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The Event Entrepreneurs category is where we put any posts meant for Event Entrepreneurs. It could be posts about the future of events, basics you might need to know, or ways to grow your Event Planning business.

Everything in here will have a focus on you growing your business as an event focused entrepreneur—no matter what you do…

What Was Your Last Event Missing?

What was your Last Event Missing? Tips for Finding the Answer. When you look back at your last event, would you consider it an across-the-board success? You may agree that things went really well, but that you also came up short in some key area. While there is nothing you can do about the past, you are in position to change the future. For this reason, you must know what your last event was missing. With this information in hand you can address any concern, but most importantly, you can make strategic adjustments when planning your next event. How to Pinpoint […]

Five Great Time Management Apps for Event Planners

Ok, Ok, this post is about time management and it’s late! We’re human…but software can help. Top-notch time management skills are vital for competitive event management professionals. Yet even if equipped with formidable organizational skills, the best can still benefit from time management software. After all, we’re only human and the best-designed software will help us perform our best. Here are five great time management apps for event planners. 1. Eternity Many of us are workaholics (particularly novices who underestimate the stress of a job) and it’s easy to forget your life outside of work. This isn’t healthy; there needs […]

Five Books Every Event Management Professional Should Read

In any field, you’re only as good as what you know – experience and tricks of the trade help in any profession and this includes event management. There are courses to take, websites you can read, and experts you can talk to – these are all excellent resources, but they take a good deal of networking and time. One of the best and easiest resources to tap into if you truly want to learn from the best is still a book. In other words, it’s time to start reading. Today I’m sharing five of my favorite written resources for budding […]

Six Superb Event Management Startups

In any industry there’s always a whole plethora of problems that need solving and a promising crop of innovators waiting in the wings to solve them. Maybe it’s a quandary brought about by a newly developed technology. Maybe there’s a need that’s not being adequately met by current technology. Or maybe there’s just something that always could have been done better. Event management is no exception to the rule. There are problems that need solving particularly given the high-tempo, competitive nature of the industry. Courtesy of Julius Solaris of the Event Manager Blog, here are a few of the most […]

Six Best Open-Source Event Management Applications

The best part about open-source applications isn’t even that they’re free – it’s that open-source applications are community-driven; anyone can access and modify the source code in whatever fashion they choose. As an event management professional, you should relish that sort of freedom; in the right hands, open-source is an incredibly valuable tool. Unfortunately, the open-source event-planning scene is still in its infancy, so there aren’t a great many event management applications that fall squarely under the open-source umbrella. Even so, there are five open-source applications that tech savvy event planners with an interest in tinkering about should check out. […]