For Entrepreneurs, Business Owners, Professionals

The 2024 Broward & Beyond Business Conference (#BBBC2024) has a goal to gather more than 1,000 existing business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs representing more than 15 industries while focused on the theme "Mindset • Methods • Make It Happen!" Get ready for a mindset shifting opportunity designed to empower achievement of your fullest entrepreneurial potential through government procurement, strategic marketing, and technological advances.

The Broward County Office of Economic and Small Business Development’s (​OESBD) 7th annual conference continues to be a free event (excluding any facility parking fees) that is designed to facilitate the ideal occasion for attendees to network, build valuable business relationships and connect with prospective partners/businesses/prime contractors while learning from industry experts and successful peers about how to address current business challenges and grow your business.

The beautiful Greater Fort Lauderdale | Broward County Convention Center, located in Fort Lauderdale, will again host BBBC. Attendees of the day-long event are invited to experience an inspiring opportunity to acquire new insights through a packed agenda of panels, speakers, multiple keynote sessions, exhibit hall, and prime opportunity round tables as well as interactive certification, technology, and marketing labs, and more followed by an evening reception. 

What to do at #BBBC24?

Get inspired by a new vision of what’s possible. Get ready for #BBBC2024 featuring not 1 but 8 key speakers who will unlock whatever’s blocked and encourage next level achievement! Speakers include Genese and Dannie Augustin aka The Franchise Girls, social media & branding standout Kasey Brown, multicultural marketer Arminda “Mindy” Figueroa, celebrity hairstylist & hair industry icon Evie Johnson, U.S. Department of Energy’s Shalaya Morrissette, best-selling author Gail Rudolph, and McDonald’s multi-franchise owner Ricky Wade.​ Learn about 2024 Key Conference Speakers.

NEW for 2024! Marketing Lab (location: Palm Prefunction, 2^nd floor, 12PM-4PM): Share your website, social pages, and advertising materials for a mini-feedback session utilizing a checklist designed to highlight best practices aimed at polishing your marketing and building brand presence. Station will include representatives from Creation Station and SCORE Broward.​

• ​#OESBDConference​​​
• #BBBC​2024​
  

Why Attend?

• Maximize existing assets
  
• Discover resources to amplify growth potential
  
• Explore opportunities throughout Broward County and beyond
  
• Connect with industry colleagues and peers across multiple disciplines
  
• And more!
  

Who Should Attend?

• Entrepreneurs
• Existing business owners
• Professionals
• Municipalities
• ​Business Students
  
• Subject matter experts across multiple industries in various stages of the business life cycle.​

#BBBC24 FYI​​

2024 Opportunities​