GROWCO 2010, Grow Your Company Conference, an Inc. event

Inc. -- the magazine for growing companies--launched in 1979 with the mission to provide leaders of private companies inspiration and instruction for building great businesses.

Each issue delivers case studies, first-person accounts, and feature length analyses of entrepreneurs faced with everyday challenges and the solutions that worked for them.

GROWCO 2010, an Inc. Event, mines the pages of Inc. to present lessons learned from the trenches. Speakers include founders and CEOs of fast-growing companies, icons in the business community, acclaimed business adviser, and authors of bestelling, definitive business tomes.

At GROWCO 2010, expect brass tacks advice to take your company to the next level. Learn how to develop a vision, manage a team, perfect an elevator pitch, create a brand, get the most for your marketing dollar, connect with customers, close deals, and find capital.

Join Inc. and your peers--bright lights in the changing global economy--for three days of learning, networking, optimisim, and inspiration at the JW Marriott Orlando Grande Lakes on March 14-16, 2010.

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All entrepreneurs start with the same thing: a vision. Your big idea provides the foundation on which all aspects of your business rests. Hear from entrepreneurs and experts on how to harness the power of you vision and how to use your idea as the cornerstone of your company's growth.

The people make the company. How do you master the leadership and teambuilding skills needed to make your company thrive? Use these sessions to hone these key elements of leadership: communication, team building, crisis management, and planning and strategy.

You didn't start a company because you wanted to learn accounting, but you can't run a company without knowing how it ticks. Learn strategies for sales, financial management, and finding capital. Once you've developed the knowledge you need to be in control, you'll discover that the numbers aren't complicated as you feared.

As you build your customer base you need to both spread the word and to retain your customers without spending a fortune. Some of the most successful brand strategists in business today will give you new marketing methods, market research and strategy, advertising and public relations tips, and customer service advice to keep them coming back for more.