Local Business School: Master Your Pitch
Name:
Local Business School: Master Your Pitch
Date:
November 6, 2023
Time:
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM CST
Registration:
Sorry, public registration for this event has been closed.
Event Description:
Local Business School: Master your Pitch with Emily Steele will explore how to make a business pitch to investors, partners and media.
About the Speaker:
Emily Steele is co-founder & CEO of Hummingbirds, a venture-backed marketing platform that connects place-based brands with community-minded content creators. Her expertise in facilitating authentic partnership experiences across channels drives revenue, increases relevancy, and maximizes relationships.
Emily believes the future of retail revolves around real people exploring opportunities and sharing what they love. She built Hummingbirds to highlight the impact a group of enthusiasts can make for ‘mom & pop’ shops, emerging businesses, and established brands alike. Empowering a “charm” of advocates to champion products and services, encourages growth and promotes vibrancy—just like small but mighty pollinators that give her company its name.
Raised in a small Iowa community celebrated for its thriving town square, Emily’s life is steeped in the magic of shopping local. Early in her career as a marketing strategist, she saw social media’s potential to convert curious consumers into relatable brand advocates. Past projects like POP UP YOGA DSM, Flourish pitch competition, and FemCity Des Moines all thrive thanks to the power of collaboration. By fostering community around creating valuable content, Hummingbird campaigns become about so much more than influencing buying behavior. It’s participating in a collective effort to help the local economy thrive.
Emily has always looked for ways to lift-up entrepreneurs, and Hummingbirds brings that vision to scale. Now serving more than a dozen cities across the Midwest (and counting!), Hummingbirds is on-track for exponential growth.
Offline, you can find Emily traveling with her family, biking around the city, or hunkering down at a coffee shop with an oat milk latte.
Local Business School aims to teach attendees the ropes of today’s most effective marketing strategies that they can use to grow their local business in Greater Des Moines (DSM) and throughout Iowa. From building a strong social media strategy to creating a winning website, the program brings in subject matter experts from across the region to give attendees the best tools to leverage in 2022 and beyond. Local Business School was started by Emily Steele, Des Moines-based entrepreneur.
About the Speaker:
Emily Steele is co-founder & CEO of Hummingbirds, a venture-backed marketing platform that connects place-based brands with community-minded content creators. Her expertise in facilitating authentic partnership experiences across channels drives revenue, increases relevancy, and maximizes relationships.
Emily believes the future of retail revolves around real people exploring opportunities and sharing what they love. She built Hummingbirds to highlight the impact a group of enthusiasts can make for ‘mom & pop’ shops, emerging businesses, and established brands alike. Empowering a “charm” of advocates to champion products and services, encourages growth and promotes vibrancy—just like small but mighty pollinators that give her company its name.
Raised in a small Iowa community celebrated for its thriving town square, Emily’s life is steeped in the magic of shopping local. Early in her career as a marketing strategist, she saw social media’s potential to convert curious consumers into relatable brand advocates. Past projects like POP UP YOGA DSM, Flourish pitch competition, and FemCity Des Moines all thrive thanks to the power of collaboration. By fostering community around creating valuable content, Hummingbird campaigns become about so much more than influencing buying behavior. It’s participating in a collective effort to help the local economy thrive.
Emily has always looked for ways to lift-up entrepreneurs, and Hummingbirds brings that vision to scale. Now serving more than a dozen cities across the Midwest (and counting!), Hummingbirds is on-track for exponential growth.
Offline, you can find Emily traveling with her family, biking around the city, or hunkering down at a coffee shop with an oat milk latte.
Local Business School aims to teach attendees the ropes of today’s most effective marketing strategies that they can use to grow their local business in Greater Des Moines (DSM) and throughout Iowa. From building a strong social media strategy to creating a winning website, the program brings in subject matter experts from across the region to give attendees the best tools to leverage in 2022 and beyond. Local Business School was started by Emily Steele, Des Moines-based entrepreneur.
