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PeerSpectivesEmergingEntrepreneurRoundtable

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Dedicate time in 2026 to grow your organizational leadership skills and improve your organization! The PeerSpectives® Emerging Entrepreneur Roundtable puts you in the room with other emerging business leaders in Northwest Montana from noncompeting industries to tap their collective wisdom. These monthly sessions are efficient and productive, giving you actionable solutions for your challenges. What's more, the sessions include informal discussions with business experts in a variety of fields, from finance and accounting to HR and marketing. PeerSpectives® provides a forum where participants can improve decision-making, enhance leadership abilities, confidentially share challenges and experiences with their peers, and advance their network and capabilities as organizational leaders in the Flathead Valley. Developed by the Edward Lowe Foundation, Montana West Economic Development offers the only licensed PeerSpectives® roundtables in Montana and leads one emerging roundtable annually.

Who Should Join PeerSpectives Emerging Entrepreneur Roundtables?

PeerSpectives Emerging Entrepreneur Roundtable is a program for leaders of pre-second stage companies, typically organizations with 2 to 9 employees and annual sales of less than $1 million. PeerSpectives benefits emerging entrepreneurs and business leaders who are looking for more dedicated time to work on their growing business and improve their decision-making through support and connection with other dedicated peers.

What Sets Peerspectives Apart?

  • Trained facilitators.
  • Structured protocol that ensures balanced discussion and releases the group genius.
  • Experience sharing rather than advice giving.
  • Confidential setting.
  • In-Room learning and accountability.
  • Participants come from non-competing industries.

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Group of business leaders in a collaborative discussion

What to Expect

Time commitment: Roundtable sessions typically last three hours and are held on a monthly basis.Cost: $500 for MWED Members, $750 for Non-MembersBenefits: Monthly subject-matter experts; The ability to discuss sensitive business challenges with peers who know what you're going through; just-in-time solutions you can put into practice the same day.Ground rules: Confidentiality is essential. What's said in PeerSpectives stays in PeerSpectives. Participants share experiences, but don't give advice.

"PeerSpectives is not only a rad play on words but a glorious peer group for any entrepreneur to gain new knowledge and, to put it obviously, perspective on their business and business practices. I'm constantly learning as an entrepreneur, and even when you think you've got something all figured out, there's still more to learn. What better way to learn than through a group of humans experiencing the same day-to-day challenges as you? I never felt like I would be competing with anyone as MWED makes sure everyone in your group is from a different industry, and even then, you learn a lot. From new accounting practices or organizational skills, I feel much better about implementing these practices into my business than I did a year ago." – Amanda Guy, Owner of TreeLine Creative

Join PeerSpectives Emerging Entrepreneur Roundtable

A new cohort of PeerSpectives Emerging Entrepreneur Roundtables will begin in March 2026. The deadline for applications for the 2026 cohort is Monday, February 23rd at 5 p.m. Limited spaces are available. Please complete the form below to apply.

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2026 PeerSpectives Emerging Entrepreneur Roundtable Application Form

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