2nd Annual Business Summit

The Small Business Summit is a premier event for small businesses looking to network with peers and learn from valuable insights on leadership, marketing and healthcare.
If you are a business owner, you are a leader. Hilda Pinnix-Ragland will discuss how the absence of leadership in a business can create a variety of challenges. If you own a
business, you should market. Amy Wood Pasquini will discuss how to grow your business through marketing efforts. Harry Ponder will address the anticipated changes that small business owners will experience as the Affordable Care Act gets ready to take effect.

There will also be opportunities for area businesses and organizations that co-sponsor the event to tell attendees about their products and services in an “expo” setting.

Event presented by Duke Energy; and the Vance-Granville Community College Small Business Center in partnership with the Granville County Chamber of Commerce, Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce, the Chamber of Commerce of Warren County and Greater Franklin County Chamber of Commerce.

Event will be held in the Civic Center located on the Main Campus.

Speaker(s): Hilda Pinnix-Ragland - Vice President of Corporate Public Affairs for Duke Energy; Amy Wood Pasquini - Marketing Development Director for Our State Magazine; and Harry Ponder - President of Carolina Buisness Services.

Co-Sponsor(s): GOLD SPONSORS: CenturyLink; The Daily Dispatch; Wake Electric Membership Corporation; SILVER SPONSORS: Express Employment Professionals; The Franklin Times; CONTRIBUTING SPONSORS: Cornerstone Facility Services; Screen Master; Vance County Farm Bureau; Butner-Creedmoor News; US 98.3; Oxford Public Ledger; The Warren Record and WIZS; IN-KIND GIFTS - City of Oxford; School of Graphic Arts (Masonic Home for Children).