Grown in greeley
Start-up week
April 3-5, 2024
JOIN US FOR OUR INAUGURAL EVENT, a celebration of everything entrepreneurial in the Greeley Area. This three-day event is intended to unite our entrepreneurial ecosystem and celebrate companies, innovation and ideas happening in and around our city and region and the inspiring thought leaders behind them. This 3-day progressive event will teach you how to start & scale your business.
Show your support by seeding our work with sponsorship today!
FOUNDING SPONSOR | $5,000
- Ten tickets & Complimentary entrance to select events
- Opportunity to give speaker introduction at keynote event
- Company logo on all marketing materials and at event
- Potential to submit to speakers list for the event
- Line listing on website promoting event
- Opportunity to serve on program committee
- Opportunity to get first right of refusal on the ground floor of new event
SUPPORTING SPONSOR | $2,500
- Five tickets & Complimentary entrance to select events
- Opportunity to help host a table at keynote event
- Company logo on select marketing materials and at event
- Potential to submit to speakers list for the event
- Line listing on website promoting event
LUNCH SPONSOR | $1,000
- Two tickets & complimentary entrance to select events
- Opportunity to sponsor and attend lunch of your choosing
- Opportunity to host a table at the lunch
- Line listing in marketing and promotion for the event
schedule
April 3
5-7 PM Welcome Reception
Mixer & Kickoff with open networking and overview of what to expect for the week. Drinks and light appetizers served.
April 4
7:30-8:30 AM Round Table Coffee
9-11 AM (2 Different Tracks)
- SBDC- Steps to Starting your business.
- SBDC- Scaling your business.
11-12 PM (2 Different Tracks)
- Learn about business from trusted advisors on next steps for your growing business.
- Success & Challenges; hear more about lessons learned and best practices from Greeley.
12-1:30 PM Traveling Lunch (groups of ten at different restaurants downtown)
Each lunch will have an entrepreneurial leader from the Greeley Area to lead discussion at each table & restaurant (at your own cost)
2-3:30 PM (2 Different Tracks)
- Learn more and grow your business through leadership, management, and skills in collaborating with staff, clients, and community.
- TBA
4-5 PM
Personal coaching for goals & motivation
April 5
9-11 AM (2 Tracks)
- Financing for startups and roundtable
- Financing for Scaling Business
11-12 PM (2 Tracks)
- Trusted resources from professional advisors on business advice (10 minutes each)
- Accounting, Attorney, Risk Management, Insurance & Commercial Realtor (Speed introduction)
- Top three things you need to know about each.
- Resources for you to use.
12-1:30 PM Sponsored Lunch – Pitches from Shark Tank Entrepreneurs
- Hand out Toolkit for businesses to have.
2-2:45 PM (2 Tracks)
- Marketing branding and promotion; Social Media Marketing & outreach
- Branding your business
3-3:45 PM (2 Tracks)
- Mission, Vision Values; how to communicate your message.
- Creating a plan for your business
4-5:30 PM Mini Mixer and Resource Fair
Announcement – two winners one for new and one for scale
Call to Speakers
This will be a fantastic opportunity for small business owners, managers, executives, economic and community development professionals and nonprofits.
Speakers will join a group of esteemed industry experts in furthering the entrepreneurial efforts of small business owners, encouraging professional development and business growth, as well as networking and enhancing their own professional profile.
Topics for the conference include management, resiliency, financing, accounting, marketing, coaching, risk management, network building, capacity building and nonprofit management among other subjects inherent to small businesses. All presentations should be targeted toward an audience with intermediate to advanced small business knowledge, and should provide the audience with specific, actionable steps they can take when they leave the conference.
While breakout speakers will not be compensated, all speakers will receive a 50 percent discount on conference registration and will be provided an exhibitor space.
Deadline to apply is October 6 2023.
For questions, please contact Krista Laber at krista@greeleychamber.com or call her (970) 352-3566.
