17th Annual National IES

Date and time

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Event cost

$70.00

Location

FFA Enrichment Center
1055 SW Prairie Trail Pkwy
Ankeny, IA 50023

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Type of event

SBA participating event

Event description

The Immigrant Entrepreneurs Summit’s mission is to bring businesses of diverse backgrounds together to share, learn, and celebrate the immigrant entrepreneurship experience and contribution to the overall community. 

IES is a one-day summit and community gathering of businesspeople of all backgrounds and expertise, getting together in one event to highlight the important aspects of running a successful business.

Join in with 800 attendees, representing 50 different counties of origin!

What You Can Expect:

  • 21 Seminars – Multiple tracks of workshops for people to gain practical knowledge that can be applied to their business, including Spanish.
  • Exhibitor Hall – A platform for networking and knowledge exchange.
  • Luncheon Awards – Discover role models in our community who are an inspiration for others to follow, showing the diversity of success.
  • Underwriting Exposed  – Business pitch competition of small, immigrant-owned businesses in their startup business by offering a grant of $5,000 per winner and showing the thought processes of loan underwriters.
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