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GROW Pasco 2025

March 20, 2025

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Date & Time:  Thursday, March 20, 2025
                               (8:00 am – 4:00 pm)

Location: Saint Leo University Wellness Center
12338 Priory Cir, San Antonio, FL 33576

 

      

SMARTstart is hosting the 5th Annual GROW Pasco event to help educate business owners throughout Pasco County and provide an environment to network with like-minded entrepreneurs. Join our entrepreneurial community for 15 breakout sessions led by over 30 business professionals as we explore healthy mindsets to build and thrive. 

 

Registration Open

General Adminission:  $45 per person                           

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Keynote Presentation: Wellness and Community

Johnny Crowder is a suicide/abuse survivor, TEDx speaker, touring musician, Certified Peer Recovery Specialist, and the Founder & CEO of Cope Notes, a text-based mental health platform that provides daily support to users in nearly 100 countries around the world. Armed with a decade of clinical treatment, a psychology degree from the University of Central Florida, and 10+ years of peer support and public advocacy experience through the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), Johnny’s youthful vigor for mental health has impacted millions of lives across the globe. 

Since his first keynote in 2011, Johnny's refreshingly candid perspective has attracted praise from hundreds of outlets, including Upworthy, Entrepreneur Magazine, Forbes, and even CNN World. Whether leading corporate wellness trainings or touring with his Billboard-charting heavy metal band, Prison, his infectious positivity and firsthand experience with multiple diagnoses uniquely equip him to provide realistic insight and inspiration amidst the pains of hardship with care, levity, and unconventional wit.
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Breakout Sessions:

9:15-10:00 AM

Panel: Emerging Tech Trends 
Workshop: Elevate Your Sales Game with Deb Mazzafaro
Workshop: Location, Location, Location with Heidi Tuttle-Beisner
 

10:15-11:00 AM

Panel: Wellness For Entrepreneurs with  Vivian Bell, Dr. Sh'nai Simmons, Julian Ford, and Marcia Kozera
Workshop: Marketing Strategies with Regan Weiss
Workshop: Become the Boss of Your Success with Rosie Paulsen
 

11:15 AM -12:00 PM 

Panel: Pasco 2030 and Beyond with Mike Wolf, Austin Burkett
Workshop: Negotiation From Tactics to Triumph with Jose Melgar
Workshop: Speak With People with Jason Raitz
 

12:15-1:15 PM

Keynote Lunch: Wellness and Community with Johnny Crowder, CEO of COPE Notes

1:30-2:15 PM

Panel: Community Resources for Small Business with Amaris Haynes, Jose Melgar, Brad Owens
Workshop: Engage with your Entrepreneurial Ecosystem with David Ponraj
Workshop: AI and LinkedIn with Don Noble
 

2:30-3:15 PM

Panel: Digital Media and Print Marketing with Kent Ross, Beth Devine, Shelly Cassin
Workshop: Rapid Confidence with John Graden
Workshop: Financial Projections with Brad Owens
 

Registration Open

General Adminission:  $45 per person                           

REGISTER HERE

   

 

Sponsor Opportunities Available

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