Date and Time
Wednesday Apr 23, 2025
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CDT
Location
Zoom
Fees/Admission
No Charge for Chamber Members
GDMP EVENT: Top Five for Small Busine...
Description
Event Description
The Top Five series features experts in human resources, marketing, accounting, IT and more. Presenters will introduce five key points on specific topics that help small business owners be successful. Each event will take place virtually from 9 – 10 a.m.
Session Overview:
This session will explore the different between key performance indicators (KPIs) and goals, how to get the most out of your numbers and dive into industry trends.
Speaker:
Christy was born and raised in Des Moines, growing up in her family owned auto body shop, R Jones Collision Repair. Like many of you, Christy’s life journey has been full of twists and turns.
Session Overview:
This session will explore the different between key performance indicators (KPIs) and goals, how to get the most out of your numbers and dive into industry trends.
Speaker:
Christy was born and raised in Des Moines, growing up in her family owned auto body shop, R Jones Collision Repair. Like many of you, Christy’s life journey has been full of twists and turns.
After a quick year of teaching right after college and a year and a half stay in Charlotte, NC, Christy’s journey brought her back home to Iowa in 2001 when she was asked to help run the family business. Over time she grew to be the sole estimator and the frontline face of the business. And in 2015 she became the first and only women owned body shop owner in the Des Moines area. Christy’s journey wasn’t done yet. After buying another body shop in 2020, she then sold both shops in 2021 to Caliber Collision, effectively retiring at the young age of 44.
In 2022, Christy emerged from full retirement to become a certified business coach. She works will large and small business owners providing them the focus and accountability needed to navigate the murky waters of business ownership.
Christy values contributing to her community, and she actively demonstrates this commitment by dedicating her time to volunteer in several community organizations, such as the Urbandale Chamber and the SBA’s free coaching program, SCORE. Through her volunteer work at the Chamber and with SCORE, Christy stays connected to the heartbeat of the community. It is her goal to make her client’s businesses stronger, therefore strengthening the community as a whole.
