SMALL BUSINESS WEEK 2026 From Busy to Built. It's more than a job. It's your legacy.

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You built the business. But have you built a business that can thrive without you?

Join us for an inspiring and practical Small Business Week session focused on moving from working in your business to building a business with lasting value.

We’ll hear from Robert Michael Welke, business growth strategist, Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA), and co-founder of MExit Inc. With more than 35 years of entrepreneurial and leadership experience, Robert has founded, grown and successfully transitioned businesses across environmental services, financial services and industrial operations. He’ll share insights on what it takes to build a business that is valuable, transferable and positioned for the future — whether your exit is five years away or not even on your radar.

We’ll then hear from a panel of local business owners and entrepreneurs who have successfully exited their businesses, sharing the real stories behind their journeys — what they planned, what surprised them, what they would do differently and what they learned along the way.

This is a session for business owners who are ready to think beyond the next sale, the next employee or the next busy season — and start building something that has value beyond their own time and energy.

Come for the stories. Leave with a new perspective on what you’re building.

From busy to built. From business owner to legacy builder.