Expo Schedule

Welcome and Announcements Ballroom B

• Ron P. Wacks, President, American Association of MicroBusinesses
  Co-chair, Minnesota Small Business Expo & Conference
  2003 SBA Homebased Business Advocate of the Year, Midwest Region
• Bill Hermann - Event Emcee, Entertainment Director, Blue Chip Productions
• Scott Litman, Co-chairman, Breakthrough Ideas - Organizer of The Minnesota Cup

Special Guest Keynote Introduction
Frank Vascellaro - Former KARE11 TV News Anchor, the Twin Cities most high profile stay at home dad
Fear, Change, and Principle as it Relates to Decision Making and Business

Mini-Workshops
Wells Fargo Expo Floor Theater & AAM Expo Stage Theater - Ballroom A

2006 Expo Keynote Speaker

Richard M. Schulze, Founder, Chairman and former CEO of Best Buy

Learning from Challenge and Change: the Best Buy Journey An Electronics Retailing Giant & a True Minnesota Success Story... Schulze recently shared the stage with Bill Gates for a Q&A session during the dedication of the new Schulze School of Entrepreneurship at the University of St. Thomas. Hear audio from this interview.

2006 Expo Featured Speakers

Alex von Allmen, President, BrandMother and LogoLab, Inc. , co-founder, Ponders & Principles, LLC	Big Branding and Marketing Ideas for Small Business
Kris Solie-Johnson, President, American Institute of Small Business, Author	3 1/2 Simple Ways to Make More Money And Work Less
Ken Belson, Business Writer, NY Times, Author	A Billion Dollars in Sales and No Advertising: The Hello Kitty Story How This Strategy Can Work For Small Business Ken Belson will be presenting via web-streaming video link from Tokyo, Japan.

Elite Partner

WorldwideDreambuilders.com
Travel Incentives

Strategic Partners

Wells Fargo & Co.

University of St. Thomas
College of Business

Supporting Partner

Siegel, Brill, Greupner, Duffy & Foster, P.A.

Platinum Sponsors

Minneapolis Convention Center

Morries Automotive Group

HQ Global Workplaces

The Entrepreneur's Source

Gold Sponsors

PostNet

Business AdvantEdge

WNAV - Audio Video

FRANNET - The Franchise Connection

Best Buy ForBusiness

Brede Exposition Services

RiverPoint Media, Inc.

Silver Sponsors

World Wide Video Mall

Tom Kingrey - Photography

Marketing Partners

National Mail Order Assoc.

The People Connection

WomenVenture

Grapevine | Network

TRADESHOWSandEvents.com

International Institute
for Women Entrepreneurs
@ College of St. Catherine

James J Hill Business Reference Library

Geni U.S.A. LLC

BizPathways

SCORE of MN

SBA of MN

Minnesota Inventors Congress

The Minnesota Cup