EntreFEST

  • Entrepreneurs! Apply to speak at EntreFEST 2016

    Entrepreneurs! Apply to speak at EntreFEST 2016

    Iowa’s largest entrepreneurship and innovation event, EntreFEST, is accepting applications for speakers and breakout sessions for next year’s event. The event will run May 18-20, 2016, in Iowa City, Iowa. “We take a practitioners-helping-practioners approach to speaker selection. We love speakers who’ve been in the trenches,” said Andy Stoll, the event’s lead organizer. “There’s something about…

  • SitStay’s Jill Liliedahl talks ecommerce, EntreFEST

    SitStay’s Jill Liliedahl talks ecommerce, EntreFEST

    Next week Jill Liliedahl, founder and CEO of SitStay, will be speaking at EntreFEST, Iowa’s premiere entrepreneurship event. She will be talking about how she revitalized her Lincoln-based ecommerce company. SPN spoke with Liliedahl over the the phone. SPN: What have you been up to at SitStay since you left the StraightShot accelerator last summer? Last December we did…

  • EntreFEST announces 2015 Startup Founders Track: See the full list of speakers here

    EntreFEST announces 2015 Startup Founders Track: See the full list of speakers here

    EntreFEST, Iowa’s biggest conference for entrepreneurs, has announced this year’s Founders Track. According to today’s press release, nearly 20 industry leaders from venture capitalists to high-growth startup founders will lead targeted workshops and discussions for Iowa’s early stage high-growth companies to expand their networks and increase their chance at success.

  • EntreFEST returns to Iowa City in 2015 thanks to regent universities

    EntreFEST returns to Iowa City in 2015 thanks to regent universities

    IOWA CITY—Last May entrepreneurs, creatives, small business owners and a host of others descended on downtown Iowa City for EntreFEST, a three-day event billed as “Iowa’s entrepreneur conference.”

  • Your complete social media recap of EntreFEST 2014

    Last week EntreFEST invaded downtown Iowa City with entrepreneurs, community and small business owners for almost three full days of programming and events. Our Iowa editor Megan Bannister was in town for the event, but in case you couldn’t make it, check out some of the social media highlights of EntreFEST 2014…

  • EntreFEST arrives on Wednesday: 5 things to know before it begins

    (Guest post by Amanda Styron, co-founder and CEO of Seed Here Studio and one of the organizers behind EntreFEST.) EntreFEST is a celebration of those who make Iowa awesome: the entrepreneurs creating the future prosperity, vibrancy, companies and communities of our state. Part summit, part festival and part resource hub, there’s a lot happening at…

  • Everything you need to know about attending EntreFEST 2014

    EntreFEST, Iowa’s entrepreneur conference, is an annual summit, celebration and resource hub for startup founders, business owners, corporate innovators and startup community builders. Register at EntreFEST.com with the code SPNSENTME …

  • EntreFEST to host Dream Big Grow Here with Lt. Governor, Carl Blake

    Organizers announced Wednesday that, in an effort to foster entrepreneurship in Iowa, a statewide Dream Big Grow Here pitch-off will be held May 15 in conjunction with EntreFEST…

  • EntreFest! kicks off Thursday with new track for high-growth startups

    EntreFest!, an annual small business and entrepreneurship conference hosted by University of Northern Iowa’s MyEntre.Net, takes place in Cedar Rapids, Iowa this Thursday and Friday. With new breakout sessions such as the Lean Startup Methodology and Business Model Generation, the event aims to attract founders of high-growth startups in addition to those behind small businesses.…

  • Events: TechBrew, Nebraska Code Camp, SXSW Cereal Bar and more

    Every Monday, look for our events post to keep you in the loop on the happenings of the week. From meetups and conferences to workshops and pitch sessions, if it’s happening in the Silicon Prairie, you’ll find it here. For more, visit our events page for a calendar of upcoming …