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