Come learn how SDSI can help your company grow
What absolutely attracted me to join SDSI as Executive Director last month was the networking. Our mission is about connecting people and companies and creating opportunities, all with the goal of growing the Southern California sports economy.
We believe that the more we grow, the more we can give back and the better off we will all be in the long run.
There is also the part of our mission that includes mentoring start-up companies to position themselves for access to capital. And we implemented our Springboard Program to do that by bringing experts that help guide your business plan through assistance with branding, marketing, financials, operation plans and ultimately help to prepare for funding opportunities.
SDSI provides education for sports companies, especially small companies that are great at creating their products, but might not always know how or who to ask for help to solve business challenges. We are successful in that, but what we offer is much broader.
We are creating opportunities for mature companies as implement programs and events that encourage collaboration on best practices and provide access to new technologies. We also provide unbiased public policy advocacy in both Sacramento and Washington DC.
We are here to help companies resolve issues, internal or external, find resources and find qualified people and service providers. If you have a problem, we want you to come to us and let us help you solve it. We want to share the knowledge and experiences of our experts with even more sports companies.
That’s why we’re reaching out again to So Cal sports companies on Nov. 15 with a networking and panel discussion event we’re calling “SDSI Presents: Why SDSI?”
I’ll join SDSI Executive Chairman Bill Walton to discuss why we chose to be a part of an organization that has become the front-runner for collaboration, innovation, business mentoring and business development across Southern California’s sports industry.
We’ll join a panel discussion with John Sarkisian, CEO of SKLZ and SDSI advisory board member since its inception in 2008; John Vance, SDSI’s most recent board member and former president of Sanuk; and Lisel Ferguson, partner of Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP and longtime member of SDSI’s parent organization CONNECT.
The event’s a great way to learn how you and your company can get involved with our growing organization and how our programs can help accelerate your business growth – and it will be an opportunity to network with an eclectic group of sports industry movers and shakers on the back patio of Yogi’s Bar and Grill in San Diego.
You can register for our November 15 event here. I hope to see you there.
