This document provides information about Café Commerce, a new entrepreneurship resource center in San Antonio. It introduces several resource partners and highlights that it has never been easier to start a company. Café Commerce aims to connect entrepreneurs by filling gaps, creating collaborations and encouraging peer mentoring. It lists several existing programs and upcoming events. The top requests for assistance from entrepreneurs are also provided.

1. Café
Commerce
Resource
Partner
Update
May
9,
2014

2. Café
Commerce
-­‐
President
SA’s
one-­‐stop
entrepreneurship
resource
center
@CafeCommSA
Plum
Creek
-­‐
Director
of
Operations
2,200
acre
master-­‐planned
community
@plumcreektx
LoomisBurton
–
Cofounder
Real
estate
consulting
and
development
@loomisburton
French
Oil
Mill
Machinery
Co
–
Director
114
year-­‐old
family-­‐owned
machine
manufacturer
@frenchoil
FreeFlow
Research
–
Founder
501c3
applied
research
organization
@freeflowsearch
Peter
L
French
Photography
www.peterlfrench.com
@peterlfrench

3. * It
has
never
been
easier,
or
cheaper,
to
launch
a
company
* We
are
sitting
in
one
of
the
most
dynamic
regions
in
the
World
* Effectively
anyone
can
sell
anything
to
everyone
everywhere
* Local,
regional,
&
national
leaders
want
us
to
succeed
Let’s
leverage
our
combined
resources
to
maximize
our
collective
impact
Why
Café
Commerce

4. Café
Commerce
is
A
Startup

5. * “For
Entrepreneurs
By
Entrepreneurs”
* To
Make
Entrepreneurship
Easier
* To
Help
you
Promote
and
Deliver
your
Services
with
Greater
Impact
* To
Connect
San
Antonio’s
Network
of
Resource
Partners
* To
Identify
and
Fill
the
Gaps
in
Our
Business
Support
Infrastructure
* To
Create
New
Collaborations
and
Programs
that
Strengthen
our
Entrepreneurial
and
Small
Business
Community
* To
Promote
the
Value
of
the
Entrepreneurial
Mindset
* To
Provide
A
Venue
for
Peer-­‐to-­‐Peer
Mentorship
* To
Try
New
Things
and
Encourage
Others
to
Do
the
Same
Why
Café
Commerce

6. * SA
Sourcelink
* Who
Owns
the
Ice
House
* 1
Million
Cups
* Kauffman
Founder’s
School
* FastTrac
* Downtown
Retail
Grant
Program
* San
Juan
Square
III
Live-­‐Work
Program
* Saint
Mary’s
University
Financial
Literacy
Program
* Trinity
University
Entrepreneurship
Hall
Summer
Accelerator
Program
* WDC
Small
Business
Credit
Enhancement
Program
Café
Commerce
Programs

7. Café
Commerce
Metrics
Top
10
requests
for
assistance
1.
Startup
Assistance
2.
Financial
Resources
3.
Regulatory
Compliance
4.
Marketing/Sales
5.
Business
Planning
6.
Legal
Issues
7.
Business
Management
8.
Office/Incubator
Space
9.
Product
Development
10.
Mentoring

8. Insert
YOUR
Idea
Here

9. Café
Commerce
Phase
I

10. Café
Commerce
Phase
II

11. Café
Commerce
Phase
II

12. Café
Commerce
Phase
II

13. * Yours
* 1st
Coffee
–
Lunch
–
Coffee
–
Friday
May
23rd
* Resource
Partner
Meet-­‐up
-­‐
Wednesday
June
4th
* Grand
Opening
Date
–
June
18th
9:00
A.M.
* Who
Owns
the
Ice
House
Events
&
Training
–
June
23rd
–
25th
Upcoming
Events

14. Peter
French
210-­‐802-­‐1504
Peter.french@cafecommercesa.org
www.cafecommercesa.org
@CafeCommSA
@pfrench99
We’re
Here
for
You

15. Café
Commerce
Logo
&
Branding