A friend approached me the other day about starting a conference for entrepreneurs. Certainly not an original idea but none the less I think the timing for something like this is very good. As more and more people branch out and become entrepreneurs there certainly has to be an opportunity to learn from those who have been there before. One of the traits that will make up successful entrepreneurs going forward is their ability to learn and share new ideas with and from each other. I can see a conference being the perfect opportunity to bring both successful and aspiring entrepreneurs together to dialogue on the latest trends, techniques and technologies.
Now I’ve been to a bunch of conferences in my time and we certainly don’t need something else to fill our time. However for this I could see it being made up of a very small group of attendees and presenters. Say 200 attendees and 10 presenters. Each of the presenters would represent a different aspect of being an entrepreneur. Things such as raising capital, utilizing the Internet, manufacturing and servicing, money management, creative thinking and leadership could all be topics of discussion. Instead of presentations though I’d like to see that panel take real world examples from the attendees and see how they could help right there. Perhaps other parts of the days would be filled with stories from successful entrepreneurs on how they made it. Something to think about for sure.
Let me ask you, are there any existing entrepreneur conferences that you know of?
Any that you have been to and thought were good?
What types of things would you like to learn at one of these conferences?
Leave a comment below, who knows maybe we’ll take this idea and do something with it.