Are you ready to take your business to the next level? Invest in yourself and your business at our small business boot camp. Join us for a day of expert-led workshops designed to help new and aspiring entrepreneurs boost their business and learn the skills to be successful small business owners. Light refreshments will be provided. Registration Required.

10 AM The Financial Blueprint for Small Business: How to Build Profit with Purpose

In this interactive session, Eric Hamilton combines his 25 years of sales and leadership experience with his financial literacy principles to help entrepreneurs create a business that works for them — not the other way around.

Participants will explore how to design a sustainable revenue model, understand cash flow fundamentals, and create simple systems to track profitability and reinvest for growth.

Attendees will walk away with:

• A customizable Financial Blueprint Worksheet to track revenue, expenses, and reinvestment.
• Three proven sales habits that increase income without increasing hours.
• Actionable tips for aligning purpose and profit — the foundation of long-term business success.

11 AM Necessary Endings: Knowing When to Pivot and Let Go in Business

In business, knowing when to persist and when to pivot can be the difference between growth and burnout. Inspired by Dr. Henry Cloud’s Necessary Endings, this interactive session helps entrepreneurs identify what’s no longer working, make peace with letting go, and create space for what’s next. Learn how to distinguish real hope from wishful thinking, navigate challenging business relationships, and recognize the signs that it’s time for a new direction. Presented by Nikkea Jones of Simply Candid Counseling Services

12 PM - AI & The New Entrepreneur: Turning Possibility into Product in the Digital Era

This dynamic, hands-on workshop—led by Dr. Marilyn Carroll, Professor of Business and AI Strategy at Strayer University and Executive Coach to C-Suite leaders—helps entrepreneurs reimagine how they build, scale, and sustain success in an AI-driven economy.  Dr. Carroll has coached and educated over 20,000 leaders, entrepreneurs, and professionals, guiding organizations from vision to possibility and from possibility to product. In this session, entrepreneurs will walk away equipped with actionable frameworks, tested strategies, and renewed confidence to compete—and lead—in the evolving digital marketplace. Participants will:

• Identify where AI can streamline or automate current business functions that increase profit and efficiency.
• Understand the new skillsets required to thrive in the AI economy and convert ideas into actionable, AI-enabled products.
• Explore free or low-cost AI tools for marketing, operations, and customer engagement.
• Leave with a 30-Day AI Action Plan for measurable growth and time savings.