Our love of entrepreneurship and innovation is at the core of the TENWEST Festival. This year, you can enjoy a jam-packed day full of breakout sessions and panels, culminating in the high-stakes IdeaFunding Pitch Competition where future entrepreneurs compete for over $50K in prizes. Whether you're a startup founder, small business owner, investor, or freelancer, this is your chance to gain game-changing insights, practical skills, and powerful connections to fuel your success.

 

Whether you're a startup founder, small business owner, investor, or freelancer, this is your chance to gain game-changing insights, practical skills, and powerful connections to fuel your success.

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Mindset

• Unfiltered: How Bold Entrepreneurs Win Hearts and Investments

• Think Like a Fighter Pilot: Mental Strategies for Entrepreneurs

 

Business and Marketing

• How Business Media Shapes Credibility and Brand Awareness

• IP Pitfalls, Trials & Tribulations: What NOT to Do When Protecting your Intellectual Property

 

Leadership

• From Startup to Scale-Up: A Live Strategy Session

• Own Your Story, Take Bold Action: A Strategy for Entrepreneurial Success

 

Capital & Funding

• Proper Angel Investing Objectives & Etiquette

• Arizona’s Early-Stage Investment Landscape: What’s New for Founders & Funders

 

To see ALL the panels, presentations and breakout sessions during the Entrepreneurship Day, as well as everything else TENWEST has to offer, click the button below to browse the full schedule!

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PITCH COMPETITION: IDEAFUNDING 

Don't miss the opportunity to see some emerging leaders pitch their ventures throughout the day in the IdeaFunding pitch competition rooms for Fashion, Community Building, Consumer, and Tech.

 

The Entrepreneurship Day will then culminate in our Mainstage Pitch Competition where the winner takes home the grand prize of $25K!

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AND don't miss our keynote speaker on March 26th, Guy Raz, host of How I Built This, at Centennial Hall, speak about the 7 lessons he's learned from the world's greatest entrepreneurs.