6 Conference Organizing Business Success Stories [2024]

Updated: November 1st, 2023
Start A Conference Organizing Business

Here are some real life success stories of starting a conference organizing business:

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-> How much does it cost to start a conference organizing business?
-> Pros and cons of a conference organizing business

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-> Examples of established conference organizing business

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1. FinCon ($1M/year)

Philip Taylor, a CPA and personal finance blogger, came up with the idea for FinCon after being inspired by personal finance bloggers who had achieved financial freedom. He saw a need for a conference tailored specifically for personal finance content creators and brands, and after receiving overwhelming interest from the community, he launched the first Financial Blogger Conference in Chicago in 2011.

How much they make: $1M/year
How much did it cost to start: $25
Current team size: 4

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How I Created An Annual Conference That Generates $1.6M/Year

Discover how Philip Taylor built FinCon from scratch to a 3,000 attendee annual conference and achieved $1.6M in revenue in less than 10 years, by allowing customers to help build the event, fostering a sense of community, expanding offerings, pricing strategically, and surrounding himself with talented people.

About
Philip started FinCon about 13 years ago
Revenue
Philip grew the business to $83.3K/month
Costs
It cost Philip $25 to start the business
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4. GoToMeeting

GoToMeeting online meetings, video conferencing and web conferencing software enables businesses to collaborate with customers, clients or colleagues in real-time. Try for free today!

Website traffic: 11.6M/month

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5. UCLA Conferences & Catering

Let us help you plan your next conference, meeting or other event with our wonderful catering and conference services at UCLA!

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6. OMICS International

We are an Open Access publisher and international conference Organizer. We own and operate 500 peer-reviewed clinical, medical, life sciences, engineering, and management journals and hosts 3000 scholarly conferences per year in the fields of clinical, medical, pharmaceutical, life sciences, business, engineering and technology.

Website traffic: 670K/month

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