VBJ June 2019

THE VALLEY BUSINESS JOURNAL
6 www.TheValleyBusinessJournal.com
June 2019
Business Women’s Network
Announces June Speakers
The June 11th speakers are Linda
Hannum with Swarovski Touchstone
Crystal Jewelry and Kristen
Canestrell with The Law Office of
Pietro Canestrelli: A Tax Controversy
Boutique.
Linda Hannum is an Independent
Sales Consultant with Swarovski
Touchstone Crystal Jewelry. Linda
helps women make a powerful, positive
statement without ever having to
say a word and loves adding sparkle
to lives one at a time.
Linda’s Website:
https://www.touchstonecrystal.com/
lindahannum
Email Address: lahannum@yahoo.
com
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/lindahannum
Phone Number: 951-202-3015
Small Business is Vital
Kristen Canestrelli is VP, Operations
& Marketing, The Law Office of
Pietro Canestrelli: A Tax Controversy
Boutique where they are passionate
about helping entrepreneurs and small
businesses primarily in the areas of
business and tax law. Kristen brings
over 22 years of business management
and marketing skills and says,
“We would love the opportunity to
be a resource for you and we offer a
complimentary initial consult. Let us
advocate for you.”
Kristen’s website: https://www.ietaxattorney.com
Email Address: Pietro@ietaxattorney.
com
Phone Number: 951-319-7674
The June 25th meeting features
guest speaker Leisa Reid, Engaging
Speaker & Mindset Facilitator, Productive
Learning. Lisa will show us how
to go about Creating a Mindset. Lisa
has trained thousands of people on the
power of the mindset. After 20+ years
of Management, Sales and Executive
Leadership, Leisa guides others in their
journey to self-mastery.
by Assembly Member Marie Waldron
Website: https://productivelearning.
com/
Leisa’s FB Page: http://facebook.
com/leisa.reid.2
Email Address: leisa@productivelearning.com
Phone Number: 949-234-0628
About BWN - Since 1992 Business
Women’s Network of Temecula Valley
(BWN) has been a premier women’s
networking group dedicated to the
highest standards of professionalism
and the exchange of business leads.
Our structured, yet relaxed luncheon
program provides members the time
and place to introduce themselves,
their products and services during
each meeting. Membership includes
group membership in the Temecula
Chamber of Commerce. We are all
about promoting ourselves and each
other and building strategic relationships
with other local professional
women while having fun. We meet
at noon on the second and fourth
Tuesdays at The Broken Yolk Café at
26495 Ynez Rd, Temecula. Check us
out at http://business-womens-network-temecula.com
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Small Business drives our local
and state economies, a fact recognized
by Governor Newsom last week when
he issued a proclamation declaring
May 2019 Small Business Month in
California.
California’s small businesses employ
over 7 million people, and most
have less than 100 employees. According
to recent studies, small businesses
make up over 95 percent of all businesses
in this region, with businesses
employing 4 or less employees comprising
65 percent of the total. Over the
past two years, almost three-quarters of
all local companies experienced growth,
and 85 percent expect to continue growing.
This appears to buck the national
trend, since almost 50 percent of small
businesses in the U.S. fail in the first
five years.
As might be expected in an economy
based on small business, entrepreneurship
is expanding. About one in 200
adults in our region is an entrepreneur,
and in 2017 our region had the nation’s
fourth-highest rate of entrepreneurs.
From manufacturing to tourism, service
industries to breweries and wineries,
this region’s economy is based on its
thriving small businesses sector.
As the owner of my
own small business, I
know how hard it is to be
an entrepreneur in California.
Supporting our small
businesses that struggle
with burdensome regulations,
taxes and fees
while still managing to
employ thousands of our
residents, is an ongoing
battle that’s worth waging.
Over the years I have
supported a long list of
legislation to stimulate
business formation and
provide greater employment
opportunities, more
work-force training and
greater job growth.
I am very proud that
the National Federation
of Independent Businesses
recognized me as a
“Guardian of Small Business”
earlier this year. As always, I will
continue to support small businesses,
and to serve as your voice in Sacramento.
Assembly Republican Leader Marie
Waldron, R-Escondido, represents the
75th Assembly District in the California
Legislature, which includes the communities
of Bonsall, Escondido, Fallbrook,
Hidden Meadows, Pala, Palomar Mountain,
Pauma Valley, Rainbow, San Marcos,
Temecula, Valley Center and Vista.
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Tom Plant
Pat Benter
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