The Midwest's Premier Conference

Balancing Risk and Reward to Maximize the Value of Your Business

Our focus for this years' conference was all about risk and impact and we started out the afternoon with a powerful panel of business owners including Darin Lynch (Irish Titan), Jennifer Zick (Authentic) and Nick Hansen (TMC Industries) to explore the real-world challenges and consequences of taking big risks. In addition to valuable time connecting with fellow business owners, partners brought the knowledge with expanded sessions on:

• Assessing your mindset and approach to risk

• Using talent as a growth catalyst

• Leveraging AI to accelerate sales

• Driving adoption of tools to grow efficiency and productivity

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Leading Growth in Your Company: What Got You Here Won't Get You There

Trying something new in honor of our 5th anniversary, we hosted a workshop that allowed attendees to participate in four highly engaging and interactive presentations from the Twin Cities Business Growth partners. During their respective sessions, speakers revealed how:​

• the best executives get what they want from their organization

• to make their business a more valuable asset

• to effectively use artificial intelligence tools to their advantage

• to build a highly effective leadership team to drive growth

Playing Offense in Uncertain Times

Kicking off the event was John Warrillow, founder of The Value Builder System™, author of two best-selling books, and host of Built to Sell Radio. Following his informative and inspirational keynote were sessions covering some of the hottest issues facing small businesses to help prepare for a fantastic 2023, including:

• the importance of hiring for your future workforce 

• flipping the sales field to attract new opportunities 

• evolving tech strategies to support constant changes

• exploring secondary growth engines to ensure the success of your long-term goals

Reignite Your Growth After A Tumultuous Year

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Keynote speaker, David Reiling of Sunrise Banks, discussed how 2021 launched the business world into unfamiliar territory that was now paved with remote meetings, hybrid conferences, and constant regulation changes. After the unpredictability of the prior two years, we looked at what insights to take with us into 2022 to ensure progress and growth in a post-pandemic era. Attendees then broke out into sessions centered around:

• optimizing sales in a new economy

• healthy teams drive culture and performance

• unrelenting & ruthless cyber attacks on American businesses

• hiring a stallion, creating a unicorn

Driving Growth in a Changing Landscape

This virtual event featured keynote speaker, Rhoda Olsen, former CEO of Great Clips as well as a panel of leaders who have worked with hundreds of Twin Cities based companies. The panel discussed what they've seen the most successful owners and leaders implement, and explored how to plan, communicate and get buy-in from their people as well as how to execute to get maximum results.

Reigniting Your Growth in a Changing Business World

Wendi Breuer, CEO of SeaChange Print Innovations, kicked off Twin Cities Business Growth’s inaugural event with her story of how, in just five years, she was instrumental in revamping a failing printing company into one with 100 employees and a $21M revenue. Featured in the Star Tribune and named the 2019 “Woman Business Owner of the Year” by the Minnesota chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners, Wendi’s story of success is truly inspiring and motivating. 

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Following Wendi, our four partners took attendees through proven techniques in sales, business management and high-potential employee management to jumpstart their company’s growth and help move it to the next level.