Speakers: Mar 19, 2020

Larry New is the project manager at the UTSA Small Business Development Center Satellite Office in New Braunfels. He assists aspiring and established small business owners in New Braunfels Seguin and surrounding communities.

Prior to joining the SBDC in 2015, Larry owned and operated a small business for 20 years. He has also been an airline pilot, a Marine Corps Officer, a fighter pilot and instructor and a director of safety and standardization. Larry earned his Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Management from the University of Texas at Austin.

Larry enjoys dancing to Two Tons of Steel at Gruene Hall with his lovely wife and enjoys traveling with his family. Another one of his loves is flying his Van’s RV7 experimental airplane that he built in his spare time.

Presentation: UTSA Small Business Development Center – New Braunfels

I am going on 7 years with Paychex – the company known for HR solutions to fit the needs of any size business. In fact, Inc.com evaluated 10 human resource providers and named Paychex the overall best HR outsourcing solution for small business.

I love that I get to make a difference in my own community and surrounding cities by helping local businesses. I’m honored to be on the Board of Directors for The Greater New Braunfels Chamber of Commerce and the Chair for the Hispanic Business Alliance.  I was also recognized as one of the Top 40 Under 40 people in New Braunfels in 2017. I was recently nominated for 2019 Chair of the Board Award in the field of Cultural Promotion and Understanding.

I’m blessed with a beautiful family that includes my wonderful husband Jeff and our two beautiful daughters: Paisley Rae & Reese Jordyn.  My favorite hobby is sewing. I started my own company called Chicks Sew Love. I sew baby gifts and love it!!

Presentation: Employment Payroll Issues – Tips & Cautions

Tim Bird has been married to his wife Kelly for 22 years and they have 2 children, McGwire & Lilah.

Tim has been in the pest control business for over 18 years starting out selling pest control services door to door. He moved to Texas 7 years ago to start Mayday Pest Solutions and now lives in Seguin, Texas, a small town just east of San Antonio.

Mayday has grown the last 6 years to become a team of 8 wonderful staff who focus on residential and commercial pest control services. Tim has a pure love of just “doing” business, developing his own but also empowering other small business owners to grow and strengthen their own businesses.

Tim’s volunteer work is centered around being very active in church and very engaged within the communities he serves; from 20 years serving in the Boy Scouts of America, coaching youth in life and many different sports, serving on several commissions and boards for the city and currently as an ambassador for the Seguin Chamber of Commerce, and have been a regional organizer for several disaster relief efforts all across the country. Tim is fluent in Portuguese after having served a 2 year volunteer mission to Brazil for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

When it’s time to relax and settle down you will usually find him with his family, watching some hockey, Alabama football, or firing something up on the grill.

Presentation: Small Business Growth – Local Case Study

Jim Lee

RAPTAP Marketing

Jim is a proud veteran (retired Air Force) and the founder & owner of RAPTAP Marketing.  For almost 9 years, his company has been helping businesses large and small with their websites, online presence and online reputation.  While most of his clients are in Comal and Bexar counties, he also has clients in several other states across 27 industries.  Jim is a long time Google Partner and holds Google certifications in Google Ads, Google Analytics and Google My Business.

Jim considers himself very blessed to be an American and a native Texan.  He is very proud of his two sons – Matt, who is in college working on his accounting degree and Joshua, who is a freshman in high school and already an accomplished drummer.  For 6 years Jim has also sponsored 11 year old Bryan Ignacio in Nicaragua through Compassion International.  Jim loves working out, travel, sports, learning, creative pursuits & spending time with family & friends.

Presentation:  Google Analytics 101