Do you have an idea for a food business? Now’s your chance to explore that idea with the region’s premier food business incubator. Hope & Main’s Bootcamp covers a broad number of topics related to starting and growing a food business. Topics include:

• Business Plans – Hope & Main
• Market Research – Matt Parsons, Johnson & Johnson
• Branding, Sales & Marketing – Marc & Gia Jobin, Jobin Design
• Funding Options – Shane Matlock, The Burgundian: Coffee and Waffles
• Legal Considerations – Alexander Chiulli, Barton Gilman LLP
• Entrepreneur Panel – Trafford Kane, Kane’s Kitchen / Ben Aalvik, Fully Rooted / Becca Brady, Hometown Poke

This comprehensive overview of what it takes to start and sustain a food business also includes a panel discussion featuring entrepreneurs currently running food-related businesses. Opportunities for self-assessment, networking, and Q&A will also be provided.

Here’s what you’ll get out of participating in the Bootcamp:

• A road map to move your idea from product, to brand, to business
• The ability to identify market potential and target customer
• Clarity on your strengths and weaknesses as an entrepreneur
• A new perspective on the landscape of the local food economy
• Light refreshments including Hope & Main member-produced products to enjoy

THERE IS NO COMMITMENT TO HOPE & MAIN MEMBERSHIP AT THIS TIME.  If participants choose to pursue membership with with Hope & Main after the Bootcamp, the cost of the Bootcamp will be credited towards on-boarding fees.