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2024 Geelong Small Business Festival concludes with remarkable success!

The City of Greater Geelong in partnership with the Geelong Chamber of Commerce are thrilled with the success of this year’s event.

Now in its 14th year, the festival delivered an exciting program of 66 free and low-cost events aimed at connecting, inspiring, and supporting the growth of our local business community.

This year’s festival saw record engagement, with a two-week program delivered across three event hubs, attracting 2,092 attendees, and welcomed our 30,000th attendee.

As the region’s largest business festival, it offered countless opportunities for learning, networking and growth, highlighting the increasing impact of this annual celebration of small business and innovation.

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2024 EVENT PROGRAM

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If you’d like to read more about our 2024 events, check out the below.

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Our 14th Festival

Whether you’re experienced in business, a budding entrepreneur or looking to start your own business, the region’s largest dedicated business festival provides access to training, engaging presentations and networking opportunities – supporting community members through every stage in the small business journey.

“Small businesses make up around 97 per cent of all businesses in Greater Geelong, meaning they are the engine room of our local economy,” Deputy Mayor Aitken said.

“Given we have so many experienced people in the region, I encourage community members in the business community to register their interest in running a session to share their knowledge at this year’s festival.”

“CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO OFFER MORE ACCESSIBLE VENUES AND SCHEDULING, ALONG WITH MAGNIFIED FOCUS ON THE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES TO GROW AND PROSPER.”

Jeremy Crawford

CEO

Geelong Chamber of Commerce

Our 14th festival

Whether you’re experienced in business, a budding entrepreneur or looking to start your own business, the region’s largest dedicated business festival provides access to training, engaging presentations and networking opportunities – supporting community members through every stage in the small business journey.

“Small businesses make up around 97 per cent of all businesses in Greater Geelong, meaning they are the engine room of our local economy,” Deputy Mayor Aitken said.

“Given we have so many experienced people in the region, I encourage community members in the business community to register their interest in running a session to share their knowledge at this year’s festival.”

“CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO OFFER MORE ACCESSIBLE VENUES AND SCHEDULING, ALONG WITH MAGNIFIED FOCUS ON THE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES TO GROW AND PROSPER.”

Jeremy Crawford

CEO

Geelong Chamber of Commerce

Event topics range from social media marketing, leadership, utilising artificial intelligence (AI), workplace culture, sustainability, retaining staff and everything in between.

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