Prestige Conference is about community. It’s about growth. It’s about sharing knowledge and learning from each other.
Prestige is a business and career development conference geared towards freelancers, entrepreneurs, and small shops operating in the digital marketplace. We bring in experts from around the country to share their expertise and advice to help you launch your own business into the next stage of success. Join our mailing list to stay up-to-date:
Hosted by Westwerk and InGroup Consulting in Minneapolis, Minnesota and streamed live wherever you are.

Buzz for Prestige

Check out what others have to say about Prestige Conferece. We take pride in putting together a great conference for our attendees to truly benefit from.
Matt Medeiros
Matt Medeiros, Slocum Studios
PrestigeConf was a refreshing experience as a speaker and for the attendees seeking to enhance their business prowess. Scoring from top to bottom, starting with communication of the organizing team to the logistics the day of, the PrestigeConf team receives an A+ in my book. (read more)
Jake Goldman
Jake Goldman, 10up
Kudos to #prestigeconf for a solid business event. Exactly what we need: a lot less preaching, and a lot more teaching.
James Dalman
James Dalman, Happy Joe
If I didn't say it already, #PrestigeConf was better than any WordCamp I've ever attended. So MUCH great stuff!
Jeremy Ward
Jeremy Ward, Westwerk
Most of today's technology conferences focus solely on tools and techniques for building cutting-edge web applications. Prestige breaks the mold by offering something different: real-talk from leaders in the tech community about what it actually means (read more)

Our Speakers

Instead of many tracks filled with volunteer speakers, we've scoured the digital marketplace for some of the very best speakers and are paying for their travel to come and speak in Minneapolis. What does that mean for you? You'll have a day full of great sessions on managing a business and your career.
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    Lea Newman

    Lea Newman is the embodiment of the lifestyle and practices she recommends. She is the author of You Healthier Now, Small Steps to Big Changes in your Health and Wellness. She owns and operates BALANCE Wellness Coaching, a successful health coaching practice. Her success as an entrepreneur in the area of personal health transformations gives her a unique business perspective to bring to Prestige Conference.

    Lea retired from the United States Air Force just last year. During her active duty service, she focused on being a student of life and learning as much as possible, including extensive study with Tony Robbins. She speaks fluent French, Spanish and Chinese, is certified as a National Academy of Sports Medicine Personal Trainer and Corrective Exercise Specialist, as well as an Institute for Integrative Nutrition Health Coach. With all of these talents and tools, she now travels the country in her RV while coaching, supporting life transformations, and taking every opportunity to squeeze the juice out of life each and everyday and to live her life to the fullest in each moment.

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    Tony Perez

    Tony is CEO and Co-Founder at Sucuri. Sucuri is a globally recognized website security firm, focused on providing websites owners peace of mind through comprehensive security products.

    He has, in collaboration with his business partner, built and navigated a small project into a Multi-Million dollar globally distributed team, providing 24/7/365 support to over 30,000 paying clients. The Sucuri team is spread over 19 countries, 6 continents and boasts over 60 full-time employees. The company currently supports over 300,00 websites, and protects against 45 million attacks a month. In the past five years he has led and managed the company through various events to include M&A's, Investments, Growth, Re-Branding and a number of other organizational/business related events.

    Tony is a former United States Marine, with two tours in Iraq between 2003 and 2005, and earned his undergraduate degree in Technology Management in 2009. He is an adamant Brazilian JiuJitsu practitioner, and when not being his computer can often be found working for a submission on the mats.

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    Dre Armeda

    Dre Armeda is an old-timer. He has been using WordPress since 2004. You may know Dre as one of the Co-Founders of Sucuri Inc. where he was CEO from 2010-2014. After helping build and grow Sucuri, Dre joined the team at WebDevStudios as VP of Operations, where today he helps lead the team through WordPress projects with companies like Microsoft, Discovery, and Move.com.

    Dre presents at various WordCamps and other events every year on security and business topics. Dre is a proud WordPress contributor and was the lead organizer that brought WordCamp to San Diego.

    On his off time you’ll find Dre on the mat practicing Brazilian Jiu Jitsu with Carlson Gracie Team Menifee where he earned his blue belt, or on the softball fields with his girls!

    Dre is also the Co-Host of the worlds best WordPress podcast, DradCast. Join them on Wednesday nights at 8PM Eastern.

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    Shane Pearlman

    Hi I'm Shane. I'm a partner at Modern Tribe Inc. We're a digital agency of over 40 people and get to work with some of the world’s top companies (SAP, MTV, Bon Appétit, eBay, Microsoft...) and public agencies (MIT, Stanord, Harvard, IEEE, City governments and more...).

    Beyond services, we are committed to open source and our plugins have millions of downloads. These have evolved into a highly profitable freemium plugin business featuring The Events Calendar. I'm heavily involved in Gov 2.0, shaping how local government uses technology, resulting in both a Gov 2.0 Award and a couple mayoral commendation.

    Freelance Evangelist, Project Manager, Speaker, Blogger, Surfer, Toddler Wrangler, Goat Herder, Real Estate Investor, Teacher, Intrepid Traveler & Voracious Reader.

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    Lisa Sabin-Wilson

    Lisa Sabin-Wilson is Chief Operating Officer and Co-owner of WebDevStudios, a design and development company specializing in customized WordPress themes and plugins, and the author of WordPress For Dummies. As the “For Dummies” brand franchise author on all things WordPress she’s also written several other WordPress-related books geared toward the beginner to intermediate level user of the WordPress platform. Lisa is also a co-founder of AppPresser, a commercial product for WordPress that allows users to create mobile apps (iOS and Android) with WordPress.

    Lisa worked with WordPress since 2003, and is also a regular public speaker on topics such as WordPress, blogging, design, and social media. You can find Lisa on Twitter at @LisaSabinWilson.

Our Schedule

  • The Whole Person Concept: Finding Balance In Our Work, Our Lives, and Our Successes

    Lea Newman, Owner, BALANCE Wellness Coaching
  • Knowing When to Pull the Ripcord: Moving On to Your Next Big Thing

    Dre Armeda, VP of Operations, WebDevStudios & Co-host of DradCast
  • Taking The Leap: Switching Careers to Follow Your Passion

    Lisa Sabin-Wilson, Chief Operating Officer and Co-owner of WebDevStudios
  • How to Land Enterprise Clients

    Shane Pearlman, Partner at Modern Tribe
  • The Business of Security: The Nitty Gritty of Running a Multi-Million Dollar Business

    Tony Perez, CEO & Co-founder of Sucuri
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Our Sponsors

These awesome community members make Prestige Conference possible. There are several opportunities to be involved in Prestige Conference as a sponsor. If there’s a benefit you would like, but don’t see available, please get in touch – we’re happy to customize a sponsorship package to match your organization’s marketing goals.
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Location
Prestige Conference Minneapolis 2015 will be held at St. Thomas Minneapolis Campus.
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Event Tickets

Two days of learning from the very best speakers the digital marketplace has to offer. Tickets are transferrable but NOT refundable.
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  • Aug 1st-2nd Early-Bird
    Saturday + Sunday Conference

    Saturday & Sunday Full Conference Pass - Includes full day pass for Saturday & Sunday, lunch both days, swag, & Saturday after party. Ticket includes access to stream all videos for 6 months on the Prestige Conference website.
    $149
  • Aug 1st-2nd Early-Bird
    Prestige Streaming Ticket

    Streaming ticket to the event as well as access to stream all videos for 6 months on the Prestige Conference website.
    $49
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Prestige Conference Videos

Along with building a conference we are building a resource. These resources include all every Prestige Conference video from our past conferences.
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