The Immigrant Entrepreneurs Summit (IES) was created in 2008 to address critical gaps in business knowledge among immigrants and those new to the United States. From the beginning, IES was founded on the recognition that strong and meaningful business ideas must be cultivated in a welcoming, encouraging, and trusted environment—one where entrepreneurs feel safe to learn, ask questions, and grow.
Like many who arrive in this country with ambition and resilience, immigrant entrepreneurs often encounter unfamiliar systems, complex regulations, and unspoken rules of business. IES was designed to meet those realities head‑on, ensuring that opportunity is not limited by access, language, or background.
While there are many business events and educational models that support entrepreneurship, IES stands apart in several key ways:
Immigrants are the primary group served by IES. While many business seminars and conferences exist, few are intentionally designed around the unique challenges faced by immigrant entrepreneurs, including language barriers, cultural differences, limited professional networks, and uncertainty around regulatory and financial systems.
IES elevates the ecosystem supporting immigrant entrepreneurs by convening:
By bringing these groups together in one space, IES creates connections that would otherwise take years to form.
As we move into 2026, entrepreneurs face mounting challenges:
For immigrant entrepreneurs, these pressures are often magnified by language barriers, cultural differences, limited networks, and uncertainty about the “rules of the game.”
No matter what is happening around us, IES remains a sanctuary for immigrant entrepreneurs and those new to the world of business.
IES is more than a conference. It is a home.
IES is powered by love, care, and shared prosperity. It is a place and a time where dreams, hopes, and courage are expressed, strengthened, and celebrated. We are bound together by shared threads of courage, sacrifice, and hope.
When one of us rises, we all rise.
Our mantra remains simple and powerful:
Let’s Grow Together.