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    HomeEventsWe Mean Business 2022 Virtual Conference

        
  
We Mean Business 2022 Virtual Conference
	
			February 15, 2022, 9:00 AM
                          - February 17, 2022, 3:00 PM
                **Organizer(s):**
          Cincinnati Minority Business Assistance CenterConference
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	The Fourth Annual *We Mean Business Conference*will take place virtually starting **February 15th – February 17th**. The conference will explore how to find business opportunities and examine the Federal Infrastructure Bill as well as discuss grant writing for entrepreneurs.


	
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**Finding Opportunities**

**Day One** will discuss guide business owners through how to find opportunities and leverage them to build their business. We will examine the Infrastructure Bill and the countless opportunities that exist for business owners who are capable and willing to pivot. Day One will discuss why using data to make business decisions can save you time and money and then well investigate ways to differentiate your business by implementing a second chance employee program. **How Digital Transformation, Cryptocurrency & the Blockchain Will Impact Your Business**

**Day Two**will focus on the need to digitally transform your business to remain relevant and to strategically make decisions about how business processes are arranged and integrated into functioning business models which are essential if companies are to survive. Blockchain and cryptocurrency are two of the central technologies of this transformation.**The Business of Farming**

**Day Three** will focus on The Buyer’s Initiative, Building Banking Relationships and Access to Capital. We will examine the supply chain and the produce auction as well asl the food co-ops and how to use advertising in a changing world. Appalachian Regional Commission

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