Starting Your Own Food Business Series

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Adult (18+)
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Program Description

Event Details

Participants must register for the entire series. Please contact regina.onyeibe@dallascityhall.com to register.

Welcome!

  • Has your talent in the kitchen been adding  to someone else’s bottom line?
  • Are you REALLY good at what you do in the kitchen and you’re ready to start your own business?
  • Have you sought financing for your business with no luck?
  • Are you looking to grow your existing catering business OR start one?
  • Have thoughts of becoming a successful entrepreneur in the food industry been keeping you up at night?
  • Have you failed at your food business and are now looking to get it right?

If you’ve answered YES to any of these questions, this food series is for you!

Our 7-week food series will help serious, motivated candidates learn the first steps to starting their own food business - be it catering, opening a restaurant or launching a food truck. 

When: Every Tuesday evening for 7 weeks
Dates:  June 4 thru July 16, 2019
Where: J. Erik Jonsson Public Library   1515 Young Street   Hamon Training Room   5th Floor   Dallas  TX  75201   (Free Parking!)
Time:  6:00 pm to 7:30 pm 

Date

Subject

Speaker

June  4th 

Writing an Effective Business Plan

Donna Henry - Wings

 

June 11th 

Marketing Strategy/Value Proposition  

Amanda Markoe & Megan Rauker - PeopleFund

 

June 18th 

Keeping Good Books/Your Projections                                  

Donna Henry - Wings

 

June 25th

Legal & Insurance                

Torrie Diaz - Risk Strategies

Pam Widom -  Legal Shield

 

July 2nd 

Permits & Inspection/Comm Kitchen

Daunte Rushton - City of Dallas

Raquel Mireles - Culinary Kitchen

July 9th 

Funding, Convention/Non-Conventional

Erika Hersh -  PeopleFund

 Nancy St. Jacobs - BB&T

July 16th  

Time Management/Health & Wellness

See you There!