YPIN – Launching Your Startup or Business: The DOs and DON’Ts

Are you considering starting your own business or start-up? Are you interested in learning more about how to grow and run a successful business? Join YPIN for a conversation about what it takes to start a new business, what challenges to expect while growing a new venture, and how to find solutions to achieve success.

The event will feature three panelists with substantial experience in starting and growing their enterprises:

Christina Jennings runs a unique yarn shop that specializes in quality natural fibers and designer yarns. The shop has been a family business since 1972. Christina took over the shop in 1986 and has since expanded it from just basic wools and needlepoints to a wide variety of imported hand-dyed fibers from around the world. In recent years, she has branched out into gift lines and baby clothing lines from Europe.

Shant Meguerditchian is a co-founder of Inovine, a web and mobile app development agency for tech startups and businesses in Europe and North America. With most of its staff located in Armenia, Inovine offers its clients a full array of services that range from developing an idea and going through the user experience process to implementing, testing, and delivering the products to the clients.

Diane Najm is a founder and CEO of PhotoPad. PhotoPad is an easy-to-use design platform to empower small businesses, regardless of their skill level or expertise, to create beautiful visual content simply and quickly in just a few clicks and publish to all social media marketing channels. Diane is the recipient of two nominations for startup of the year and innovative product of the year 2018, and the 2015 Women of the Year in Business Award.