This BBC Friday we will not meet – for the Labor Day holiday weekend. There is no BBC this Friday, September 4th. BBC will be back on schedule for Friday September 11th.

Everyone have a fun and safe Labor Day Weekend. This announcement has been brought to you by the BBC management and unrelated homosapient staff.

So, remember, and don’t forget, NO BBC this Friday.  

BBC @ OfficeXpats – 403 Madison Avenue N, Bainbridge Island, Upstairs At the Pavilion

7:30-8:00 – BBC Canceled This Friday
8:00-8:45 – BBC Canceled This Friday
8:30-9:00 – BBC Canceled This Friday

Sincerely,
BBC Management, KaveDragen Ink, & other entrepreneurial sentients from planet BBC

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Ron Peltier, fifty-year Islander and local business owner, Environmental Bainbridge founder, and active with Islanders for Responsible Development, will be our special guest this Friday, sharing his business wisdom and insights on local economic sustainability and environmentally creative business practice. 

Environmental Bainbridge serves as an umbrella for environmental groups striving to promote sustainability and stewardship. We believe saving the planet starts at home and effective activism does not trivialize environmental principles (environmentalbainbridge.org). Islanders for Responsible Development is working to promote smart development on Bainbridge Island (facebook.com/EnvironmentalBainbridge). 

Be there, be free, be businesswise. For, in a sense, as serial entrepreneurs, we’re all business wise!

So invite your friends and associates to come join us for this exciting non-virtual non-cloud event in real time and real space…and another delicious cup of BBC!

BBC@OfficeXpats – 403 Madison Ave N, Bainbridge Is., Upstairs At the Pavilion

7:30-8:00 – coffee/tea, visiting, informal networking
8:00-8:45 – Guest Speaker Ron Peltier
8:30-9:00 – more networking, sharing, visiting

Sincerely,
BBC Management, KaveDragen Ink, & other entrepreneurial sentients from planet BBC

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Join us this SUNNY BBC FRIDAY for an Open Mic Your Board Of Directors business problem solving strategy roundtable, Think Club Edition.

Bring a business problem, issue, question, idea – no matter how crazy!

For at BBC, while out of chaos may not come order, out of our chaos very often come great ideas and brilliant inspirations.

Maybe you haven’t had a problem lately, but you have a cool problem-solving story to share – a solution that worked, a lesson learned, a snippet of business wisdom.

Or maybe you’ve found the “perfect business app” for project development, or billing and invoicing, or managing autonomous killer robots in the workplace. (Is there a good beach-simulation app? Has anyone tried Amazon’s “Echo” yet?)

So, bring your brains – caffeinated and credulous – and be prepared to think serendipitously and strategize strategically on yours and your fellow BBCites businesses, lives, AI machines.

Be there, be free, be businesswise. For, in a sense, as serial entrepreneurs, we’re all business wise!

So invite your friends and associates to come join us for this exciting non-virtual non-cloud event in real time and real space…and another delicious cup of BBC!

BBC@OfficeXpats – 403 Madison Ave N, Bainbridge Is., Upstairs At the Pavilion

7:30-8:00 – coffee/tea, visiting, informal networking
8:00-8:45 – “Your Board Of Directors” Open Mic, Think Club Edition
8:30-9:00 – more networking, sharing, visiting

Sincerely,
BBC Management, KaveDragen Ink, & other entrepreneurial sentients from planet BBC

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Join us this Maybe-Sunny BBC FRIDAY for yet another very special guest, BBC Founding Regular Jerry Slade, ByTheBook Keepers, Inc., for a fun morning of sharing and “don’t-panic! Tax Wisdom.”

Jerry is a veteran of 35+ years of assisting literally thousands of tax clients and hundreds of small business owners. His tax audit experience is almost exclusively in representing small business owners before the IRS in tax audits, appeals, and U.S. Tax Court filings. In 2009 Jerry moved to Bainbridge Island. Based on his years of tax audit experience, he started ByTheBook Keepers in 2012, becoming CEO in February 2015. In terms of clients, the firm has grown by over 300%, offering a unique blend of bookkeeping and accounting, tax audit prevention and cure, and business startup and modelling assistance to small business owners and professionals as well as non-profit groups.

Jerry is always delighted to present to large and small groups. He also enjoys coaching how to survive the oppression of IRS laws on small businesses. There’ll be plenty of time for questions, so bring your brains!

Be there, be free, be businesswise. For, in a sense, as serial entrepreneurs, we’re all business wise!

