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UNIVERSITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE
ROB WILLIAMS | PATRICK LUENSMANN
UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA – REGIONAL BUSINESS CENTER
No Conference -> Let’s Make One!
Timeline
Idea Planted by UNI Team in 2007 after seeing a gap
Roundtable Engaged & Planning Committee Formed
First Conference Held in 2008
EntreFest! Matures
Leadership & Collaboration
Partnerships Formed Every Year with City, Chamber, Main Street Orgs, etc
Expanded Planning Committee
Over 1,000 Iowa small business owners touched
Iowa Service Provider Smorgasboard
Successful Five Year Run
Inspiration & Innovation
Traveling- highlighting five entrepreneur communities
Surprise and Delight
Informational Sessions on Emerging Technologies, Social Media, Guerilla Marketing
Inspiring Speakers Recruited
Eschewing the Conference Model
Entrepreneurs Leading New Models
BarCamp
1 Million Cups
Startup Weekend
Our Approach:
Listen, Imagine, Collaborate, Evaluate
We need entrepreneur partners...
A New Collaboration Begins
Public/Private Partnership Formed
Reimagined “EntreFEST”
New Conference Born
Collaboration at Work
Speakers
Venue
Content
Impact and Outcomes
Attendance Records Broken, and Unprecedented
New Relationships Forged in Entire Entrepreneur Stack
Several Startups Launched
Major Media Coverage of Innovation in Iowa
Sustainability
Shared Ownership
Constant Relevance
Broad Audience
Institutional Support
Scalability & Replicability
Open Sourced EntreFEST
Multi-State Attraction
Shared Ownership and Resources
Universities Best Positioned to Lead or Support
Come to EntreFEST 2015!
May 20-22, 2015
Iowa City, IA
http://www.EntreFEST.com
Join us at EntreFEST 2015