The UNI MyEntre.Net staff enjoyed visiting with many of you during the conference, and we're continually energized by the enthusiasm you expressed when talking about your businesses and ideas! This year’s
conference was especially fun, and that is largely due to the great group of attendees that were there!
Attendees were able to choose from a variety of breakout sessions this year’s lineup included: New Technology Tools, Why Search Engine Optimization is Important, How to Keep Customers Rushing Back for More, How to Harvest Profits without Sacrificing Value and Statewide Resources to Help Your Business Succeed. Another attendee favorite is the Business Smorgasbord. The smorgasbord allowed attendees the opportunity to ask questions of an assortment of business experts!
Most of all, attendees were able to engage in an abundance of networking opportunities to share tips, tactics and stories with other small business owners from across the state.
As we look forward to next year, we want to continue to improve and bring Iowa entrepreneurs the most relevant information and the best experience possible, if you have comments please sent them to
courtney.schwitzer@uni.edu. We Hope to see you all again next year! EntreFest! is coordinated by UNI MyEntre.Net staff, with the assistance of a collaborative group of Iowa’s premier service providers.
Winner of the $10,000 market research presented by Strategic Marketing Services (SMS) at the University of Northern Iowa was
Hal Hudson of MockWall Systems LLC. MockWall Systems LLC is located in Mason City, Iowa and creates full scale, re-usable cardboard mockups of construction projects during the design phase. By experiencing a prototype in advance of construction, Hal’s company reduces change orders after construction has begun and customers have a better understanding of the final product they’ve ordered up. MockWall is a young company—launched in 2011—and his innovative wall system has a pending patent. SMS will assist the company with an array of primary market research services, congrats Hal!
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EntreFest! 2012
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this PDF to learn more about the demographics and opinions of EntreFest! 2012 attendees!