Almost without exception businesses are struggling in this economy. Do you downsize, do you restructure, do you lay off staff, do you close your doors? So many questions and so few answers.
The Stetson University Family Enterprise Center is hosting a day-long conference in DeLand, Florida on Thursday, September 24, 2009, which may help to set your business on a course to weather this financial storm. Managing Hard Times: Navigate the Economy and Control Your Own Destiny is a new offering from Stetson’s Business Renewal Series and it is intended to help your business reposition, develop a financial plan, revise sales and marketing strategies and so much more. Business owners, managers, accountants, attorneys and consultants are signing up to attend. Several representatives from the Upchurch Watson White and Max Mediation Group will be in attendance to help you understand how conflict resolution strategies can help business owners avoid litigation and effectively control the soaring costs of litigation. Central Florida attorneys Judith Lane and Christine Ertl of Lane & Ertle will also be in attendance offering insight into the legal issues facing businesses in this down-turned economy.
We, in Central Florida, are fortunate to have Stetson University so close to us. I encourage you to take advantage of this business opportunity being offered in our own backyard. The insight you gain and contacts you make may be just the thing your business needs to stay afloat.