
ā«... Daft Punk to start the day... ā«
7:30am
Registration, bagels, CAFFEINE
8:30
KICKOFF
Casey Allen, Founder, Enterprise Rising
8:40 - 9:30
HOW YOU'RE PRICING WRONG AND BOOTSTRAPPING SAAS
Patrick Campbell, founder of ProfitWell
š [Salt Lake City]
9:30 - 10:00
STRETCHĀ
MeetĀ that nerdy growth hacker sitting next to you. Hire her to a 90 day contract.
10:10 - 11:00
HOW I PRE-SOLD BigCos BEFOREĀ THE PRODUCT'S READYĀ
Frank Dale
Prev founder of Costello, acq by SalesLoft
š [Indy]
11:10 - 11:30
THE LATEST DATA POINTS IN FUNDING ROUNDS: VALUATIONS AND OTHER LANDMINES FOR FOUNDERS + INVESTORS
Chris Carlisle, startup attorney, Latham GPM
š [Minneapolis + everywhere]
11:40 - 1:00
LONG STRETCH
š® , put outĀ š„s, or keep up theĀ šŖ networking game
1:00 - 1:50
CULTURE DEBT, TEAM DEBT- TRADE OFFS FOUNDERS MAKE EARLYĀ ON THAT HURT BIG LATER
Becky Lauseng, 3x head of people
Victoria Schanen, 3x head of people
š [Minneapolis]
1:50-2:20
STRETCH
Check email. Put out fires. Meet theĀ guy next to you that's been tweeting all day. #entrising
2:20 - 3:15
HOW I'M DOING IT SMARTER THE 2ND TIME
Tarek Kamil - founder of Cerkl
Prev founder of What If Sports, acq by FOX
š [Cincy]Ā
3:20 - 4:00
GOING TO ZERO - THROUGH HELL AND BACK AND REBUILDING YOUR STARTUP
Ben Cattoor - cofounder of Foodsby
š [Minneapolis]
4:15 - 5:30
HAPPYĀ HOUR
4 flavors of La Croix on ice. And, of course, your favorite craft beer
7:30am CST
Registration, bagels, Naked juice, CAFFEINE
8:30
INTRO BY CASEY
Casey Allen, Founder, Enterprise Rising
8:40 - 9:40
HOW I'M DOING IT SMARTER THE 2nd TIME
Jeff Epstein, founder of Onboard.io
prev founder of Ambassador, acq by West Corporation
š [Detroit]Ā
9:40 - 10:15
STRETCH
Chat upĀ that investor sitting in front of you and actually make it 90 seconds without pitching yourself.
10:20 - 11:15
BUILDING THE EARLY SALES TEAM, WHEN, HOW, AND WHO
Anna Talerico, Arthur Ventures. Prev COO of Linux Academy š [Nashville]
11:20 -Ā NOON
LESSONS LEARNEDĀ ABOUT BEING ACQUIRED 3X
Doug Berg, prev founder of 3 B2B SaaS startups
š [Minneapolis]
NOONĀ - 1:30
LUNCH
break bread and nerd out
1:30 - 2:25
LIVE VC PITCH
Watch a SaaS founder pitch a seed round live to a VC with commentary and post-game analysis
Tina Dai, VC -- Silverton Partners
Featuring Sean Higgins -- Betteryou.ai
š [Austin]
2:25 - 3:15
TRANSPARENCY IN YOUR TEAM, IN YOUR COMPANY (AND HOW IT HELPS YOU WIN)
Michael Wolfe, founder, Gladly
prev cofounder of 3 enterprise SaaS exits
š [SF]
3:25 - 4:10
THE HARD THINGS ABOUT HARD THINGSĀ
Two successful foundersĀ coming off exits talk candidly about the rollercoaster and low points
Jon Pearce, founder of Zipnosis, acq by Bright Health
Michael Showalter, founder of HealtheFX, acq by Equifax
š [Minneapolis]
4:10 - 5:30
HAPPY HOUR
4 flavors of La Croix on ice. And, of course, craft brews.
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