My name is Arthur Milton Porter III I have been teaching entrepreneurship for over 20 years and I have spoken nationally on the subject. I can be reached at 3142265986 or amporteriii@kingdomassoc.com

I am a national expert on veteran and service member entrepreneurship and small business ownership. I can be contacted at WElmore@M2BA.com. Please see my LinkedIn Page for more information. William (Bill) Elmore

My name is Morris Turek and I am a trademark attorney. I help small and start-up businesses avoid the devastating effects of being sued for trademark infringement by making sure they don't choose a name/logo that infringes on one that is owned by another business. I can be reached at morris@morristureklaw.com.

I am the former Director of Training of a large franchise group who trained new franchisees on entrepreneurship for 11 years. I am now the Sales Manager of one of those franchises, a fellow co-worker (also from the Training Department) purchased the franchise and now we are working together to grow this location, implementing the principles that we taught. You can contact me, Brenda Doblinger at brenda@signarama-stcharles.com, or at 636-916-0300. Thank you.

My name is Marc Jacob, owner of The Jacob Law Firm, LLC. We help start-up and small businesses with contracts drafting/negotiations, as well as commercial leasing and licensing issues. The firm is a member of the University City Chamber of Commerce. You can contact me at the office at:
mjacob@jacob-law.com or at (314) 862-2237.

Thank you all for responding! I will be in touch with each of you this afternoon!

There is also (I hear) a government paid employee of the city of St. Charles whose job is to guide first time business and, or coordinate the entrepreneur's actions with some people who can get them started - for FREE. I think they call it an incubator for businesses. I haven't had any luck geting contact with the young man, but it's supposed to be Ron Miller at 636-928-7714. I'll keep trying...

I'd be happy to help. My name is Jennifer Hojnacki and I own a marketing consulting business specializing in small and medium sized companies and (more importantly) I own my own local retail business, a yoga studio in west county. You can reach me at jdhojnacki@yahoo.com

I would be happy to participate. I have owned STL Buy & Sell Real Estate Services in St. Peters for 6 years. I have a lot of insight into professional organizations and being involved in the community.
Michelle@STLBuyRentSell.com