Entrepreneurs Will Host Conference on March 3rd to Challenge Kansas City to
Think Big
Chris Gardner of "Pursuit of Happyness" Fame and Thirty Other Speakers Will Educate and
Inspire Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses to Create Their Own Economic Recovery Program.
Think Big Kansas City Holds Business Plan Competition to Find the Area's Best Start Up
Companies, Ideas and Entrepreneurs.
Kansas City, MO (PRWEB) February 24, 2010 -- On Wednesday, March 3, 2010, the first annual Think Big
Kansas City entrepreneur’s conference will bring Chris Gardner to Kansas City. Gardner, whose true life story of
perseverance and overcoming obstacles was memorialized by Will Smith in the Hollywood blockbuster, The
Pursuit of Happyness, will deliver the Keynote address to all attendees at lunch, and present an award to a
deserving entrepreneur who believes that hard work, resilience, believing in oneself and a little bit of luck can
achieve life changing results.
Think Big Kansas City will offer entrepreneurs at all levels, investors, and area companies, a broad range of
networking opportunities, informational workshops, and presentations. The one-day conference at the Kansas City
Convention Center will also sponsor a business plan competition for up and coming entrepreneurs to have their
ideas vetted by seasoned venture capitalists and other entrepreneurial experts. Startup companies will also display
their best ideas, products or new ventures in a mini trade show format within the conference to publicize their
activities and potentially attract investor interest.
"Despite the recent collapse of Wall Street and the uncertain economy, eighty-nine percent of Amercians say that
capitalism is still the best economic system for our country. More than ever, we need to support entrepreneurs,
startup companies and successful businesses in order to create more jobs in our community. And there simply is
no better way that we can think of than to provide an educational and inspirational conference to encourage
Kansas Citians to start wh