Quarter one is almost over, and if you’ve not hit the conference rounds, there are plenty more for you to attend and let your company shine. Here are 50 start-up events all over the world where you can learn new skills, meet investors, recruit, or pitch your idea.
APRIL
Grow Co Nashville, TN April 7-9 2015
Join like-minded entrepreneurs, business leaders, bestselling authors, and headliners straight out of the pages of Inc., for three days of ideas, inspiration and insights, networking, and learning proven strategies to help your company grow and thrive. See speakers such as Marcus Lemonis, Jessica Alba, and Daymond John.
Start-up Marketing Conference Fort Lauderdale, FL April 9, 2015
Startup Marketing Conferenceis the only digital and lean marketing education event for startups and innovative marketing teams that is focused on growth. Join a community of data-driven and innovative entrepreneurs who will learn the fundamentals of rapid growth and digital marketing best practices in just one day
MicroConf Las Vegas, April 13-14
This is a software conference designed for entrepreneurs who are self funded and giving one another bootstrapping advice.
Orlando Tech Week Orlando, FL April 13-16
Orlando Tech Week is a community-driven week of meetups, speakers, demos, parties, and more showcasing Orlando’s burgeoning startup and tech community.
TechWeek Detroit Detroit, MI, April 13-19
Techweek hosts 5 days of events culminating in a 2-day conference and technology expo. Events include the LAUNCH startup competition, FashionTECH Runway Show, Techweek GT Office Tours, film, and food festivals.
New Media Expo Las Vegas, NV April 13-16
Since 2007, this confrence brings together some of the best and the brightest including over 250 speakers 1,000 Exhibitors, and 100,000 of the worlds leading content creators
Experts Academy Santa Clara, CA, April 16-19
This event allows you to network with experts on the 4 P’s – positioning, packaging, promoting, and partnering. You will also have the opportunity to meet and network with the experts.
WordCamp Vienna, Austria, April 11
Learn your way through WordPress with other bloggers and entrepreneurs. This conference covers a wide variety of topics including development, design, business, and blogging.
Demo Traction San Francisco, CA April 22
The DEMO conferences have earned a reputation for consistently identifying the future of technologies, and have served as launchpad events for companies such as Palm, E*Trade, Salesforce, Webex, Tivo ,VMware and Fusion-io and thousands of others by helping them secure funding, establish critical relationships, and influence early adopters.
Provision Columbus, OH April 24-26
This finance workshop for entrepreneurs provides key insight from industry leaders, including Gary Keesee and Dave Anderson.
HustleCon San Francisco, CA April 24
This conference is not about code, it’s about how to hustle to get the results you need to succeed. In fact, none of the speakers code. It’s apparently like TED, only cooler, and designed with non-techies in mind.
StartUp Day Stockholm Sweden, April 25
More than a thousand local and international founders, student entrepreneurs, investors, and media reps attend this action packed conference each year. The all-day event features an eclectic line-up of speakers, startup pitches, exhibitors, and a diverse group of passionate attendees.
Milken Institute Global Conference Los Angeles, CA April 26-29
The Global Conference is a gathering of some of the world’s most extraordinary people to explore solutions to today’s most pressing challenges in financial markets, industry sectors, health, government, and education. Join over 3,000 C-suite thinkers for great information and abundant networking opportunities.
ConvergeSE Columbia, SC April 15-18
Converge SE is a conference designed for those who want to build a beautiful web. It’s for designers with a free heart and a love of details. It’s for the developers who code for joy and are filled with a passion for technology. Speakers include a wide range of highly talented speakers and up and comers.
Founder’s Forum Los Angeles, CA – April 28-29
Founders Forum is a private network of the leading digital and technology entrepreneurs. It’s a private event, apply on the site for some C-suite networking.
MAY
99U New York, New York, April 30- May 1
99U is an exclusive conference focused on action. You will find insights into best practices, high powered networking, and a creative leadership webinar . This conference is so popular only VIP Patron tickets are available!
HOW Design Live! Chicago, IL May 4-8
HOW Design Live is a place where creative professionals with a range of experience come together to learn from the brightest minds in the industry. Discover new ideas, new sources of inspiration, new skills, and new connections with other creative professionals. HOW Design Live allows you to get face-to-face with brand leaders, big thinkers, and design heroes.
Collision Conference Las Vegas, NV May 5-6
Each week they select 25 early stage startups from around the world to exhibit for free as part of their Collide Program. The biggest companies pay $9,950 to exhibit, meaning exciting, disruptive, early-stage startups can afford to attend. All you’ll pay is a discounted price for tickets and Collide registration, and they’ll give you a free exhibition stand.
CeBit Sydney, Australia May 5-7
This down under conferences gives you the opportunity to pitch your start up with innovators and investors from somewhere new. A lot of start-ups test market in Australia, as they are English speaking and savvy, so hit up a conference and meet new entrepreneurs.
Apps World San Francisco, CA May 12-13
Over 10,000 developers, mobile marketers, mobile operators, device manufacturers, platform owners, and industry professionals gather for 11 different targeted workshop tracks, speed networking, one to one meetings, and parties, designed to tackling a spectrum of issues across the app ecosystem. The event also includes 6 free developer workshop tracks and a free exhibition with over 350 exhibitors.
The Start-Up Conference Redwood City, CA May 14
With nearly 2,000 entrepreneurs in attendance, the Startup Conference is one of the largest conferences in Silicon Valley for starting your startup, learning how to pitch VCs, find co-founders, launching your product to the press, and more.
TieCon Santa Clara, CA May 15-16
TiEcon is where the wealthy connect with technology to create an environment for start-ups to take off. The largest global gathering of entrepreneurship brings together Silicon Valley’s expert ecosystem to ignite disruptive technology innovation. It has become an inspiring venue for inventive thinking, networking, talent sourcing, funding, partnering, and profound thought leadership.
Big Omaha Omaha, NE May 6-8
This conferences is a place for Silicon Prairie founders to come together in creativity and entrepreneurship.
Velocity Santa Clara, CA May 27-29
Join engineers, developers, and technology leaders who are seeking to define the IT driven world.
The Small Business Web San Jose, CA May 20-21
The Small Business Web is the trade association for companies selling cloud-based software for small businesses. Over 200 member companies are working together to make the Open Web the best place to build, find and sell software for small businesses
JUNE
Tech Week Chicago Chicago, IL, June 22-28
Techweek hosts 5 days of events culminating in a 2-day conference and technology expo. Events include the LAUNCH startup competition, FashionTECH Runway Show, Techweek GT Office Tours, film, and food festivals.
Startup Voodoo St. Louis, MO June 16
Startup VooDoo brings together thought leaders, innovators, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists in the geographic center of the US – St. Louis – to celebrate the connection between innovation, successful startups, exchange best practices, and ideas. This conference also aims to create connections between the Midwest and coastal startup scene.
Hello-Tomorrow Paris, France June 25-26
The Hello Tomorrow Conference brings together the world’s trendsetters in technology, research, startup investment, and entrepreneurship to highlight the companies building the technology of tomorrow.
JULY
World Domination Summit Portland, OR July 9-13
A mini festival? A Burning Man for entrepreneurs? You be the judge. Join a group of the top minds in the industry for a weekend of strategy and adventure.
TOA Fest Berlin, Germany July 15-17
They call it an “unconference”. Connect and learn with top-tier entrepreneurs, artists, and scientists at a beautiful location. Experience inspirational story telling, interactive panels, work shops, art installations, live music, and so much more.
PodcastMovement FortWorth, TX, July 31 -August 2
Over 1,000 past, present, and future podcasters will converge at Omni Hotel Fort Worth for two days and nights at a gathering for anyone interested in podcasting. You can expect to leave motivated and inspired, and as a better podcaster.
RISE Hong Kong, China July 31st-August 1
Rise is a new tech conference that gives leaders of enterprise a place to congregate and demonstrate how their companies are changing the way we live. They choose 25 start-ups a week to attend for free, so enter today.
