MARK YOUR CALENDAR! The fifth annual Wisconsin Entrepreneurs' Conference will be June 12-13, 2007, at the Hyatt Regency Milwaukee.
Don't miss one of the Midwest's premier networking and hands-on events for entrepreneurs! Join hundreds of business leaders, investors and others as they learn how to crack into today’s emerging markets.
- 2007 Agenda / Panel Sessions (pdf)
- More than 20 panel discussions featuring plenty of success stories (and a few lessons not to be repeated) will anchor the event. Winners of the 2007 Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest will be announced, and the contest's top four finalists will present.
- The annual “Seize the Day” award will be presented to one of Wisconsin’s legendary entrepreneurs.
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If you wish to attend this conference, please go directly to the Hyatt 333. W. Kilbourn Ave for walk in registration.
- Your registration fee includes all panel sessions, a June 12 reception and dinner, June 12-13 luncheons and June 13 breakfast. New this year: "Track X" chatrooms to engage key panelists and speakers in follow-up discussions.
- All registrants will receive a 2007 “Entrepreneurs Toolkit” CD.
- Registration for the June 12 Wisconsin Angel Network deal syndication workshop within the conference is separate; go to www.wisconsinangelnetwork.com/events to register and learn more.
- Confirmed speakers include:
- Jason Fried, founder of Chicago-based 37Signals. Fried and 37Signals have drawn acclaim for web applications such as Basecamp (web-based project management), Backpack (web-based personal information management) and Ta-da List (web-based to-do lists). Basecamp received a Business Week “Best of the Web” award in 2005 and 2006.
- John May, often called the “father of angel networks.” He is the managing partner of the New Vantage Group in Vienna, Va., co-founder of the Investor’s Circle, associate director of the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, and chairman of the Angel Capital Association. May will lead the WAN deal syndication workshop and take part in other panels in the full conference.
- Tim Jump, a high-school engineering teacher from the Twin Cities whose students won a national robotics championship -- against college teams! Jump will talk about the importance of STEM education (science, technology, engineering and math) in today's knowledge economy. He will be introduced by Tom Gunkel, chief operating officer of M.A. Mortenson Co. and an advocate of education that produces more, and better, entrepreneurs
- Become a Sponsor!(pdf)
Join these sponsors and become part of the 2007 Wisconsin Entrepreneurs' Conference.
5Nines Data
Aberdean
Amcore Bank
Amercian Transmission Company
AT&T
Baird Venture Partners
Chippwa Valley Technical College
First Weber Group
Flad & Associates
Foley & Lardner
Godfrey & Kahn
Grant Thornton
M.A. Mortenson Co.
Makin’ Hey! Communications
Madison Gas & Electric Co.
Marshfield Clinic Applied Sciences
Michael Best & Friedrich
Milwaukee Economic Development Corporation
Momentum Video Services Inc.
Park Printing
Quarles & Brady
Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren
Small Business Times
The Business Journal
Third Wave Technologies
University Research Park
U.S. Patent Services
UW-Madison Office of Corporate Relations
UW-Whitewater-Center for Innovation & Business Development, Wisconsin Innovation Service Center
Venture Investors
Vrakas/Blum S.C.
WARF
WEAC
WEA Trust
We Energies
WHEFA
Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek
WisBusiness.com
Wisconsin Entrepreneurs' Network
WiSys
Wisconsin Angel Network
Wisconsin Department of Commerce
Wisconsin Technology Network
Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions
- The Entrepreneurs' Conference is produced by the Wisconsin Technology Council, WAN and the Wisconsin Innovation Network-Milwaukee Chapter, with core sponsorship by the state Department of Commerce.
- Hotel Accommodations:
- For discounted hotel rooms at the Hyatt, please call 414-276-1234 or go to http://milwaukee.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp and mention you are attending the Entrepreneurs' Conference.
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- Please Note:Milwaukee's Marquette Interchange, a cornerstone of Southeastern Wisconsin's highway system, is being replaced with new structures and roadway. The information utilities on the Marquette Interchange Web site, www.mchange.org, will help you plan your trip downtown to the Hyatt Regency, including ramp closures and current traffic conditions.
Watch this space for updates, including more headline speakers. Meanwhile, read about the 2006 conference below and see why conference attendance has grown every year!
Read press coverage about the 2006 conference
Articles about the 2006 Wisconsin Entrepreneurs' Conference from news organizations across Wisconsin.
Links to Mediasite presentations
Links to 2006 presentations, along with many others, recorded through Mediasite, a “rich media” system available through the Tech Council. Call 608-442-7557 for information on how to make Mediasite work for your company or event.
Read press releases about the conference
Press releases about the 2006 Wisconsin Entrepreneurs' Conference from the Wisconsin Technology Council.
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