Business jumpstart Bootcamp

Magnolia Hotel St. Louis
421 North 8th Street
St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Bootcamp topics:

• Why businesses succeed and fail
• How to position and market your business
• What pricing structures you should consider
• A showcase of technology tools that every business owner needs
  
• Details on AIIP's Guide to Starting Your Own Information Business
• How an AIIP Membership can support your business

Bootcamp Speakers

Marge King, Info Rich Group, Inc.

Marge King has been a small business owner for more than 20 years. As a professor at two Philadelphia-area colleges, she has taught hundreds of students entrepreneurial and marketing courses throughout her career. Her business serves the nonprofit sector, where she uses research, information, and fundraising strategies to help her clients obtain large gifts and grants, including grants that have been in excess of $7.5 million. Learn more about Marge's work at InfoRichGroup.com.

Mary Ellen Bates, Bates Information Services, Inc.

Prolific author and speaker, Mary Ellen Bates is the principal of Bates Information Services Inc., providing business research and analysis to strategic decision-makers and consulting services to the information industry since 1991. Author of The Reluctant Entrepreneur:  Making a Living Doing What You Love, Mary Ellen also offers free consulting services to new and long-time solopreneurs. She, her dogs, and her bees live near Boulder, Colorado. More information on Mary Ellen is at www.batesinfo.com.

Heather Carine, Carine Research 

Heather Carine is the founder of Carine Research, Australia’s only independent investigative research firm specialising in market, competitive, and corporate intelligence. Start-ups, big name brands, corporate advisors, lawyers and forensic investigators turn to Carine Research for clear, thorough, and reliable research insights. A consummate volunteer, Heather has been helping women to develop their public speaking skills through Speaking Made Easy and as the Editor for the AIIP Connections blog and print publication.

Jennifer Burke, Mighty Marketing Mojo 

Jennifer Burke is the founder of Mighty Marketing Mojo and works alongside of fellow solopreneurs to help them turn their expertise and experiences into services and products online to help others. Jennifer loves to help solopreneurs in getting past the tech hurdles that are keeping them from running their online business, attracting right-for-them clients, and making an impact in the world.