Celebrating Success

10:30 AM to 12 PM Small Business Showcase with Prizes.
12:00 PM to 1 PM Lunch and Presentation

Let’s come together again to celebrate the accomplishments of EGBI and its clients. In 2023, EGBI served over 482 individuals by providing over 211 training hours and over 920 hours of one-on-one coaching. EGBI clients reported over $44 million in revenue.

Celebrating Success luncheon will be held on September 26th 2024, from 12:00 PM to 1 PM at the Norris Conference Center 2525 W Anderson Ln. Austin, TX 78757 in the Red Oak Ballroom. In keeping with tradition, we will showcase products and services with our EGBI small business expo, where you attendees will be able to purchase different items and services from local small businesses. We will open doors a bit earlier at 10:30 AM for those that want extra time to shop and to mix & mingle with EGBI Alumni and other attendees with a chance to win door prizes.

Lunch will be served buffet style.

Sponsorship opportunities are available throughout the year. Your sponsorship will go towards EGBI’s programs and services. Your support helps us connect individuals to the resources and education they need to make them successful business owners. As you may know, although Austin is an awesome city for small businesses, not everyone has equal access to great resources. We hope you view this as an opportunity that needs to be addressed, and that you join our efforts and help us create, grow and sustain successful grassroots businesses, contributing to Austin’s economy and the prosperity of their families.

Contact Monica Peña, monica@egbi.org (512-928-2594) with any questions or comments.

If you are interested in purchasing a ticket to the event, early bird pricing is $75 until August 23 th. The price is $100 per ticket after August 23 th. Click HERE. Please contact Monica Peña, monica@egbi.org (512-928-2594) if you have any questions.

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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! We are currently seeking volunteers to help make our event a success. Volunteers are needed to help with registration or set up/clean up on the day of the event.

Join us in recognizing the following community leaders:

Lifetime EGBI Champions

EGBI recognizes founder of Las Comadres para las Americas, Nora de Hoyos Comstock, Ph.D and her husband, Jack Bell for their unwavering support of EGBI and catalyst for programming in Spanish for our workshops.

Nora is an entrepreneur, business leader, and pioneer in utilizing social media, built an online community for Latinas to provide a mechanism to share the social capital she and other Latinas had built. As a national founder of Las Comadres Para Las Americas, she served as the organization’s volunteer President/CEO since its inception and she continues this work in her retirement.

Nora’s involvement in the Austin community includes recently being elected to a six-year term as a member of ACC’s Board of Trustees and being on the board of Economic Growth Business Incubator. She volunteers for many local and national projects. She was a major instigator of Spanish-language/bi-lingual offerings at EGBI because she saw the need to bring this important programming to all Austinites.

Volunteer of the Year:

Alina Tapia Romero was born in Guanajuato México, mother of 6 children, wife, and owner of Eazy Start Insurance Agency & Eazy Start Title Transfer Services. Licensed in Property and Casualty and holds a badge for Travis County Tax Office.

Alina specializes in providing comprehensive commercial insurance solutions tailored to protect new businesses and entrepreneurs. Alina has extensive experience in the insurance industry since 2010. She currently has 3 locations, one in Manor and 2 in Austin TX. Passionate about volunteering and actively participating in community events, contributing to the well-being and growth of our local area.