November 21, 2013
Each year CMDC hosts an Annual Meeting & Small Business Summit for their members, Minnesota business owners, lenders, real estate professionals, community leaders and other professionals who are part of growing small business in Minnesota.
The 2013 event drew over a hundred attendees. The featured keynote speaker was a big hit! Terry Ryan, General Manager of the Minnesota Twins who has successfully built the Minnesota Twins in a small-market franchise that consistently makes the most of its resources and contends for the American League pennant was the featured keynote speaker. He gave insight into not only rebuilding your business model, but also into persevering and striving for success.
Ryan, has experienced the highs of being World Champions in 1987 and 1991 as well as the lows of losing seasons, which parallels small business development, the trials of a recession, and the general challenge of running a business