AUGUST
Secret Knock San Diego, CA August 11, 2015
This private invite only gathering is the ultimate forum for only high achievers. Here, you will find like-minded people who are actually achieving the results they talk about. No sales pitches, no hype.
BizFit2015 Chicago, IL August 28-31, 2015
This event is the ultimate business training and networking summer camp for people looking to grow both personally and professionally.
SEPTEMBER
Pirate Startup Cologne, Germany Sept 2-3
Scrappy start-ups meet in an actual scrap yard, where founders share rum and walk the plank…into a pitch competition.
Demo Traction Boston, MA, Sept 16
The DEMO conferences have earned their reputation for consistently identifying tomorrow’s cutting-edge technologies, and have served as launchpad events for companies such as Palm, E*Trade, Salesforce, Webex, Tivo ,VMware and Fusion-io and thousands of others, helping them to secure venture funding, establish critical business relationships, and influence early adopters.
Tech Week Kansas City Kansas City, KS September 14-20
Techweek hosts 5 days of events culminating in a 2-day conference and technology expo. Events include the LAUNCH startup competition, FashionTECH Runway Show, Techweek GT Office Tours, film, and food festivals.
Start-up Sales Conference San Francisco, September, 2015
Dozens of conferences tell you how to acquire leads and have conversations. This one actually tells you how to close deals.
Business Innovation Factory Summit Providence, RI September 16-17
The BIF Summit provides innovators with a place to be curious, get inspired, and collide with unusual collaborators. Benevolent troublemakers need community, a space to play, and opportunities to meet. The BIF Summit provides a place for innovation junkies who want to design, prototype, and test new business models and social systems in the real world.
Women 2.0 San Francisco,CA Sept 31-Oct 2
Women 2.0 HowTo is the place to focus on key issues facing entrepreneurs today in a supportive, fast-paced environment with leading innovators, proven business builders, and inspiring people who are ready to make their dreams a reality.
OCTOBER
New York, New York Oct 12-14 – Velocity is much more than a conference; it’s become the essential training event and source of information for web professionals from companies of all sizes.
TechWeek NYC NYC, Oct 12-18
Techweek hosts 5 days of events culminating in a 2-day conference and technology expo. Events include the LAUNCH startup competition, FashionTECH Runway Show, Techweek GT Office Tours, film, and food festivals.
WSJ.D Laguna Beach, CA October 19-21
Last year, this conference included industry leaders like Tim Cook and Peter Thiel, and this year is sure to include some prestigious entrepreneur’s with some fantastic topics.
NOVEMBER
The Art of Leadership Toronto, Canada November 17
The Art Of conferences attract an audience of over 20,000 business leaders, decision makers, and entrepreneurs each year. Each full day conference is targeted at a unique industry and developed to answer critical questions facing top organizations.
FastCompany NYC NYC, Nov 9
This week of events with FastCompany features sponsored speakers, break out sessions, fun panels, and performances.
Craze Conference NYC, Nov 15
This conference is still in the works, but this event is sure to be an awesome event for entrepenurs in the NYC area. Follow #CRAZconf on Twitter to get updates as speakers are finalized.
Tech Week Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA Nov 9-13
Techweek hosts 5 days of events culminating in a 2-day conference and technology expo. Events include the LAUNCH startup competition, FashionTECH Runway Show, Techweek GT Office Tours, film, and food festivals.
Women’s Entrepreneurship Day New York City, NY Nov 2015
This conference helps celebrate women’s entrepreneurship and is a great place where you can meet a business mentor.
The Lean Startup Conference San Francisco, CA Nov 16-19
Brought to you by Eric Reis, author of game changing start-up bible, The Lean Start Up, which has been guiding entrepreneurs through the pains and headaches of starting a business.
DECEMBER
Tech Week Miami Miami, FL Dec. TBA
Techweek hosts 5 days of events culminating in a 2-day conference and technology expo. Events include the LAUNCH startup competition, FashionTECH Runway Show, Techweek GT Office Tours, film, and food festivals.