According to Survey of 77 Women Entrepreneurs #1 Wish was to be on Oprah

Wendy Azad co-owner of Pulse Interactive Media was a sponsor of Touchpoint. This unique technology invited more participation and fun with our event. I loved it and can’t wait to use it again in a large group setting like a conference or competition. We used it for 2 sessions, the opening networking session and during our Elevator Pitch competition when attendees and judges voted for the winner. During the opening session it was very valuable to see who was in attendance, where they came from, what their needs are in business, etc. so here’s the scores, check out details, including Oprah (last question)! Read more

Congratulations to Sarah Jane, Winner of The Elevator Pitch

One of the highlights of Touchpoint was seeing the 5 Finalists (Zoom Concierge, Heroes in Training, Baby Bam, and Captrappers) pitch at the end. Each of the businesses presented were impressive and ought to be congratulated for their courage and excellent preparation. The scoring was 70% by a team of judges-Gary Rhoads, The Director for the Center of Entrepreneurship at BYU, Brock Blake, The CEO of Funding Universe and sponsor of the competition Read more

Attended Touchpoint? Blog or Leave a Comment and You Could Win $150 Off our Retreat

Here’s a few fun photos from Touchpoint (top photo: Alicia Quillin, Dangles Hangers)…it was an exciting day to see all of the creativity, connections, and to truly celebrate entrepreneurship. (photo: Kelly Transfield and Cynthia Plue)

It would be valuable to receive your thoughts, suggestions, and response to the event..in an effort for us to know what you liked best, what you want more of next time, or what didn’t work for you so we can consider how we can make future events even better for you. So HERE’s A CONTEST! We’re giving away another $150 coupon to our November 7-8 Marketing to Women Online Retreat at the Zermatt, Midway. Read more

Highlights of Heather Madder’s Touchpoint Presentation

Our lovely and inspiring Fairy Godmother Heather Madder just sent over an outline of her keynote presentation for Touchpoint THIS FRIDAY if you haven’t already registered for Touchpoint …time is running out. Register NOW!

Take a peek at Heather’s presentation: Living as a Creator…without Limitations!

*Your external results are arising from Your internal beliefs–change first begins inside of us!
*Our cultural has a conditioned mindset of limitation and scarcity.
*Our birthright is infinite abundance without limitations.
*The purpose of your life is to wake up to who you really are and claim your purpose.
*You were born to be a powerful creator in every area of your life. (Stop blocking it!)
*You are a part of the field of creation–when you awaken, you live from it’s infinitude.
*You are already connected to everything you seek, allow and attract it to you.
*If there is a vision inside of you, the perfect path, place, and people will emerge to receive it (otherwise you wouldn’t have the desire to create it.)
*Creating is spontaneous, easy, fulfilling and a natural part of who you are.
*There is no end to how successful you can be–in your work, your relationships, and your life.
*The more you create and live in abundance, the more you honor and lift humanity.

Aren’t you excited to hear more?? I AM!! Meet Heather at Touchpoint, she’ll be there all day. Transform your life.

Fall Picks for Cool Affordable Business Attire from Old Navy, Gap and Sears

Check this out, a couple of weeks ago I met (via Twitter?) the adorable fashion stylist, Tammy Jensen of TJ’s Bargain Closet and fell in love with her popular fun affordable trends blog. We came up with the idea to do a post here about Fall business attire for conferences, just in time for Touchpoint!

Check out her beautiful images here from Old Navy, Gap, and Sears. Get inspired! We’re giving away a prize at Touchpoint for most hip outfit…just for fun. No pressure, Startup Princesses

Tell us which of these are your favorites!!

OLD NAVY

GAP

Sears

Sanity in Event Planning, is it Possible?

9 days to go and counting…until Touchpoint. I can hardly believe it. It’s been an intense few months of coordination but we’re almost there! I’ve slept little in the last couple weeks and I’ve sat at my computer for hours on end answering emails, spent a lot of time on the phone trying to make last minute arrangements, making requests, and directing everything from the caterered menu to the sponsored giveaways…it’s all coming together, bit by bit. Hurray. The celebration will be wonderful…thank you all for cheering us on and supporting us.

But many an event planner will say, that the last month before a big event is stressful, terrifying, and down-right insane! So this post is about what makes an event WORK…succeed, and in the end, we hope be so victorious you’ll all be begging us for a 3rd event next year.

First of all, if Sanity in event planning IS possible, it’s possible because of Read more

How I Won 2nd Place at a National MBA Elevator Pitch Competition in 2005 and MY PITCH

This post is for all the Startup Princesses considering entering our Touchpoint Elevator Pitch Competition (deadline to submit is Sept 20th, by the way!!) This post will share my experience when I won 2nd place nationally at an MBA competition and also include my actual pitch. I hope it will give you some ideas of what to include in yours. In 2005 I entered my first competition at BYU while I was a Theatre Grad student. I competed for the money…and the exposure. I hoped that if I pitched in front of a few hundred people that someone out there would think my princess party business was so brilliant (WATCH MY VIDEO PITCH THERE IF YOU’D LIKE TO LAUGH OUTLOUD) that they’d fund me right on the spot. Fortunately I had some public speaking experience Read more

Carol Rice, Co-Founder of Cherish Bound Will Teach Bootstrapping and Relationship-based Growth at Touchpoint

This year’s Startup Princess Touchpoint event will feature Carol Rice, co-Founder of Cherish Bound in a workshop about bootstrapping and leveraging your assets. To Carol, bootstrapping means not just being careful about your spending, but continually building “win-win” relationships and partnerships that will help you move things forward. One of the critical ways to build business relationships which can lead to trading services is by having a compelling story that others will identify with. And it’s not enough for them to like your business, they have to want to do business with you collaborate with you. Carol will show attendees at Touchpoint how to create a business “story” plus teach how they should approach a potential partner about their business and propose a partnership that will help them both increase sales and exposure.

Carol launched her now-national company with less than $500k and has bootstrapped her way for the past 5 years successfully because Read more

Search Engine Marketing Basics: Understanding How to Use Content to Your Advantage

Content is KING. I say it ALL THE TIME – ask anyone…really, go ahead…ask!  It’s very simply one of THE most important aspects to growing your web presence. But there’s a trick – a trick to making content work for you that a lot of individuals in online marketing won’t talk about. Read more

Another TOUCHPOINT Ticket Giveaway!!

We’re doing another Touchpoint Giveaway! Check it out on Craft Road Ends Monday the 15th at Midnight! Note that we’ll be happy to refund your ticket if you register/or have already registered.

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