Andrew Wirick asks a question of a speaker at Big Omaha 2010. Photo by Malone & Company.
We’re thrilled to share with you a phenomenal opportunity from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, our premier sponsor of Big Omaha 2011. With tickets for Big Omaha selling out just one week after they went on sale, the Kauffman Foundation has offered to give one lucky entrepreneur the opportunity to attend our event.
Here are the details of the challenge, from Kauffman’s release:
Thanks to our sponsor
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation is inviting entrepreneurs to read its “Entrepreneur’s Pledge,” and express what it means to them for a chance to win a ticket to Big Omaha, a sold-out event billed as “the nation’s most ambitious conference on innovation and entrepreneurship,” to be held May 11 – 13, 2011 in Omaha, Neb.
The Foundation created the “Pledge” for entrepreneurs to not only publicly express their enthusiasm for being a business owner, but also to show their support for entrepreneurship as a cause. Big Omaha’s “Express Your Pledge” competition asks entrepreneurs to review the Pledge and explain in 300 words or less what it means to them and at least two ways they could do a better job fulfilling it.
“Like the Pledge itself, Big Omaha’s competition gives founders a chance to voice what it means to contribute to our communities and the economy every day, and to have an opportunity to win a seat at Big Omaha,” said Nick Seguin, manager of entrepreneurship at the Kauffman Foundation.
More than 500 innovators and entrepreneurs are expected to attend Big Omaha, which will feature speakers such as Shervin Pishevar, founder and CEO of Social Gaming Network, and Sarah Lacy, senior editor at TechCrunch.
Competition entrants each must complete an application at www.entrepreneurship.org/bigomaha. Entries are due by April 29, 2011, and the winner will be announced the week of May 2. The winning entrant will be responsible for all travel expenses.
Good luck and another grand thank you goes to the Kauffman Foundation for supporting Big Omaha for the second year, which is helping to cultivate, build and grow our nation’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.
