A Business Owner Event

CEO CIRCLES

Find your people.

Fuel your business.

Elevate your mindset.

This is not your typical networking event.

It's a curated morning of powerful business conversations and high-value connections.

You’ll be strategically matched with local women in business for three expert-led round table introductions and discussions, designed to spark insight, elevate your mindset, and move your business forward.

Each round delivers a different business focus, natural introductions with other business owners, and actionable takeaways to grow your business.

Tuesday, June 10, 2025

9:00 am to 12:00 pm

The Lodge of Geneva National

Lake Geneva, WI

Who is this event for?

Business Owners: You run the show, make the big decisions, and wear a lot of hats. You may be a solopreneur, co-owner, and lead a small team- but you created this, and this business is your baby. (Most participants will be businesses of 0-10 employees.)

You don't see yourself as a CEO?

"A CEO is a the head of a company responsible for making sure the organization runs smoothly and meets its goals. CEOs are leaders who create strategies and plans for company growth. They might also oversee the budget, workplace culture." -Indeed.com

Friendly and Open to Collaboration: Our goal for the event is that you make many authentic connections with other local business women. We take a relationship based approach, and at our events attendees are welcoming, positive, and inclusive to others. If you are only coming to spam the other attendees, then this is not the event for you.

Local: Meeting someone in person fast forwards a relationship, and is refreshing in today's digital office. Because so many of you are a hybrid of in-person and online businesses, we suggest attendees are based within three hours of the Lake Geneva, WI area.

How does this event work?

women speaking into microphone

Your Mindset is Your Multiplier

Led by business coach Robin Walker, this beginning session will explore how the way you show up and view yourself as a business owner (your perceived value, your authority, and your potential) directly impacts your business growth. With each new level, we need to continually shift our mindset as a confident CEO.

Women business owners talking at the Women's Business Workshop

Strategically Matched Introductions

At registration, you can preface what type of businesses you would like to be matched with. We will match you to intentional connections for 3 rounds of networking. At the beginning of each round, you will have 2 minutes to share about your business, and meet each of your table mates.

women talking at the lakeside conference

Round Table Business Conversations

After the introductions, your table facilitator, an expert in a certain area of small business, will lead a table discussion regarding their area of expertise, and ways business owners limit themselves or hold back in those areas.

These conversations help you elevate your business owner mindset, hear other owners' experiences, and get growth action steps for your business.

Expert Facilitator Topic Options:

Confidence in taking risks and making decisions

[Patrice Flanagan- Morris: Owner of Empowerment Within]

Showing up as an expert/leader in my industry

[Victoria Warren: Owner Above the Barre Dance Academy]

Optimizing my offers and pricing

[Robin Walker: Owner Women's Business Workshop]

Organizing my time and space to be more productive

[Jennifer Butler Barnes: Owner JB Organizing]

Marketing my business

[Katie Mleziva: Owner Real Food Brands]

Other topics to be announced.

How is this different from a typical networking event?

  • You have an opportunity to directly share about your business without feeling spammy.
  • You will receive a 'Match Ups and Mindset Tracker' to fill out to keep track of your new connections and business insights, so you don't go home with a purse of business cards that you never do anything with.
  • We are talking about business owner mindset, an often neglected component of business growth. The discussion is more powerful when at a table with others in your shoes.
  • You have a purpose and structure for your time at the event. No wandering around wondering who to talk to, or what to say.
  • You get to network AND work on your business. Usually it is one or the other- get talked at by a speaker, or chat around a room. This event connects you with deeper conversations, and helps you elevate your business.

Register for your ticket : current price: $45 

Sponsor visibility opportunities available for this event (ticket included) starting at $300. Contact Robin@Womensbusinessworkshop.com

After ticket purchase, you will receive a form to fill out regarding your match up and topics preferences.

Is this your first time to one of our events? Don't worry, we attract the nicest business owners. You can sit with us.