If you haven’t heard, Forward Fest is the word!

Doyenne launched during Forward Fest 2012, and since then we have been active participants of the Festival with hosting, organizing, and presenting at events.

Forward Fest is Wisconsin’s largest technology and entrepreneurship festival taking place August 17-24, 2017 here in Madison.
Originally founded because everyone except entrepreneurs were on vacation, local entrepreneurs came together to use the time to reconnect and gain new connections. Now in its 8th year, Forward Fest has become an8-dayy Festival merging all sectors and styles of entrepreneurship into over 40 kickass events to learn new skills and ideas, make new connections, and bring our community together in fun, non-traditional settings.

Doyenne wants you to take full advantage of Forward Fest and use it as a tool to move you and your business FORWARD.

DOYENNE HOSTED EVENTS

• Mentor Match 
  (Mentor & Mentee Application open July 1-31)
• Doyenne 5x5x5

DOYENNE CO-FOUNDERS SIT ON ORGANIZING COMMITTEES AND/OR CO-CHAIR

• Forward Festival Executive Committee
• Forward Festival Events Committee
• Social Good Summit
• Forward Summit Planning Committee
• Forward Summit: Forward Technology Conference
• Dolphin Tank: Madison

DOYENNE MEMBER & COMMUNITY PARTNERS ORGANIZED EVENTS

• Groundwork Consulting are the lead organizers of Forward Fest!
• Badger Startup Summit
• Merlin Mentors Pitch and rePlay
• The Million Cups VenFair
• Fast-Track to Funding Your Start-Up Panel
• Social Good Summit
• Better by Design Conference
• Better by Design Community Social
• Challenge Cup: Madison
• #Parentpreneur Networking
• neXXpo
• Wisconsin Games Alliance Social
• Forward Summit: Breath for Change – Yoga and Mindfulness Class
• Forward Summit: Kids STEAM Programming
• Social Media Breakfast presents “How Should I Be Using Analytics?” 
• Forward Summit: Madison Tech Meetups
• The LLC or the C-Corp? What’s Right for Your Startup?
• Capital Entrepreneurs Open Social

Are you organizing or hosting an event and it’s not on our list? Get it added now!

PITCH EVENTS

There are a variety of Pitch Events taking place during Forward Fest as a way to get in front of different audiences to:

1. Practice and hone your pitch
2. Access to investors and funding sources
3. Introduce your business to new audiences and potential clients

Events:
(Events listed below are by date of the actual event, not by the application deadline. Please check application deadlines on each event as they are all different)

• Badger Startup Summit: Pitch and rePlay
• Challenge Cup: Madison
• Pitch to Ditch
• Pressure Chamber
• Dolphin Tank
• Forward Festival Startup Showcase
• Pitch Night X PechaKucha
• Doyenne 5x5x5

FORWARD PASS

If you are going to attend Forward Fest, the Forward Pass is the way to get VIP access at a reduced price. While many of the events during Forward Fest are free, save big by bundling your registrations and be first on registrations lists (which always sell out).
Deadline to purchase a Forward Pass is August 7th.
Use Doyenne Discount Code DG2017FP when purchasing your Forward Pass!