Jewish Business Network Founding Event

The founding event of the Jewish Business Network took place last night, at the Red Lion Hotel in Sacramento. The turnout was nice, close to 100 people, and the atmosphere was amiable. There was great kosher food (brought in from S. Francisco) and (thank G-d!) the coffee was brewed and fresh. (I’ve discovered that you can’t expect a good coffee at an event anymore – too often they try to pretend that instant coffee is really freshly brewed!)

The hotel’s owner, Mr. Jeffery Berger, announced plans to build an entirely separate kosher kitchen. (I think that it will be the first hotel in the area with one.) Mr. Buzz Oates was the guest speaker, and he spoke more like a Rabbi than a businessman! In all, I think it was a very nice event and I look forward to seeing the network grow in the future.

One glitch I noticed; due to the layout of the room, which was set up classroom style, there wasn’t much space to stand around and mingle.   I think this may have limited the networking opportunities for some of the businessman present. In addition,  due to a small miscommunication, the opportunity for everyone to introduce themselves and their businesses over the mic was left out.

I hope we’ll be able to fix these issues for the next event on April 9^th. 

UPDATE:

Check out this blurb from the Sac Bee: http://www.sacbee.com/103/story/745584.html

UPDATE #2: