2016 Women's Entrepreneurial Conference

The combined forces of: the Women’s Business Center (WBC), the Utah Microenterprise Loan Fund (UMLF), the Women’s Networking Group (WNG), and the Professional Ongoing Women’s Educational Resource (the P.O.W.E.R. llc) are proud to announce the First Annual Women’s Entrepreneurial Conference: Aligning Resources to Power Growth hosted by Holladay City on Wednesday, April 20th. This conference is designed to introduce women business owners to the wide variety of resources available for the different stages of their business: Phase I: Start-up and Building (0-4 years), Phase II: Growth and Profitability (4-15 years), and Phase III: Growth, Expansion and Legacy Planning (15 + years).

A full day of valuable information, inspirational presentations and opportunities to network are planned to start at 8:00 a.m. and continue throughout the day until 4:00 p.m. which include:
         Presentations by:

Ann Marie Wallace – Women’s Business Center: State of Women and Entrepreneurship in Utah

Kayleen Simmons – People Helping People: How to find the right mentors for your personal and professional growth

Workshops w/panelists who have successfully worked with their local business resources:

AAA Fair Credit Foundation – How Credit Can Work for You, Not Against You

DATC/North Front Business Center – What is your Success/Exit Plan Strategy?

Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses – Creating a Board of Advisors/Board of Directors

SCORE – Resources for Different Phases of Your Business Utah

Microenterprise Loan Fund – Banking/Funding Resources Utah Nonprofit Association/

People Helping People – Partnering with a Nonprofit Utah Supplier Development Council (USDC)/

PTAC – Commercial/Government Contracting Women’s Business Center – Set Asides: 8A, Minority, Veteran, WOSB – Exactly What’s Involved? World Trade Center/Utah Department of Commerce – Going Beyond Borders to Expand Your Business For more information leading up to the event, be sure to follow the Women’s Business Center, UMLF and the Women’s Networking Group on Facebook. Conference Materials: Full Color Ad Besides the variety of resources gathered together, what will make this conference unique is that the goal is to raise money for grants for women business owners who participate in the conference.

All proceeds will go to grants administered by the Utah Microenterprise Loan Fund that will be awarded at the Second Annual Entrepreneurial Conference. In addition, we will do our best to be a “green” conference with little paper and more technology to assist in event day activities. We look forward to hosting you for a fantastic day designed to connect you to the people and resources you need to growth personally and professionally.