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SME Morning Breakfast and Presentation

Location: DoubleTree Park Place Hotel 1500 Park Place Blvd., Minneapolis, MN 55416 (394 & 100)

Lunch Presentation
The Smaller Business: Managing for the Future
Speaker: David Kristal 

Join SME Minneapolis/St. Paul as we present our October lunch program featuring David Kristal, CEO of Augeo Affinity Marketing, Joey’s Only Seafood Restaurants and Embers America Restaurants. David will provide you with a number of resources and ideas dedicated to advancing the success of smaller businesses. He will offer specific strategies for surviving and thriving with increasing competition and challenging economic times. David believes the business playing field is leveling for smaller companies and he will demonstrate how small businesses may take advantage of the emerging trends.
 
Augeo creates, implements and manages “value-added,” business-to-business loyalty programs for companies that work with or sell to business owners and managers. Joey’s Seafood & Grill is a modern family seafood brand uniquely positioned as the segment defining seafood concept in the under-penetrated family niche. There are currently 74 units open/committed for development, representing unit sales growth of 225% in 2004. Embers America combines the benefits of large scale restart franchising with the charm and hometown experience of independent, family-owned restaurants. David is a graduate of both the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management, and Stanford University’s School of Law.

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