Top Conferences & Events for Female Entrepreneurs
The opportunity to learn, network and be inspired on your entreprenurial journey is invaluable. Here are a few events to help ignite the next phase of your career and business. Mark your calendars!
Alt Summit
Brief: Alt Summit is a 4-day conference for creative entrepreneurs and stylish social media influencers. With classes geared towards any skill-level, attendees talk shop in a forthcoming and honest way with the goal of creating a cooperative environment where knowledge is candid, plentiful and easily accessible.
2017 Date/Location: Jan 31-Feb 3, Palm Springs, CA
Cost: $495
Circular Summit
Brief: Circular Summit is an invitation-only event that brings together women entrepreneurs, startup investors, media, enterprise partners, and mentors to support female founders through participatory presentations, workshops, round tables and more.
2017 Data/Location: Not yet released. 2016 conference was in held Houston, TX in April.
Cost: TBD
Create & Cultivate
Brief: With over 3 conferences across the country per year, C&C is a conference series for female entrepreneurs in the digital space, that gathers creatives and entrepreneurs to network, attend workshops and listen to industry leaders discuss success stories and business tips via panels.
2016 Date/Location: October 15, Atlanta, GA
Cost: $300-$500
Forbes Women's Summit
Brief: This elevated event has brought together over 250 leaders in past events, who span across business, philanthropy, education, media and entertainment. The mission of the Forbes Women’s Summit is to harness the power and intellect of this multi-generational gathering helping address questions such as; How are the most successful leaders redefining pathways to power—in their businesses, communities and in the social causes they champion? How can each of us better identify and scale opportunities to ignite lasting change?
2017 Date/Location: Not yet released. 2016 event was held in NYC, May 11-12.
Cost: TBD
Fortune: The Most Powerful Women
Brief: Fortune MPW started as a list 17 years ago and has evolved into the world’s most extraordinary leadership community, convening the preeminent women in business—along with select leaders in government, philanthropy, education and the arts—for wide-ranging conversations that inspire and deliver practical advice.
2016 Date/Location: October 17-19, Laguna Niguel, CA
Cost: TBD
The Great Jane
Brief: The Great Jane is an intimate weekend retreat for aspiring mothers looking to take space, connect with like-minded entrepreneurial women, and inspire their next chapter, both professionally and creatively. With mind, body and spirit workshops and panels geared towards business tips, it's an inspiring setting.
2017 Date/Location: Not yet released. 2016 Event was held in Ojai in May.
Cost: $1700+
Hustle
Brief: Hustle Con is one-day startup conference where the best non-technical founders teach how they got started and give practical advice on growing your startup.
2017 Date/Location: Not Yet Released. 2016 event was held in Oakland, CA on May 13.
Cost: TBD
Inc Grow Co
Brief: GrowCo is a three-day event for entrepreneurs and business leaders who want to achieve sizable growth within their organizations. The conference brings together a dynamic program featuring business experts, best-selling authors and leaders who share actionable strategies on how to grow your company.
2017 Date/Location: Not yet released. 2016 event was held in Las Vegas on May 17.
Cost: $695-$1000
Inc Women's Summit
Brief: Connect with over 200 other savvy female business owners, hear inspirational stories, and learn valuable tactics you can use in your own company. Network with women who have diverse backgrounds, passions.
2016 Date/Location: Nov 3, New York, NY
Cost: $349-$449
Maker's Conference
Brief: The MAKERS Conference brings together influencers, not-for-profit industry leaders and key policy-makers for a three-day dialogue on setting an agenda for change. Topics will leave inspire women to take their careers to the next level.
2017 Date/Location: Not yet released. 2016 Event was held in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, on February 1.
Cost: TBD.
Yellow Conference
Brief: The Yellow Conference is a gathering for creative, entrepreneurial-minded women who desire to ignite passion and bring goodness to the world through everyday living. This 2-day event gathers women for workshops designed to equip creatives with tools to use their passion, strengths, and influence to serve the greater good.
2016 Date/Location: August 25-26, Los Angeles, CA
Cost:$355