Jam Bingo For The Small Business Growth Summit

6 prompts. Fast, light-hearted prompts. People find a match, laugh, and move on.

• Find an owner who hired their first employee this year+
• Find someone from an industry you know nothing about+
• Find a lender or banker and ask what they had for breakfast+
• Find an owner whose business is more than 10 years old+
• Find someone who started their business from their kitchen table or garage+
• Find someone who took notes on paper instead of a phone+

10 prompts. Each prompt asks for a story, a tip, or an opinion.

• Ask an owner what their biggest win was this year+
• Ask a lender what makes a loan application stand out+
• Ask an advisor what mistake they see small businesses make most+
• Ask an owner how they found their first customer+
• Ask someone which session idea they'll try first+
• Ask an owner what they'd do with an extra hour each week+
• Ask someone which marketing channel actually works for them+
• Ask an owner how they decide when to hire+
• Ask someone what tool or software they couldn't run their business without+
• Ask an owner what growth means to them this year+

20 prompts. Ask-and-challenge prompts for longer conversations people remember.

• Ask an owner about the hardest year in their business and how they got through it+
• Challenge an owner to pitch their business in 20 seconds, then give one tip+
• Ask a lender what they wish owners asked them before applying+
• Ask an owner what they'd tell themselves on day one of the business+
• Challenge two owners from different industries to find one way to work together+
• Ask an advisor about a client who turned things around and what changed+
• Ask an owner what's holding them back from the next step+
• Ask someone who here they think you should meet and why+
• Ask an owner what they'd do differently if they started again tomorrow+
• Swap one growth goal with someone and ask for one first step+
• Ask an owner what their biggest win was this year+
• Ask a lender what makes a loan application stand out+
• Ask an advisor what mistake they see small businesses make most+
• Ask an owner how they found their first customer+
• Ask someone which session idea they'll try first+
• Ask an owner what they'd do with an extra hour each week+
• Ask someone which marketing channel actually works for them+
• Ask an owner how they decide when to hire+
• Ask someone what tool or software they couldn't run their business without+
• Ask an owner what growth means to them this year+