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Café Commerce Resource Partner Update

May 9, 2014

Café Commerce -‐ President SA’s one-‐stop entrepreneurship resource center @CafeCommSA

Plum Creek -‐ Director of Operations 2,200 acre master-‐planned community @plumcreektx

LoomisBurton – Cofounder Real estate consulting and development @loomisburton

French Oil Mill Machinery Co – Director 114 year-‐old family-‐owned machine manufacturer @frenchoil

FreeFlow Research – Founder 501c3 applied research organization @freeflowsearch

Peter L French Photography www.peterlfrench.com @peterlfrench

*  It has never been easier, or cheaper, to launch a company *  We are sitting in one of the most dynamic regions in the World *  Effectively anyone can sell anything to everyone everywhere *  Local, regional, & national leaders want us to succeed

Let’s leverage our combined resources to maximize our collective impact

Why Café Commerce

Café Commerce is A Startup

*  “For Entrepreneurs By Entrepreneurs” *  To Make Entrepreneurship Easier *  To Help you Promote and Deliver your Services with Greater Impact *  To Connect San Antonio’s Network of Resource Partners *  To Identify and Fill the Gaps in Our Business Support Infrastructure *  To Create New Collaborations and Programs that Strengthen our

Entrepreneurial and Small Business Community *  To Promote the Value of the Entrepreneurial Mindset *  To Provide A Venue for Peer-‐to-‐Peer Mentorship *  To Try New Things and Encourage Others to Do the Same

Why Café Commerce

*  SA Sourcelink *  Who Owns the Ice House *  1 Million Cups *  Kauffman Founder’s School *  FastTrac *  Downtown Retail Grant Program *  San Juan Square III Live-‐Work Program *  Saint Mary’s University Financial Literacy Program *  Trinity University Entrepreneurship Hall Summer Accelerator Program *  WDC Small Business Credit Enhancement Program

Café Commerce Programs

Café Commerce Metrics

Top 10 requests for assistance 1. Startup Assistance 2. Financial Resources 3. Regulatory Compliance 4. Marketing/Sales 5. Business Planning 6. Legal Issues 7. Business Management 8. Office/Incubator Space 9. Product Development 10. Mentoring

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Café Commerce Phase I

Café Commerce Phase II

*  Yours *  1st Coffee – Lunch – Coffee – Friday May 23rd *  Resource Partner Meet-‐up -‐ Wednesday June 4th *  Grand Opening Date – June 18th 9:00 A.M. *  Who Owns the Ice House Events & Training – June

23rd – 25th

Upcoming Events

Peter French 210-‐802-‐1504

[email protected] www.cafecommercesa.org @CafeCommSA @pfrench99

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