The Premier Networking & Business Development Group
About Us
About Us
Are you an entrepreneur, startup founder, or small business owner experiencing challenges in any of these areas: generating revenues, raising capital, hiring or retaining talent, marketing, customer acquisition, product development, growth, competition, legal compliance, or time management? These issues, while significant, are not causes of business failure—they are symptoms. The only true cause of failure in business is ineffective management, especially when it comes to project management. Without structured, strategic project management, even the most promising business ideas struggle to thrive. Let’s explore how solid project management can turn these challenges into opportunities for growth and success.
Meet Our Team
Ritik Hughes
Social Media Manager
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Keisha Chapman
Web Designer
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Larry Barnett
Developer
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Derren Morley
CEO
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Jordan-Lee Meyers
Web Designer
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Carla Schmitt
Talent Manager
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Happy HOur
When: The 3rd Monday of each month, we hold our Startup Happy Hour. 120+ entrepreneurs, startup founders, investors, and other supporters of our startup ecosystem attend. WHY: We bring together our ecosystem stakeholders, so they can meet each other, create opportunities, ideate and innovate, and learn about ways to become more successful.
Lunch & Learn
We plan to hold a Lunch & Learns every other week, to teach entrepreneurs what they need to know about how to achieve the success they dream about. Held at participating locations throughout the area. WHY: Entrepreneurs fail at a ridiculous rate in part because they neither educate themselves, nor do they receive the right guidance. We’ll fix that.
Workshop
We plan to hold a Lunch & Learns every other week, to teach entrepreneurs what they need to know about how to achieve the success they dream about. Held at participating locations throughout the area. WHY: Entrepreneurs fail at a ridiculous rate in part because they neither educate themselves, nor do they receive the right guidance. We’ll fix that.
Join Us
Is This You?
Are you an entrepreneur, startup founder, or small business owner who is experiencing problems in any of these areas?
- Generating Revenues/Raising Capital
- Hiring/Retaining Talent
- Marketing/Sales
- Customer Acquisition
- Product Development
- Growth/Scaling
- Competition
- Legal/Regulatory Issues
- Time Management
First of all, these are NOT problems that lead to failure. They are merely symptoms of the only cause of failure in a business: bad management. Specifically, a lack of good project management.
Then You’re In Luck!
We are entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs!
We breathe entrepreneurship! As a for-profit organization, we’re independent of government and university funding, allowing us limitless freedom in our pursuit to help you achieve success.
We thrive on collaboration! Central Florida’s vibrant knowledge ecosystem fuels us. We wholeheartedly champion the 300+ local entrepreneurial- and business-service providers (ESOs/BSOs), aiming for a city-sized startup machine that the world will want to emulate.
Our mastery spans project management and entrepreneurship, a fusion that propels growth. With nearly 60% of our founders’ startups achieving success, we prioritize founder-driven achievements over unicorn status. A 50% shot at success generates far greater community wealth than a 1-in-8.5 million unicorn gamble. Picture “Moneyball.”
All seasoned entrepreneurs, with multiple startups and investment experience, our team empathizes with the challenges you face, while embracing an investor’s mindset. We offer this wisdom to help you efficiently reach your goals. We teach what nobody else does, which complements their teachings, empowering you to customize your approach for maximum impact.
Involved in startups? We gotchu.
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