Speaking Engagements

Mary McCarthy
President Your Management Team
Serial Entrepreneur and Small Business Consultant
SPEAKING PROGRAM FACT SHEET:

Speaking Engagement Topics:

· You Have A Great Business Idea, Now What?
Learn the steps, challenges, opportunities, and effort needed to take the idea from inside your head to a business with products/services, customers and most importantly clients.

· The Why’s and How’s of Writing An Effective Business Plan
Learn the reasons why it is important to write a business plan and the long-term benefits of the plan on your business.

· Alternative Options to Funding Your Business
We typically think bank financing when planning to start a business, but there are others
options available if you know what they are.

· The 5 Pitfalls To Avoid When Starting a Business
Business ownership is tough enough without falling into these five small business start-up
traps.

· The Benefits of Working With a “Team”
As small business owners we feel required to work our business along, but what if we formed a team to assist us? What would our benefit be?

· The Realities and Opportunities of Being A Business Owner
You have achieved the American dream of owning your own business and now must navigate the obstacles while capitalizing on the opportunities.

· The “IT’ Factor
What “IT” factors contribute to becoming a successful entrepreneur? Join us as Mary shares her thoughts and ideas on what it takes to make it as an entrepreneur.

Caroline Z. Worley, Esq.
Small Business Attorney
SPEAKING PROGRAM FACT SHEET:

A Few Speaking Engagements:

· The Ohio Department of Development, “Starting a Home-Based Business”
· PROS Volunteer at the Small Business Development Center at Columbus State Community College
· Volunteer at the Center for Entrepreneurship, Fisher College of Business at The Ohio
State University
· Gahanna Chamber, Empowering Women Series: “What Every Woman in Business Must
Know”
· Speaker for Grove City Chamber “Tax Planning & The Stimulus Package: A Roundtable
Discussion with a Banker, a CPA, and a Business Attorney” in June 2009.
· Regular Speaker for “Discover Your Inner Entrepreneur” series held by Barb Girson of
My Sales Tactics.
· Regularly holds her own complimentary legal workshops and seminars on various small
business, commercial, and real estate topics.