REGISTER TO ATTEND
Visit hundreds of businesses at the sales and marketing event of the year! Compare the latest and greatest products and services and find what you need to enhance your company's business practices and customer service.
Click here to register for your free Diamonds Direct e-ticket.
Use your Diamonds Direct e-ticket for admission to the Business Expo and automatically be entered in a drawing for a $500 Diamonds Direct gift certificate.
INFORMATIONAL SEMINARS
Register for these exciting show-day seminars!
Get off the Entrepreneurial Treadmill: Run Your Business, Don't Let it Run You
10:30 a.m. – Noon
$20 Chamber member/$30 non-Chamber member
A panel of successful entrepreneurs will discuss how they got their start, the biggest challenges they faced, the mistakes they made, and the lessons they learned. Find out the one piece of advice they would give you.
Panelists:
![]() Leah Brown A10 Clinical Solutions, Inc. |
![]() Chas Scarantino Magnus Health |
![]() Jennifer Dunleavy Accuro |
![]() Giles Shih BioResource International |
Moderator:

James Vann
Vann & Sheridan Attorneys at Law
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Registration is required; Space is limited.
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Social Media: Turning Engagement into Conversion
1 – 2:30 p.m.
$20 Chamber member/$30 non-Chamber member
Panelists will explain how they use social media to "promote" their businesses—and more importantly, how it's working. Learn what metrics and tools they use, and find out how they see social media evolving over the coming months.
Panelists:
Emma Battle |
Kathy Hughes Langfield |
Mike Stenke* |
Moderator:

John Lane
Centerline Digital
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Registration is required; Space is limited.
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*Photo of Mike Stenke courtesy of D.L. Anderson for The Independent Weekly
From Start-up to Success
3 – 4:30 p.m.
FREE
Hear Start-up Alley winners pitch their ideas to a panel of experts at this high-energy, fast-paced seminar. Panelists will offer feedback and advice in their respective areas.
For a list of Start-up Alley winners, click here.
Panelists:
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Joe Procopio |
Bill Warner |
Richard White |
Moderator:

Mary-Ann Baldwin
Raleigh City Council
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Registration is required; Space is limited.
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LENOVO WAREHOUSE SALE
Lenovo, a global leader in the PC market, will hold a special warehouse sale offering major deals and discounts. In the market for a personal computer or new equipment? Then you don't want to miss this opportunity. It's a one-stop shop for your computing needs—at exceptional bargain prices.
Please note: Credit card payments for Lenovo products are welcome. No cash or checks will be accepted.





















