Club E will be joined by Jeff Redmon to discuss how companies can utilize cash within your company. 

Jeff will show business owners how to find cash within their companies before seeking outside capital to meet their needs and goals.  Cash is the fuel necessary to reduce debt, increase reserves, consistently fund payroll and expand.  Jeff challenges business owners to be accountability for cash, the lifeblood of any organization.  He shows simple ways to find cash and establish cash metrics much like we have for sales or production.  

Learning Objectives: 
• Recognize that Cash is operations it is not about finance

• A simple process to find cash within your operations

• How to develop cash metrics for your operations

About Jeff: 
Jeff Redmon contributes to his clients living lives they love.  He helps his clients safely achieving their business goals by leveraging his knowledge, experience and networks to each client’s advantage.  Jeff as a trusted advisor to business owners, he challenges them to bring clarity to their vision, strategies and execution.  Jeff is a senior certified Gravitas Impact Premium Coach.  Jeff serves as one of their core advisors mentoring coaches worldwide; a valued contributor to their programs and content for the Gravitas global ecosystem.

Club E will be joined for a discussion by Author, Podcast Producer and Exit Strategy Consultant  Julie Keyes. 
You can order her book now on Amazon!
Event Summary: 
We will be discussing her new book and podcast content and purposes.
 1. To be an initial resource for business owners to become educated on how to prepare for an eventual transition. What is involved, when and who.
 2. To be a Lead Generation tool for advisers to help warm up prospects and clients so they understand the need to take action vs sitting on their thumbs.

Learning Objectives: 
1. Learn how will the book and podcast help business owners
2. Learn how will the book and podcast help advisers
3. Learn how important it is now more than ever for owners to take action with the help of advisers along the way

About Julie: 
Julie speaks and instructs at a national level on the topics of Exit and Transition Planning. As a Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA) with more than 28 years’ experience in business planning, development and management, she has plenty of stories to share that her audiences can relate to, whether they are business owners or the advisers who represent them. They learn from and are engaged by the content she delivers and at a very actionable level. She also produces a Podcast show called "Poised for Exit" that follows the book she wrote of the same name, that helps business owners plan for a successful business transition.

Business Strategy: Her years of experience in business ownership and management have provided her with the kind of hands-on knowledge that is earned over time and gives her a unique edge when working with her business owner clients or speaking to groups. She specializes in Growth Strategy and Exit Planning for business owners with revenues of $5-30M.

Exit Planning: Having her as your Exit Planner, means you have a CEPA and faculty member for the Exit Planning Institute working at your side. She's committed to every client's successful, lucrative exit. No one works forever and planning your transition takes more time that you think. Don't try to DIY. She also teaches and speaks to professional advisers from across disciplines on the subject of Exit and Transition Planning so they can be better educated in the Exit Planning Process. Her approach to the process of exit and transition planning is always collaborative. She believes that every owner needs a trusted team of advisers from across disciplines to obtain the best possible exit or transition outcome.

For Speaking schedule and Information, Business Owner Exit Planning or Business Strategy Advice, email or call:

[email protected] or 763-350-5563

Club E will be joined by Faz K. Bashi, MD to discuss his career as an entrepreneur and and angel investor.
Tune in for insights and trends within the minds of angel investors. With the lack of institutional investors in the Midwest startup space, angel investors fill an addressable gap in the start up funding ecosystem.
About Faz:
Faz K. Bashi, MD, has a research background in Immunology and Virology from UCSF.  He is an active member of Life Science Angel's (LSA) in Silicon Valley.  He is a member of Berkeley Angel Network. He is also Lead Venture Investor with Portfolia's FemTech Fund I, and soon to be announced FemTech Fund II, focused on female health and wellness.  He is very active in the Animal Health space, and is co-Founder, Board member, Investor & Advisor to Anubis Bio; an all-natural food-tech platform with first product scaling in revenue in USA and Korea, called DoggyStat ( https://doggystat.com/ ).

He served a 3-year term as Board Member of the Angel Capital Association (ACA) where he continues to be Chair of the ACA's Life Sciences Syndication group.  He is active with UCSF’s Entrepreneurship Startup 101 and Lean Launchpad, external advisory board member for UCSF's CTSI and Johns Hopkins' CBID (https://cbid.bme.jhu.edu/), Mentor for women entrepreneur leaders at both CSweetener.org and Springboard Enterprises (www.sb.co) Life Sciences Council. 

He volunteers his time with Peninsula Bridge program to help the underserved kids of East Palo Alto get inspired about their futures via education. He is committed to helping find treatments for Tinnitus, Autism, Lupus, and Vascular diseases. He completed several triathlons with Team-In-Training to raise funds for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

Club E will be joined by Anna Struss to discuss how you can improve your health. 

A recent Mayo Clinic study shows that business owners and executives are at a greater risk for sleep deprivation, heart disease, stroke and diabetes. 2020 has undoubtedly shown the importance of health, tune in to learn more about how changing a few small habits that can make a compounding impact. 

Questions to ask yourself: 
Who are you being?
What is possible, still!?
Who are you in service to?  The story line we hold on to.
What past life events are you committed to that are shaping your now, your future?
How are you showing up to life day to day?

