Unintentional Entrepreneur: San Francisco

Wednesday, July 15, 2009 from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM (PT)

San Francisco, CA

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Unintentional Entrepreneur: San Francisco
A free workshop for entrepreneurs (with beer + pizza)

Wednesday, July 15th
6:00 - 8:30pm
Langton Labs
9 Langton St

Schedule:

6:00 - 6:15pm	Informal Networking, Food and Drinks
6:15 - 6:40pm	"Managing Financial Transactions, Bookkeeping Basics and Small Business Tax Tips" - Kevin Reeth
6:45 - 7:10pm	"Creating and Maintaining your Online Presence - Getting started online; building your web site and brand" - Shashi Bellamkonda
7:15 - 7:40pm	"Effective and Efficient Marketing Method" - Lorna Li
7:40 - 8:30pm	Q&A, Networking, Food and Drinks

Speaker Bios:

Lorna Li is the founder of Green Marketing 2.0, aimed at inspiring and helping activists, nonprofit professionals, social entrepreneurs, students – really anyone – understand the basics of how to use web-based tools to raise awareness around important issues, connect with each other and create community around causes. Lorna specializes in Web 2.0 marketing, paid search marketing, and search engine optimization (SEO); that is, using the social web to create community, generate buzz, and maximize web presence around ideas, products and services.

Shashi Bellamkonda Shashi Bellamkonda works at the heart of Web hosting company, Network Solutions, as the Head of the Social Media Strategy

- their first-ever 'Social Media Swami'. In this leadership role he has helped Network Solutions aggressively move into the online space to actively listen to and interact with its customers. This push paid off when Network Solutions won the 2008 SNCR Excellence in New Communications Award for Online Reputation Management and the 2009 a Gold Quill Award of Excellence in Social Media from the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC).

Public Speaker, Photographer, prolific Twitterer, blogger, and product innovator, Shashi lives for technology, testing new innovations and helping people with small businesses to succeed. A self-described 'Internet junkie' and thought leader, Shashi has presented previously on " 'Social Media Tools for Small Business', 'How to Sell Social Media to Your Boss' and "Online Reputation Management – Best Practices & Lessons Learned", at international and national conferences like , IABC World Conference, SXSW, Affiliate Summit, NewComm Forum (SNCR.org), Blog Potomac, Online Media Bootcamp, DC Chamber of Commerce, American Institute of Writers, and Podcamps. Shashi had a very pleasant surprise when Washingtonian magazine included him in the Washington's Top 100 Tech Titans list. Other media mentions include Washington post, Webmaster Radio, BlogTalk Radio, Shel Holtz's ForImmediateRelease .

Unintentional Entrepreneur is an initiative brought to you by Outright.com and Network Solutions to support the challenges facing a unique segment of new business owners; Unintentional Entrepreneurs. With little help from the credit market, government, or economy, we're a country with explosive growth amongst self-employed professionals, side business owners, recently laid-off employees or freelancers who have marketable skills, experience and knowledge that they are using to start or run their own businesses during the economic downturn.

The San Francisco workshop is part of a five-city tour (Atlanta, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Washington D.C.) for Unintentional Entrepreneurs; providing an opportunity to learn from veteran entrepreneurs, network with local small business owners, and gain insight in the following areas:

Managing financial transactions
Bookkeeping basics and small business tax tips
Getting started online; building your web site and brand
Effective and efficient marketing methods

When

Wednesday, July 15, 2009 from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM (PT)

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Where

Langton Labs
9 Langton Street
San Francisco CA

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