The 20th annual New Jersey Tech Council Venture Conference showcases the region's most promising startups and emerging companies. We're expecting over 500 entrepreneurs, developers, investors, venture capitalists, lenders and other financing groups from the northeast corridor. In addition, some of the top service providers and entrepreneurial support organizations will participate in the Conference. The afternoon will include startup pitches and then conclude with an awards ceremony and networking reception.

Sometimes exploration is worth it. Sometimes you just spent a week of the team’s attention answering a question the founder could have tested in an afternoon. That is the part I think leaders underestimate. Ideas do not only cost money. They cost time, focus, and brainpower long before anyone approves a budget. The question I’d want answered is: how much of the organization does this idea deserve yet?