Save the Date! Minneapolis 2015

We’re excited to head back to Minneapolis for our 3rd Prestige Conference weekend.

Save The Date

We’ll be taking over Schulz Hall at the University of St. Thomas August 1st & 2nd for a weekend full of business insights, education, and networking.

Westwerk will be hosting our after party, on Saturday, August 1st, sponsored by Pressed: the easiest way to launch your own white-labeled managed WordPress hosting brand.

Speaker Lineup

Confirmed speakers and sessions are up on our homepage and we have a few more in the works. You might recognize some of the faces here, but you won’t find the same talks they’ve given before at Prestige Conference. As with our past events, our speakers will be opening up about their past successes and failures to create an intimate business learning environment.
Nancy Lyons, Owner & CEO of Clockwork
Jason Cohen, Founder & CTO of WP Engine
Lea Newman, Owner of BALANCE Wellness Coaching
Tony Perez, Co-Founder & CEO of Sucuri
Dre Armeda, VP of Operations at WebDevStudios
Shane Pearlman, Partner at Modern Tribe
Lisa Sabin-Wilson, Co-Owner & COO of WebDevStudios
Jennifer Bourn, Founder of Bourn Creative

 

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Welcome to Vegas WP Engine!

Welcome to Vegas WP Engine!

WP Engine

Prestige is pleased to announce that WP Engine, the premiere fully-managed WordPress hosting platform, is returning as a sponsor for our Las Vegas event.

WP Engine is built on a solid foundation of security, scalability, speed, and support that offers their customers peace of mind that their sites are in good hands when managed on their hosting platform. They offer the features that serious business owners demand in the world of fast-paced Internet business growth and expansion. Their agile enterprise platform moves at the speed of the market, constantly adjusting and responding to the needs of your business and your customers.

In addition to being great leaders in the WordPress ecosystem, they’re also committed to giving back to the community through sharing expertise and original contributions, local community involvement, and active participation in WordPress events such as Prestige Conference.

We’re honored to have their support as a returning sponsor, and can’t wait to share more about their services at our Las Vegas event. If you haven’t bought your ticket yet, be sure to grab one on our Ticket Page.

More than just another WordPress conference

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When Kiko & Josh conceptualized Prestige Conference, they did it using WordPress as the framework for the education they wanted to provide their attendees.

While that’s still a piece of the puzzle, the event has evolved into something so much more than just another WordPress conference.

The event organizers have taken the core of what makes the WordPress community great and used that model to create a business conference that’s unlike those you’ve seen in the past. You’ll find the same friendliness and willingness to help you with your goals. The same Open Source concept for problem solving. The same high-level experts you see making waves in the space.

But you won’t find any JQuery or plugin integration sessions here. Prestige Conference isn’t about building your skills as a developer or a designer. It’s a whole new level of sessions on what it takes to manage your business and your career.

Need help figuring out your pricing model? Lisa Sabin-Wilson will tell you why you should charge more and how to get clients to accept a rate that reflects the value you bring to the table.

Want to know what attracts clients & customers to your business? Whether you’re looking for them to hire you, buy from you, or learn from you, Jennifer Bourn will explain how a design-first approach sets the stage for success.

Feel like sometimes you have no idea what the hell you’re doing? Reid Peifer has been there. He’s even willing to share a bunch of the stupid mistakes he made along the way to building a $1 million dollar a year “side business.”

Wonder how to handle growth? Jake Goldman took his company 10up from a 1-man show to a 70+ person brand in less than 3.5 years. He’s offered to get up on stage for an intensive interview that will walk you through his watershed moments & risks that paid off. Like all of our speakers, Jake will be equally candid about decisions he regretted making along the way.

This is just a sampling of the type of business insights and advice you’ll gain by attending Prestige. Yes, all the speakers work in the WordPress environment. But the sessions apply to anyone that’s currently freelancing or building their business, regardless of the industry they’re working in.

You can view our full speaker lineup for Prestige Conference, or click the image below to purchase your tickets now.
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