So invite your friends and associates to come join us for this exciting non-virtual non-cloud event in real time and real space…and another delicious cup of BBC!

BBC@OfficeXpats – 403 Madison Ave N, Bainbridge Is., Upstairs At the Pavilion

7:30-8:00 – coffee/tea, visiting, informal networking
8:00-8:45 –  Jerry Slade –  “Fun With Taxes!”
8:30-9:00 – more networking, sharing, visiting

Sincerely,
BBC Management, KaveDragen Ink, & other entrepreneurial sentients from planet BBC

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Join us for yet another Fun And SUNNY BBC FRIDAY, with very special guest, Colleen Kragen, EmerPrep Consultant – “Your Business Economic Disaster Recovery Plan.”

What happens after Mt. Rainer blows? Or that really big earthquake hits?  Or Iran tests its first dirty bomb in a container ship tied up in Tacoma?  Or AI Autonomous Killer- Robot riots economically cripple much of Seattle and the I-5 corridor from Bellingham to Olympia?  Or Mt. Rainer blows?

How does B.I. survive until the county/ state/ FEMA arrives: 3 days, 2 weeks, 1 month?  Earthquake proof structures – are your business’ buildings (e.g. OfficeXpats) up to code? Your insurance?  Backup plan for school-age kids – is there someone else who can pick up your kids?

B.I. will have finite resources, including drinkable water, if there’s no power. Make sure you have a regularly updated stock of supplies. The issue is not just for your home, but for the impact on your business, especially the economic impact, for your own work, as well as for local economic sustainability and the regional/ national economic situation. (But … DON’T PANIC!)

Get a generator, have gas on hand (and gas stabilizer such as STA-BIL^® or SeaFoam^®) or other fuels such as propane. Even better is alternative power, if possible, such as solar, wind, mind.

AND have a Business Disaster Recovery Plan. There could be federal or state aid, but this can take time. Plus, once the money is available, what is your plan to put it into place to get back up and running – fast?

Colleen Kragen – EMERPREP Consultant: University of New Haven, M.S. Crisis/ Emergency/ Disaster Management, 2015-2017 (in process). Western Washington University, B.A. Natural Resources Management & Policy, 2006-2008. ESWS Certification – Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist, US Navy. Colleen LinkedIn: linkedin.com/pub/colleen-kragen/a9/186/455. Contact: [email protected]. Civil Defense Museum: civildefensemuseum.com. BBC-handout: Business Recovery Plan.

Be there, be free, be businesswise. For, in a sense, as serial entrepreneurs, we’re all business wise!

So invite your friends and associates to come join us for this exciting non-virtual non-cloud event in real time and real space…and another delicious cup of BBC!

BBC@OfficeXpats – 403 Madison Ave N, Bainbridge Is., Upstairs At the Pavilion

7:30-8:00 – coffee/tea, visiting, informal networking
8:00-8:45 – Colleen Kragen – “Your Business Economic Disaster Recovery Plan”
8:30-9:00 – more networking, sharing, visiting

Sincerely,
BBC Management, KaveDragen Ink, & other entrepreneurial sentients from planet BBC
Sincerely,
BBC Management, KaveDragen Ink, & other entrepreneurial sentients from planet BBC.

Join us this SUNNY BBC FRIDAY — And It Is Supposed To Be Like Really Sunny Too! — for Open Mic business problem solving strategy roundtable, PART 2.

Bring a business problem, issue, question, idea – no matter how crazy!

For at BBC, while out of chaos may not come order, out of our chaos very often come great ideas and brilliant inspirations.

Maybe you haven’t had a problem lately, but you have a cool problem-solving story to share – a solution that worked, a lesson learned, a snippet of business wisdom.

Or maybe you’ve found the “perfect business app” for project development, or billing and invoicing, or managing autonomous killer robots in the workplace. (Is there a good beach-simulation app? Has anyone tried Amazon’s “Echo” yet?)

So, bring your brains – caffeinated and credulous – and be prepared to think serendipitously and strategize strategically on yours and your fellow BBCites businesses, lives, AI machines.

Be there, be free, be businesswise. For, in a sense, as serial entrepreneurs, we’re all business wise!

So invite your friends and associates to come join us for this exciting non-virtual non-cloud event in real time and real space…and another delicious cup of BBC!

