Woodstock for Entrepreneurs

I just went to the Inc. 5000 Conference in Washington, D.C. and it was an amazing experience! It was loaded with A+ speakers; most of whom have the top business books out today. I even got to have dinner with Ari Weinzweig, co-founder of Zingerman's Deli and Zingerman's Community of Businesses. He is a business mentor of mine and has become a friend. I love his personality, business model and willingness to share his brain!

I ran into Joe Mansueto, who owns Inc. Magazine and told him how incredible the conference was. He said they were trying to create an experience that could be described as Woodstock for Entrepreneurs. I think they did it! And they didn't even need all the drugs. The speakers were the drugs!

Motivaitonal conferences are great for many reasons. You get pumped up, you meet incredible people and of course to learn many things.

Below are some of the people that gave presentations. I suggest you read their books and/or check out their Web sites...

Jim Collins, author of Good to Great. www.jimcollins.com

Norm Brodsky, co-author of a new book called The Knack. http://www.inc.com/magazine/columns/streetsmarts/

Bo Burlingham, author of Small Giants, co-author of The Knack, editor at large of Inc. Magazine, more... www.smallgiantsbook.com

Seth Godin, author of numrous books including Purple Cow, Permission Marketing. www.sethgodin.com

Keith McFarland, author of The Breakthrough Company, www.breakthroughcompany.com

Ari Weinzweig, co-founder and CEO of Zingerman's Commununity of Businesses. www.zingermans.com

There were many more amazing speakers. For a complete list, go to:
www.inc500conference.com