Roncellis Enjoy Their First Trip to the Summit

This is my first trip to the Summit, and so far my favorite part about being here has been meeting gracious and interesting business owners like Bingo Roncelli, and her husband Gino (not pictured), who own Monrovia, Calif.-based Roncelli Plastics. Like me, this is the Roncelli’s first trip to the NFIB Summit, and also like me, they’re having a good time mingling with NFIB members and learning more about overcoming obstacles to small businesses all over the country.“This is such an interesting conference,” Bingo said. “There are very powerful, very successful people here. I really enjoyed hearing Meg Whitman speak at the opening session this morning—she is such an amazing woman, and she was so informative.”

While Bingo enjoyed hearing Whitman, the former president and CEO of eBay, Inc., speak this morning, her husband is more concerned with learning how to keep his business out of the courtroom.

“One of the reasons we’re here is because it’s hard to stay out of the courtroom,” Gino said. “Sometimes it just seems like people are out to get you, even though you’re just trying to run an honest business. I’m hoping to learn new ways to protect our company from lawsuits.”

This morning’s breakout sessions helped small business owners at the Summit learn more about staying out of the courtroom, coping with immigration, using eBay as a business tool and preparing for (even more) tax increases on small businesses. Hopefully all these lessons learned with help businesses like Roncelli Plastics thrive.