
Our Approach to Speakers
Over the past 4 years, we've learned A LOT when it comes to having speakers at Young Entrepreneur Convention. We've previously paid speakers large amounts, small amounts, and we've purchased books for attendees. But there have also been speakers who have only received honorariums to cover their travel and accommodation. Looking back through our data from attendee surveys, our highest ranked speakers have been, in order, 1) Those we've only paid an honorarium to 2) Those we've

Showing Founders Some Love
It’s been a big couple of weeks in Ames and Iowa City. School started at the end of August at the state’s two largest universities, flooding the communities with the kind of vitality only a rush of tens of thousands of college students can provide. In rankings released by different publications in the last month, both the City of Ames and The City of Iowa City were rated as the “Best College Town” in the United States. Both the University of Iowa and Iowa State University ope