About Anna: 
Anna Struss is the founder of Tangled Anchor, a health coaching and event management company.  
As a certified health coach, Anna empowers her clients, both personal and professional, to create lasting habit change and move towards the intentions they are out to achieve.  
In the essence of events; Anna creates her own experiential events as wells as works with companies to bring their desired event vision powerfully to life.  
Tangled Anchor - Clarity in the Chaos!

Club E will be joined by Emilee Struss to discuss making the transition from part-time passion to full-time lifestyle. 
Do you have a side hustle? A passion project? Whatever it is, it is not to be taken lightly. This talk is about making the transition from your part-time passion to a full-time lifestyle.
Takeaways: 
- Gaining the confidence in what you’re already good at.

- Gaining the community to support you to make the transition.

- Learning how to take small steps that add up over time.

About Emilee: 
Emilee Mae Struss is a writer, yoga teacher, and free thinker. She grew up in the Brainerd Lakes Area and attended school at Minnesota State University, Mankato, where she graduated with a degree in Creative Writing. Emilee has traveled to several other countries working with nonprofits as a volunteer writer. In 2016, she decided to quit pursuit of all things outside of her passion—writing. She now is a full-time writer, and encourages others to pursue their passions, fully.

Club E will be joined by Napoleon Howell of Deloitte Consulting to discuss how the future of the financial services industry.
With Industry 4.0 underway, businesses will need to reimagine how they operate from a people, process and technology perspective in order to stay competitive. This conversation examines the challenges and opportunities that exist in Industry 4.0, while discussing its overall impact on the financial services industry. 

Learning Objectives: 

1. Gain a baseline understanding of what Industry 4.0 means and its impact on the wider business community 
2. Learn about the challenges and opportunities that exist in Industry 4.0
3. Learn about the key enabling capabilities that exist in Industry 4.0 
4. Learn about how the Financial Services industry is being impacted

About Napoleon: 
Napoleon is a Senior Consultant in Deloitte’s Strategy and Operations practice with a focus on Corporate Strategy. Napoleon's primary experience has been working on corporate and business unit strategic planning and prioritization initiatives, innovation strategy, competitive positioning, go-to-market strategy, data and analytics strategy, and operating model strategies for large Life, Annuity and P&C Insurance clients. Napoleon also has experience working on functional and business unit strategy for large Asset Management and Commercial Banking clients. 

Napoleon is an emerging DEI leader within Deloitte and his wider community. Napoleon graduated with his MBA from the University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management.

Our Speaker's: Thomas Paulson and Patrick Mulvehill

Speaker's Contact Information:

Thomas Paulson
Email:[email protected]
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-paulson-09ab52b/

Patrick Mulvehill
Email: [email protected]
Linkedin:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-mulvehill-b066904/


THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNERS AND SPONSORS

Boulay Group, CPA's - https://www.boulaygroup.com/
Irish Titan - https://irishtitan.com/
Highland Bank - https://highland.bank/
Minnesota Sales Institute - https://mnsales.com/
Romain Berg - https://www.romainberg.com/
The Network Connect - https://thenetworkconnect.com/

Our Speaker(s):  John C. Levy, Special Counsel at Nilan Johnson Lewis PA | Founder and President of MN Food Truck Association | Stephanie March Senior Editor, Food & Dining at Mpls. St. Paul Magazine

John's Contact Information
Website: https://nilanjohnson.com/ , https://www.mnfoodtruckassociation.org/
Email: [email protected]

Stephanie's Contact Information
Email: [email protected]

THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNERS AND SPONSORS

Boulay Group, CPA's - https://www.boulaygroup.com/
Irish Titan - https://irishtitan.com/
Highland Bank - https://highland.bank/
Minnesota Sales Institute - https://mnsales.com/
Romain Berg - https://www.romainberg.com/
The Network Connect - https://thenetworkconnect.com/

Our Speaker: Julie Keyes

Eddie's Contact Information:
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.keyestrategies.com www.poisedforexit.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/juliekeyes
Twitter: @juliekeyes

Link to purchase Poised for Exit: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1952233135


THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNERS AND SPONSORS

Boulay Group, CPA's - https://www.boulaygroup.com/
Irish Titan - https://irishtitan.com/
Highland Bank - https://highland.bank/
Minnesota Sales Institute - https://mnsales.com/
Romain Berg - https://www.romainberg.com/
The Network Connect - https://thenetworkconnect.com/

THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNERS AND SPONSORS

Boulay Group, CPA's - https://www.boulaygroup.com/
Irish Titan - https://irishtitan.com/
Highland Bank - https://highland.bank/
Minnesota Sales Institute - https://mnsales.com/
Romain Berg - https://www.romainberg.com/
The Network Connect - https://thenetworkconnect.com/

Our Speaker: David Mann Founder of Simple Message
Website: https://asimplemessage.com/

Info and registration for our upcoming event on Thursday April 23rd at 8:30am with Neuromarketing Expert Terry Wu, Ph.D. on the topic of Understanding Your Customers' Emotional Decisions During a Crisis: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/understand-your-customers-emotional-decisions-during-a-crisis-tickets-103255419740