SE Lady Bosses Affinity Group (virtual)

If you wish to register please contact Anna Grace agrace@inforummichigan.org

Lady Bosses

Focus on Vision, Strategy, Execution, Cash Flow.  Everything else is just noise.

Are there a million things distracting you from creating your dream business? Do you want to run your business with less chaos & greater profitability? If so, this session is for you.  Michigan attorney & serial entrepreneur Kristi Kozubal will share an entertaining introduction to Focus Four, a straightforward business framework uniquely designed by the Michigan Small Business Development Center specifically for small business owners.  The SBDC helps entrepreneurs overcome challenges at every point on their business journey.  Start up smoothly, scale sustainably, and exit successfully with Focus Four and the Michigan SBDC.

About the speaker:

Kristi Kozubal, JD, Michigan SBDC Growth Team Manager

Kristi Kozubal is a licensed Michigan attorney, strategy consultant and small business owner.  In her current role with the Michigan Small Business Development Center (SBDC), Kristi leads a team of senior-level business consultants who advise and counsel Second-Stage entrepreneurs on strategic planning, financial management, succession planning, human resource matters, marketing strategy, and other business growth issues.  A self-proclaimed “Neo-Generalist, she has a broad range of experience in commercial transactions, fiduciary accounting, data analysis, non-profit leadership, urban planning and real estate matters.

Kristi has a Juris Doctor degree from Michigan State University College of Law, a graduate certificate of Financial Management from Cornell University, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Architecture from the University of Michigan. She was a curriculum developer and adjunct instructor for the Masters of Entrepreneurial Transactions program at Central Michigan University Global Campus, and owns Float Paddle Center in Bay City with her husband Rick.  Kristi & Rick have two small dogs (but don’t call them little) and a piece of land near Sleeping Bear Dunes with a plan to build their Up North dream home by 2025.

The purpose of the Lady Bosses is to provide educational programming (speakers, workshops), support, inspiration, accountability to and from other Inforum business owners or prospective owners. While much of the Inforum membership is in the corporate world, Lady Bosses Affinity Group is designed to meet the unique needs of business owners. It can also become a catalyst to encourage women to start or purchase their own businesses. The group also can provide and gain synergy from Inforum’s inGAGE strategy. In 2017 just 17 percent of companies had a female founder, a number that hasn’t changed in five years, according to Crunchbase.

First Wednesday of the month, 10:30 a.m. – noon

Virtual platform will be sent to you 24 hours before the meeting.

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Group Leadership

Carol C. Ward, (248) 590-7190, cward@frannet.com

Michelle Cantor, (248) 705-9008, michelle@volarconsulting.com

Joscelyn A. Davis, (248) 860-8858, joscelyn@jadestrategies.com