Montana small business conference big success

Packed rooms, great food, meet-and-greets, cutting-edge speakers and a "Shark Tank"-style contest that put the high stress in timed sales pitches: What more could you ask for in a small-business conference?

The fifth annual Montana Small Business Conference http://www.mtech.edu/news/2013/04/041620131.php wrapped up this week in Butte.

Throw in a swanky reception in a newly finished room of Butte Brewing Co., a popular tour to the Renewable Energy Corp. plant in Rocker and 300 conference-goers and you’ve got a successful event smaller in scale only to the annual Montana Economic Summit, also held at Montana Tech.

Some big notes on the small-business conference:

Reporter’s Notebook by Renata Birkenbuel

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