BBC@OfficeXpats – 403 Madison Ave N, Bainbridge Is., Upstairs At the Pavilion

7:30-8:00 – coffee/tea, visiting, informal networking
8:00-8:45 – “Your Board Of Directors” PART 2
8:30-9:00 – more networking, sharing, visiting

Sincerely,
BBC Management, KaveDragen Ink, & other entrepreneurial sentients from planet BBC

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OfficeXpats “Gurus@Noon”: to encourage more collaboration and connections between OXp Members on a regular basis, OfficeXpats is experimenting with a new structure for Tuesdays@noon. Instead of the typical up-in-front-of-the-class instruction, OXp is putting out a call for OfficeXperts or gurus on a number of themes and asking them to “hold court” for one Tuesday@noon in the Event room at their own table – like a “help desk.” Each Tuesday showcases gurus of similar expertise, utilizing a coworking-friendly concept called “coopetition” (officexpats.com/gurusnoon/). Yet another great reason to consider a membership at OfficeXpats!

Join us this SUNNY BBC FRIDAY for an Open Mic business problem solving strategy roundtable, Think Club edition.

Here is where you bring a business problem, personal problem (no therapeutic guarantees), tweak-my-branding conundrum, or new business start-up or product/service launch idea for evaluation or testing.

Maybe you haven’t had a problem lately, but you have a great problem-solving story to share – a solution that worked, a lesson learned, a snippet of business wisdom.

So, bring your brains – caffeinated and credulous – and be prepared to think serendipitously and strategize strategically on yours and your fellow BBCites businesses.

BBC Thinkologist Bill Ruddick will be on hand to keep us in a creative thinking frame of reference.

Think Club Resources useful for getting into the BBC thinking mood: Thinking Hats and Think Club Bibliography. Logic & analytic thinking reviews from KaveDragen Ink: informal fallacies and formal deductive reasoning. Related resources: Atherton (2013) learningandteaching.info/teaching/concept_mind_maps.htm; Mikko Sääskilahti, University of Lapland, “Concept thinking” aabri.com/manuscripts/121179.pdf.

Be there, be free, be businesswise. For, in a sense, as serial entrepreneurs, we’re all business wise!

So invite your friends and associates to come join us for this exciting non-virtual non-cloud event in real time and real space…and another delicious cup of BBC!

BBC@OfficeXpats – 403 Madison Ave N, Bainbridge Is., Upstairs At the Pavilion

7:30-8:00 – coffee/tea, visiting, informal networking
8:00-8:45 – Your Board Of Directors Think Club Edition
8:30-9:00 – more networking, sharing, visiting

Sincerely,
BBC Management, KaveDragen Ink, & other entrepreneurial sentients from planet BBC

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OfficeXpats “Gurus@Noon”: to encourage more collaboration and connections between OXp Members on a regular basis, OfficeXpats is experimenting with a new structure for Tuesdays@noon. Instead of the typical up-in-front-of-the-class instruction, OXp is putting out a call for OfficeXperts or gurus on a number of themes and asking them to “hold court” for one Tuesday@noon in the Event room at their own table – like a “help desk.” Each Tuesday showcases gurus of similar expertise, utilizing a coworking-friendly concept called “coopetition” (officexpats.com/gurusnoon/). Yet another great reason to consider a membership at OfficeXpats!

This BBC Friday we will enjoy a lively presentation on “Everything You Wanted to Know About Real Estate But Were Afraid to Ask” with BBC Regular & dedicated Chamber member Chris Miller, Broker/Realtor, professional volunteer, and local wiseguy. Capiche? Chris will cover State Licensing laws and regulation, Association of Realtors professional association, the real estate Broker, and local market conditions.

Chris has specialized in Bainbridge Island and Kitsap County real estate for 24 years. He is a past board member of the Kitsap County Association of Realtors and Washington State Association of Realtors, an active member of the Bainbridge Island Chamber of Commerce and Old 4th of July Committee, a past president of the Bainbridge Island Lions Club, and is a Junior Olympic Diving coach for local youth.

Chris also has loads of business wisdom and entrepreneurial creativity to share. Come pick his brain this Friday about real estate, business, life, his early years with the mob. A few of Chris’ credentials: Graduate, REALTOR® Institute; Certified Negotiation Expert. Chris on LinkedIn. More info at Coldwell Banker.

Be there, be free, be businesswise. For, in a sense, as serial entrepreneurs, we’re all business wise!

So invite your friends and associates to come join us for this exciting non-virtual non-cloud event in real time and real space…and another delicious cup of BBC!

