Fitzgerald will deliver a welcome message discussing the
current state of locally owned small businesses. “Rich’s passion for small
business development and sustainability in Allegheny County
Partners
for For Sale: Opportunity include, the Allegheny County Executive’s
Office, the City of Pittsburgh Chatham University Small Business Development
Center Duquesne University
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| Adam J. Mohney |
Adam J. Mohney is a public relations,
writing and social media specialist based in Western Pennsylvania. His
experience includes helping boost social media outreach for a broad variety of
organizations, web design and development, and formerly working for
Pittsburgh’s highest-revenue-grossing public relations firm. From campfires to
the World Wide Web, he enjoys practicing the art of storytelling.
Adam earned his M.S. and B.S. in Mass Media Arts and Journalism
from Clarion University of Pennsylvania in 2011 and 2009, respectively.
Currently, he supports Building Bridges for Business in their
mission to educate and empower small business owners in Pittsburgh and
Allegheny County through access to information, partnerships and resources. His
roles include writing press releases, assisting with social media, copy editing
and writing grant and donation letters.
Adam discusses the definition of public relations, effective PR
with visibility and transparency, writing and messaging strategy and continuity,
and how to develop your brand with words. He also talks about social media and
small business.
This
event will provide you with funding on the spot through a new loan program and
access to 401k funding experts, and allow you to find space for the franchise.
It
is apparent that Pittsburgh is experiencing significant economic growth, and
this event will serve as a wonderful opportunity for national franchises to
partner with local business leaders.
Building Bridges for Business anticipates
another sold-out crowd.
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| Larry Carnell |
Larry Carnell is a
recipient of: The National Association of Entrepreneurship's NAE 250 award
given to the top 250 entrepreneurs in the country; Franchising "Industry
Leadership Award"; Franchising "STAR" Award for Performance
Excellence; The "President Club" award as a national award
winning management consultant.
Larry has been asked to
lecture to and train thousands of business professionals with organizations
such as the International Franchise Association, SCORE, International Business
Brokers Associations, universities and other organizations. He has also
spoken at seminars with business notables such as Donald Trump, Suze Orman and
others.
Benetrends is the
premier provider of services that enable an individual to use their retirement
funds tax deferred, penalty free without loan or interest payments. They
also provide a wide variety of other funding solutions and resources including
SBA, Leasing, Asset Backed Loans and other funding solutions.
For more information
contact Larry Carnell at 770-652-5393, or Larry@benetrends.com.
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Center, Sue Malone,
Left Anna Harvey, SBA Office of Women Business Ownership |
Sue
Malone is the founder of Strategies For Small Business. Her sole mission for
the last ten years has been to help people obtain access to capital to start or
expand their businesses. In doing so, one of her specialties has been small
business start-up loans. And she has done so exceptionally well. She is the
undisputed, number one SBA loan provider for the Community Express Loan Program
in the nation. As of April 2008, she is responsible for closing over 41,000 of
these much needed loans.
She
is a grassroots provider of these loans, serving all communities across the
United States. As one of the busiest women in America, she is on the road
constantly, dispensing a plethora of capital through innumerable loan workshops
to: organizations, groups, churches, associations, chambers of commerce,
non-profits, colleges, franchises, and entrepreneurial organizations. She is
proud, along with other banks, to work directly with the SBA, as well as SCORE
(Service Corps of Retired Executives), Women’s Business Centers, and SBA Small
Business Development Centers (SBDC’s).
An
inspirational speaker, she has been highlighted in countless speaking
engagements, as well as in newspaper articles, magazines, television, radio,
conventions, and CNN. Together with her numerous awards and with the assistance
of the lenders she has partnered with, she has been responsible for their
achieving the #1 SBA lender status in West Virginia, South Carolina, Louisiana,
Tennessee, Hawaii, North Carolina, and in the top five lenders category in
other districts.
Sue
Malone has a degree in accounting and an MBA in finance. As such, she brings
not only the requisite education and expertise, but the proven commitment to
care deeply for the success of this Nation’s small businesses. She sits on the
White House Small Business Council.
Sue discusses access to capital, business needs
and the way to approach, how to position yourself, the veterans program,
and can you really position yourself in a six month
period of time? Many people dig the well
before they need the water.
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This was reported as a
reproduction of PositvelyPittsburghLive news done by Joanne Quinn-Smith. (c)
Joanne Quinn-Smith and PositivelyPittsburghLive(TM) 2012 All rights reserved.
Tara Darazio is a
Positively Pittsburgh Live reporter, an independent copywriter, blogger,
article writer, and social media strategist. If you are in need of writing
assistance, or need help with your social media efforts connect
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