Small Business Success Summit Returns July 27

By Nicholas Ibarra | OBSERVER Staff Writer From 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday, July 27, at Florin Square, the Florin Square Community Development Corporation will present its fourth annual Small Business Success Summit. The summit provides opportunities to speak with a panel of professionals from a variety of different fields with the expertise to explain the intricacies of business such as contracting, artificial intelligence, business and banking, nonprofits, women in business, the process and procedures of starting a business, and marketing and social media. Those arriving before 10:15 a.m. will be entered into a raffle for the chance to win $100 gift cards. Attendees must register; tickets are $20 and include lunch and access to the After4 Jazz Networking Party, which will feature live jazz music from Ms. Trinity Sharpe, hors d’oeuvres and an award ceremony.  Here is a partial list of summit speakers, their organizations, and the topics they will discuss: Contracting Opportunities: Alexia Hughes, SMUD; Dalia Demian, Caltrans How Artificial Intelligence Can Help Your Business: Kirk Tramble, Kizata; Latoya Clark, Maylon Media Business and Banking: Charles Johnson, Chase Bank; Dominique Brun, The Domino Effect; John Overton, Wells Fargo; Jorje Macias, FM Bank Nonprofits 101: Tonya Mack, Mackworks; Christen...