Edays Successes
Past Results
For the past eleven years the Entrepreneurial Days has not only grown larger, but has also become global in scope with American business leaders networking with their Swedish counterparts. What makes this business-to-business event so worthwhile and successful is that it brings together entrepreneurs and experts from a variety of fields – all sharing their expertise and knowledge of American and EU markets.
Previous Entrepreneurial Days have taken place in Stockholm 1997, 2000 and 2008, Göteborg 1998 and 2002, Malmö 1999, Austin, Texas 2002, Uppsala 2003, Växjö 2001 and 2004, Washington, D.C. 2005, Umeå 2005, Lidköping 2006, Chicago, IL 2007, South Sweden 2007, San Diego, CA 2008.
The SACC-USA 20th Anniversary Special Edition Edays program in Stockholm, September 15-16, 2008 attracted over 430 participants in total with more than 130 people traveling from the U.S. representing 20 different U.S. states. The largest delegations came from the state of Georgia, California and the City of Rockford. There were also delegations from Canada, Denmark, Germany, England, and Finland. More than 800 pre-scheduled business matchmaking meetings took place during the two-day event.
To the Entrepreneurial Days in San Diego, April 7-9, 2008 came 400 participants, and over 500 business matchmaking were pre-scheduled.
At the Edays in South Sweden, August 20-23, 2007, 950 confirmed participants attended, of which around 230 were international. About 1,150 pre-booked business matchmaking meetings took place. Among the U.S participants were representatives from 26 different states including large delegations from Georgia, Illinois, Minnesota, California, Michigan and Colorado. There were also participants from Argentina, Belgium, China, Finland, Germany and Great Britain.
The Entrepreneurial Days in Chicago, April 16-18 2007, attracted over 140 Swedish-based companies. The number of individuals exceeded 450.
Why participate in the Entrepreneurial Days?
Computerized, prescheduled, branch-to-branch meetings are the backbone of the E-Days event. Over the past few years the county boards and universities are more actively engaged in program development and matchmaking that can be described as the Business Accelerator Program that spans over three years.
There is no doubt that Business Matchmaking has become the Entrepreneurial Days’ biggest attraction. The majority of the attendees come to participate in the Matchmaking and develop new business connections across the Atlantic. 82% of the participants took part in the two day services Business Matchmaking meetings. To maximize your participation in the Swedish American Entrepreneurial Expo, we recommend that your company registers for the Business Matchmaking Service, where prescheduled meetings are created. For each event we schedule around 800 business meetings. The Business Matchmaking Service is designed to help you find potential partners, distributors, agents, and/or consultants that meet the specific needs of your company.
