What’s in Your Tradeshow Box?

In the course of helping many startups plan their first tradeshow event exhibit, we’ve put together a list of extremely useful list of items you should bring to a trade show (in addition to your booth graphics and business cards, of course):

• Scotch tape
• Packaging tape
• FedEx forms
• Breath mints/gum
• 2 electrical power strips
• 2 pair scissors
• Pens
• Roll of Velcro
• Bandaids
• Roll of bubble wrap
• Large envelopes
• Sharpie pens – black
• 2 literature stands (wrapped in bubble wrap)
• 4 business card holders (wrapped in bubble wrap)
• Extra light bulbs for overhead lights in booth
• Case of bottled water
• Return shipping labels
• Stapler
• Notepads
• Heavy duty extension cord
• Aspirin/Tylenol
• Roll of paper towels
• Spray cleanser or wipes for computer screens
• Antibacterial gel (Purell)

If you have additional items you have found useful at past tradeshows, we’d love to hear from you.