14th Annual Entrepreneur's Law School

All speaker's bios and session description for Saturday's SBDC Entrepreneur Law School in one online document to be downloaded. 

For an overview, please review the posted schedule

Speakers will provide their material and slide shows to be posted on this website after the event. 

Download the Session and Speaker information now.

The Small Business Development Center is excited to announce Lieutenant Governor Jennifer Carroll will kick off the morning at the 14th Annual Entrepreneurs Law School at Florida Gulf Coast University, Saturday January 26th.

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Fully packed morning, inspiring lunch speaker and networking opportunities.

• Introductions + Greeting Lt. Governor, Jennifer Carroll
• 4 x 2 50-Minute Sessions
• Lunch & Speaker: Stephen B. Russell, State Attorney

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Stephen B. Russell, State Attorney for the Twentieth Judicial Circuit of Florida, will be the keynote speaker for the 14th Annual Entrepreneur’s Law School at Florida Gulf Coast University’s Cohen Center (Building #17 with the clock tower) on Saturday, January 26, 2013.

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The 2013 Entrepreneur Law School is sponsored by Pavese Law Firm, Relevanza, Gulf Coast Business Review, All American Printing, Bank United and Sign-A-Rama

Learn more about sponsorship opportunities through Small Business Development Center at Florida Gulf Coast University

Suzanne Specht, Assistant Directory, sspecht@fgcu.edu or Trish Leonard, Director of Marketing, tleonard@fgcu.edu

Main Sponsors: 

Pavese Law Firm, FGCU Major Sponsor

Pavese Law Firm was a major sponsor of the Florida Gulf Coast University Small Business Development Center’s Entrepreneur’s Law School event on Saturday, January 28, 2012.  The attorneys donated their time to help answer questions for small business owners and entrepreneurs on topics such as business succession planning, legal contracts, commercial leases, business entity structures, employment law and more. (Left to right: Suzanne Specht of the FGCU SBDC; Eric D. Molina, Partner at Pavese Law Firm; Mary Vlasak Snell, Partner at Pavese Law Firm; Dr. Wilson G. Bradshaw, FGCU President; Christina Harris Schwinn, Partner at Pavese Law Firm; Jon P. Skelton, Attorney at Pavese Law Firm; and Dan Regelski of the FGCU SBDC.)

Photos from the 2012 Entrepreneur Law School Sponsors' Reception. Thank you for sponsoring this year's Entrepreneurs Law School. 

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Cyrine Butler is a general accountant and principal at DBL Accounting, based in Lehigh Acres. Her first name is pronounced “serene.” And, she sounds pretty unflappable. One thing Butler did to remain serene despite the challenges of running a business was to attend Entrepreneurs Law School.

That’s a daylong program that area attorneys present, and which is organized by the Small Business Development Center at FGCU. It’s not too late to register for the 13th annual Entrepreneurs Law School which is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the university. 
Butler strongly recommends that you do. “A lot of small businesses are so hung up about making income, we forget those legal things we need to know to run our business,” Butler said, adding: “And, as you know: Ignorance is no excuse when it comes to observing the law.”

Read the full article on on News-Press: Small biz notes: Learn the Law, Protect Your Firm!