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CATEGORIES:Category,Community,Category,Seminars and Speakers,Location,Bill J. Priest Center
DESCRIPTION:Please join the Dallas College Small Business Launch Pad for this regional gathering, designed to stimulate economic mobility, strengthen talent pipelines and expand business ownership in the franchise space across the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.  This high-impact event bridges the gaps between business education, employment infrastructure, and capital deployment by uniting franchise entrepreneurs, national brands, educational leaders, and public-sector workforce advocates. Event Highlights: General Sessions: Expanding the DFW franchise ecosystem, optimizing workforcerecruitment and building direct academic talent pipelines Keynote Luncheon: A featured Fireside Chat with Dallas workforce czar Lynn McBeeand Laura Ward (president/CEO, Workforce Solutions Greater Dallas) CEO Talk: Mina Haque, Esq., discusses Tony Roma’s 2.0 strategy, Tony Roma’s Dallasroots and how Tony Roma’s is creating pathways for women entrepreneurship through itsfranchise system. Matchmaking Session: Connecting vetted startup concepts directly with active investorsand financial institutions 163006
DTSTAMP:20260724T085824
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261015T083000
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LOCATION:Bill J. Priest Center
SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:Franchise Initiative Conference
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