Fuse Alliance Members and Suppliers Come Together in San Diego

Fuse Alliance held its annual conference March 6-8, 2013 at the historic U.S. Grant Hotel in Downtown San Diego, California.  The group hosted 154 attendees including 86 member attendees and 21 supplier companies represented by 68 company representatives.

Executive director, Ron Lee kicked off the meeting stating “2012 was a year of negative news and positive results.”  He went on to discuss the issues facing small businesses today such as onerous regulations, cash flow, attracting and retaining employees, reinvesting for growth and planning for succession.  He discussed “solving these challenges requires knowledge.  Knowledge is core, but when partnered with collaboration, real answers and progress are possible.  Collaboration is high integrity energy that seeks clarity, teamwork and forward progress.”  He went on to say “by our cooperative platform we operate within, we have the structure and format to collaborate.”  He shared the importance of working together; members and suppliers, members with other members and Fuse Alliance with both members and suppliers and announced that the meeting agenda has been designed to give the attendees the opportunity to spend as much time together as possible.   He also laid out the organization's initiatives for the coming year.