​This 2.5-day conference focuses on helping entrepreneurs strategically leave employee-based careers to pursuit lives as a full-time entrepreneurs that creates jobs for non-entrepreneur-spirited workers. This conference places emphasis on overall community sustainability through business development. Day 1 of the conference consists of making the transition from employee to entrepreneur, Day 2 consists strategies to build a business and Day 3 consists of a half-day of Black Leadership training.

the "how-to" Business Conference

The How-To Business Conference is rated as one of America's top business conferences in self-help for wealth-building entrepreneurs. This conference brings together a host of professionals from various industries who share, train and/or teach the skills necessary for building a successful business. At the conference you will meet other entrepreneurs with similar interests and innovative ideas from across the country who are building businesses and launching products of their own. You get to attend any master class, panel discussions, networking sessions and learn of business opportunities available to you.

day one
Starting a Business: Getting to the Great Launch

Registration, Welcome and Opening Remarks
​(7:30am – 8:30am)
Is My Idea Good Enough for Profits?
​How to Bring an Idea or Product to the Market
​(8:30am – 9:30am)
Preparing Your Personal and Business Credit:
​How to Get Funding Even after a Bank Rejection
​(9:40am – 10:30am)
After a Devastation:
​How to Rebuild Your Finances after a Major Financial Setback
​(10:35pm – 11:30pm)
Break: 11:30am – 12:00pm
Presentation and Lunch: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Payroll as Your Start-up:
​How to Use Your Income as Capital
​(1:00pm – 1:45pm)
Generating Side Income:
​How to Get the Business Going While Still Employed
​(1:50pm – 2:30pm)
Where to Find My First Team:
​Doing Business with Friends or Family
​(2:35pm – 3:30pm)
Strategic Resignation:
​How to Safely Resign from a Job
​(3:35pm – 4:30pm)
Networking Mixer
(4:30pm – 5:30pm)
​Closed to the Public
Black Businesses Matter Presentation and Discussion
(5:30pm – 7:00pm)
​Open to Public

day TWO
How to Build a Successful Generational Business

Breakfast Panel (8:00am – 9:00am)
7 Key Ways to Market and Brand a Black-Owned Business
​(9:00am – 9:45am)
Waste of Time or Missing Revenue:
​How to Excel on Social Media
​(9:50am – 10:45am)
Subject Matter Expert:
​How to Become an Industry Leader and Renown Expert
​(10:50am – 11:30am)
Revenue Generation:
​How to Become a Skilled Seller of Any Product
​(11:35am – 12:15pm)
Lunch: Black Shark Tank Panel
​(12:15pm – 1:15pm)
Pricing Strategy:
​How to Ensure Your Product or Service Has Enough Profit Margin
​(1:15pm – 2:00pm)
Handling the Books:
​How to Be a Good CFO for Your Business
(2:00pm – 2:40pm)
How to Get Your Business a Minority Distinction for Government Contracts
​(2:40pm – 3:30pm)
Leading Your Team:
​How to Build a High-Performance Team
​(3:35pm – 4:15pm)
Succession Planning:
​How to Ensure Others Can Run Your Business in Your Absence
​(4:15 – 5:00)
Networking Mixer (5:00pm – 6:00pm)

day THREE
Black Entrepreneurial Leadership:
OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO BECOMING A World-Class Leader

Prayer Breakfast
​(8:00am – 9:00am)
Transformative:
​How to Become a Leader Others Willingly Follow
(9:00am – 9:30pm)
Productivity:
​How to Get the Most Out of Your Team
(9:30am – 10:00am)
Retention:
​How to Foster Workplace Longevity in Others
(10:00am – 10:30am)
Executive:
​How to Master Executive Responsibilities
(10:30am – 11:00am)
Critical Thinking:
How to Make Decisions That Are Performance-Based and Results-Driven
(11:00am – 11:30am)
Conference Close-Out and Call to Action
​(11:30am – 12:00pm)

What to Expect at the  "how-to" conference

This is an all-day event in a fast-paced environment. Our team of experienced Power Experts will share their best practices in fields they have mastered in a step-by-step training environment. You can expect free flowing information, networking and collaborative discussions to take place.

Ambitious entrepreneur-spirited individuals leaving the military, resigning from a job, retiring from a career or stepping into the world on their own after recently graduating college/high school will find significant value from the rich discussions, mentorship and Master Classes.

​10 Master Strategies that
​you will walk away with:

​1. Deploy Techniques

​How to deploy specific and necessary techniques in your business of interest that will lead to its growth.

​2. Opportunity Recognition

​How to recognize entrepreneurial opportunities in what appears to be problematic situations and turn them into activities of commerce.

3. Skills Mastery 

​Mastery skills in business, investing, employing, organizational structure and more. 

4. Leveraging Resources

​How to design your network, team, goods and services in ways that will generate unconventional revenue streams for your business.

5. Productivity and Efficiency

​How to construct business and operational systems that will maximize profit margins, delivery and availability of your goods and services without being tied to the process.

6. Debt Elimination

​How to start and run a business on minimum debt, financial loss and financial obligations.

7. Safe Transitioning

​How to safely transition from one stage of your life into one that you desire by confronting and conquering fear, removing and replacing the wrong people in your immediate circle and build-up your cash flow incrementally that will ultimately replace your paycheck.

​8. Sales Structure

​How to create a structure that compliments your good or service that generates solid, stable, sustainable, and significant revenues.

9. Team Building

​How to build a visionary team of ditch diggers with integrity that will commit to the long-term success of your business.

10. Mainstream Appeal

​How to operate your business on a mainstream level that leads to diverse customers, corporate partnerships, government contracts and overall business sustainability.
The training has become a highlight for me, to get to the next level in business management... this training is invaluable... that is why I get excited each time we have a schedule session. I also want to take the time encourage you guys at UBI. You are doing a great job and service to the community! Thank You for this opportunity.
John Penn, CEO
Euro Power Auto Parts
Graduate, School of Entrepreneurship 
I have worked with them on several occasions and their entrepreneurial approach, theoretical philosophies and small business experience makes this program a value to new and seasoned entrepreneurs. 
Andrew Morrison, CEO
Small Business Camp 
I have worked around businesses everyday for years and I can't believe how this program has enhanced my skillset in business. I feel like I have been developed and met paradigm shifts along the way. I can't miss a session and urge others to invest in attending.
Alnessa Davis
Trademark Administrator, Graduate
and Current Student School of Entrepreneurship
Learning how to do business in the urban community has been very, very helpful to my small business. I would easily pay $10,000 in tuition for this training. It's really worth it!
Doug Arter
Graduate, School of Entrepreneurship 
This Academy has been a tremendous asset to our aspiring entrepreneurs.
Donna Dabbs, Director
National Urban League
It is unbelievable what you learn about yourself and business in this program!
Roxane De Windt-Toussaint
Graduate and Current Student
School of Entrepreneurship
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