BBC@OfficeXpats – 403 Madison Ave N, Bainbridge Is., Upstairs At the Pavilion

7:30-8:00 – coffee/tea, visiting, informal networking
8:00-8:45 – Island Real Estate w/ Chris Miller
8:30-9:00 – more networking, sharing, visiting

Sincerely,
BBC Management, KaveDragen Ink, & other entrepreneurial sentients from planet BBC

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BBC News & Notices

14 July 2015, 12:00-1:00, OfficeXpats Tuesday@Noon with Christina Tinling. Editing from the Essence: Say what you mean. With words, less really is more. Christina Tinling of Bespoke Copy will help you distill your message for maximum impact. Bring along examples from your website, documents, or promotional materials for on-site instructional help after the presentation. Words have power; use them wisely! Christina on LinkedIn.

OfficeXpats “Gurus@Noon”: to encourage more collaboration and connections between OXp Members on a regular basis, OfficeXpats is experimenting with a new structure for Tuesdays@noon. Instead of the typical up-in-front-of-the-class instruction, OXp is putting out a call forOfficeXperts or gurus on a number of themes and asking them to “hold court” for one Tuesday@noon in the Event room at their own table – like a “help desk.” Each Tuesday showcases gurus of similar expertise, utilizing a coworking-friendly concept called “coopetition” (officexpats.com/gurusnoon/). Yet another great reason to consider a membership at OfficeXpats!

This BBC Friday we have a timely presentation with Shannon Childs, SVP Marketing Director at Kitsap Bank.

If you had an extra $20,000, how would you improve your business? Shannon Childs will join us this Friday to talk about Kitsap Bank’s edg3 FUND (rhymes with hedge fund) small business competition. Edg3 FUND recognizes triple bottom line companies that are making a positive impact on our community. More info about the fund can be found at kitsapbank.com/edg3-fund/.

Shannon Childs (LinkedIn) has served as Kitsap Bank’s Marketing Director for over 10 years, managing marketing and communications for the bank’s 21 locations and departments. From 1999-2003 she managed marketing, communications, and government relations at Paladin Data Systems.

Be there, be free, be businesswise. For, in a sense, as serial entrepreneurs, we’re all business wise!

So invite your friends and associates to come join us for this exciting non-virtual non-cloud event in real time and real space…and another delicious cup of BBC!

BBC@OfficeXpats – 403 Madison Ave N, Bainbridge Is., Upstairs At the Pavilion

7:30-8:00 – coffee/tea, visiting, informal networking
8:00-8:45 – edg3 Fund Small Business Competition
8:30-9:00 – more networking, sharing, visiting

Sincerely,
BBC Management, KaveDragen Ink, & other entrepreneurial sentients from planet BBC

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BBC News & Notices

Leveraging LinkedIn webinars, with Charlie King. LinkedIn’s “Groups” are the unsung heroes of LinkedIn. So simple and abundant, it’s easy to overlook their incredible power! Come learn how usinggroups is an effective way to increase your LI traffic, connect with new prospects or employers, grow professionally, and establish your credibility! Webinars hosted on Zoom Tuesdays at 1:00 PM (1/2 to 1 hour long) beginning June 16th. New LinkedIn topic each subsequent Tuesday. To join from a PC, Mac or iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/324397736. To join via phone:415.762.9988. Meeting ID # 324 397 736. Contact Charlie for details or question: charlie@charliekingcoaching.com. Charlie on LinkedIn.

OfficeXpats “Gurus@Noon”: to encourage more collaboration and connections between OXp Members on a regular basis, OfficeXpats is experimenting with a new structure for Tuesdays@noon. Instead of the typical up-in-front-of-the-class instruction, OXp is putting out a call forOfficeXperts or gurus on a number of themes and asking them to “hold court” for one Tuesday@noon in the Event room at their own table – like a “help desk.” Each Tuesday showcases gurus of similar expertise, utilizing a coworking-friendly concept called “coopetition” (officexpats.com/gurusnoon/). Yet another great reason to consider a membership at OfficeXpats!

Watch for the OfficeXpats CAR in the Grand Old 4th Of July Parade!

From Our OfficeXpats Colleagues –Last Year OfficeXpats Parade Drill Team danced to the theme:

“DECLARE YOUR CoWORKER INDEPENDENCE!“

Totally fun! This year there’s a chance to once again participate in the exciting, memorable OXp 4th Parade Group, For more info contact Jason [email protected], Leslie [email protected], or Judy [email protected].

Grand Old Fourth Bainbridge Chamber Info –
grandold4th.com       bainbridgechamber.com
InsideBainbridge.com Notice – 

Sincerely,
BBC Management, KaveDragen Ink, & other entrepreneurial sentients from planet BBC

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