Northern California Association of Entrepreneurs

Founded by Joel D Canfield, Sue L Canfield, and Yolanda Richardson, the NCAE is a support community, promoting self-education and cross-pollenation of ideas for entrepreneurs and those who have the entrepreneurial spirit.

We meet monthly to discuss business challenges and it's a great place to do your business social networking with other small business owners in the Roseville, Sacramento, Placer County area.

Learn more about why we started this group.

When and Where:

The 4th Monday of each month at 6 pm
Note: May's meeting will be the 3rd Monday, May 18th

Corrina's Dessert & Coffee
9205 Sierra College Blvd
Ste 100
Roseville, CA 95661

Join us for dinner or dessert. Please invite anyone you think would add to or benefit from these meetings.

Upcoming Meetings

June 22, 2009–Brandon Robinson of One Source Media and Grape Video Productions will discuss the media industry and marketing 2.0.

July 27, 2009–Natalie Conrad of Organized Habits will discuss Paperless Home and Office Ideas.


Natalie is an energetic professional organizer. She has turned her passion for organization and time management into a career that allows her to reach out to help others. Her strategies and time saving tips will help you to get organized and stay organized. Natalie's mission is to help organize all areas of your life with an emphasis on making changes that can easily become habits. As a speaker, Natalie gives the audience ideas that they can incorporate into the daily lives immediately. She helps even the most "disorganized" save time, eliminate clutter, and limit frustration by utilizing her sound advice and helpful hints.

August 24, 2009–Jill Lublin, Top Speaker, Master Strategist, Radio and Television Host and Best Selling Author will speak on the topic Get Noticed! How to get referrals, build your client base, and expand your business by making a name for yourself.

In this exciting, fun, interactive presentation based on Jill Lublin’s newest book, Get Noticed...Get Referrals, attendees will learn just that–how to get noticed!

Learn how to:

  • Create name recognition so that people will want to do business with you
  • Identify, contact, and convince the best referral sources
  • Build strong referral networks
  • Make your work enjoyable and more successful
  • Balance your life by serving others
  • Provide better customer service
  • Distinguish yourself with flair
  • Conduct business around your values and life

September 28, 2009–Joy Klepac of Klepac Coaching will discuss Prospecting and Developing Rapport to Open the Doors in Your Marketing Efforts.


Joy has been in the Sales and Service industry since 1984. In July 1992 she started her own business. She brings to each client, individual attention in a relationship of trust and confidence. Joy helps her clients discover their needs and goals. With that information she can develop a plan to help them achieve the results that will meet those needs and goals. She desires to make every client feel as if they are her only client. She is proud of the service her company provides.

Joy specializes in working with small business owners with 1 to 50 employees. She works with any business from a startup company through 5 years in business. Joy has owned her business since 1992 and has many skill sets to share.

Joy is a motivational speaker, author and mentor. Joy has a deep desire to encourage others in a way that will positively impact their life and their business.

October 26, 2009–Kari Hagensmith of Patternology International will discuss "When Your Will–Power...Won't".

  • Do you sometimes know what to do, how to do it and why, but...
    Something keeps you from taking the appropriate action in a timely manner?
  • Do you have a problem with procrastination, disorganization or following through?
  • Has goal setting and positive thinking not worked for you?
  • Do you have difficulty staying focused and motivated?

Join Kari Hagensmith for this powerful presentation. Walk away with new insights about what really blocks us from success. Learn tools you can use today to increase your income and reduce stress and frustration.

During this presentation you will...

  • Find out why will–power is so unreliable and what to use instead.
  • Identify invisible barriers that stop us dead in our tracks.
  • Discover the source of undesirable attitudes and behaviors.
  • Learn why you can't Positive Think your way over the barriers.

Kari Hagensmith is the spokesperson for Patternology International, the premier organization working with individuals and businesses to eliminate the patterns of defeat AND create the patterns of success. Ted Lane's unique Patternology process finds the source of self destructive attitudes or behaviors and eliminates the effect within hours.

Kari, a speaker and trainer in her own right, has over 950 presentations to her credit. Audiences have included national conferences and international sales teams.

Topics include: Invisible Barriers to Success, Conflict Resolution, Goal Setting, Time Management, Accelerated Learning and How to Meet, Connect With, and Remember People.

Book Release: 49 Commonsense Business Observations

49 Commonsense Business Observations

Too many service related businesses have gotten so wrapped up in process, cost–cutting, and gimmicky advertising that they've forgotten that without customers, there is no business. Even those who remember the customer don't always know what customers want and how to provide it. 49 Commonsense Business Observations can help. All the details are on the book release page.