♫... Daft Punk to start the day... ♫

8:30am
Registration, bagels, CAFFEINE

9:00
KICKOFF
Casey Allen, Founder, Enterprise Rising

9:20 - 10:10
THE HARD THINGS ABOUT HARD THINGS -
THE MESSY PATH TO BUILDING GRAVIE INTO A GIANT
Abir Sen, founder of Gravie

10:20 - 10:50

STRETCH 

Meet that founder next to you selling to an adjacent market.  Make plans to grab coffee next week.

11:00 - 11:40
WHY OUR STARTUP ECOSYSTEM IS BROKEN AND WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE

Jason Radisson, founder of Movo, exec of 3 unicorns, active angel

11:50 - 1:20

LONG STRETCH

🌮 , put out 🔥s, + keep up the 💪 networking game

1:20 - 2:00

LIVE AMA WITH THE ROB WALLING, FOUNDER OF DRIP AND INVESTOR IN 200 STARTUPS
Rob Walling, cofounder of Drip, founder of Tiny Seed VC

2:00 - 2:30

STRETCH
Check email. Take a selfie with that investor sitting next to you for street cred. #entrising

2:40 - 3:10

SELLING INTO ENTERPRISE IN TODAY'S AI SHITSTORM BUYING ENVIRONMENT
Doug Berg, cofounder of Match2, prev founder of ZAPInfo (acq by Indeed), MyAlerts (acq by PE), Jobs2Web (acq by SAP)

3:20 - 4:00

HOW I WOULD LAUNCH A NEW STARTUP TODAY, STEP BY STEP

Chad Halvorson, founder of When I Work

4:10 - 4:40

HACKING YOUR GTM WITH A CUSTOMER ADVISORY COUNCIL

Tom O'Neill, founder of Parallax

4:50 - 6:00

HAPPY HOUR
4 flavors of La Croix on ice. And, of course, your favorite craft beers

8:00am CST
Registration, bagels, CAFFEINE

8:50
KICKOFF
Casey Allen, Ringmaster, Enterprise Rising

9:00 - 10:00

THE ANATOMY OF A $10m SEED ROUND - THE INSIDE SCOOP OF HOW IT CAME TOGETHER, THE PROCESS, AND GETTING ACROSS THE FINISH LINE
Joe Connolly, founder of Visana Health

10:00 - 10:30
STRETCH
Chat up that investor sitting in front of you. Make fun of his vest

10:30 - 11:30

SCOTT BURNS ON MIDWEST STARTUPS - GROWING AND INVESTING
Scott Burns, VC at Mairs Powers
Prev founder of Structural (acq)
Prev founder of GovDelivery (acq twice)

11:30 - 1:00
LUNCH
break bread and nerd out

1:00 - 1:50
THE LATEST DATA POINTS IN FUNDING ROUNDS: VALUATIONS AND OTHER LANDMINES FOR FOUNDERS + INVESTORS
Chris Carlisle, startup attorney, Taft

1:50 - 2:40
STRETCH
Chat up the sponsors and hit them up for free advice. They love to help.

2:40 - 3:20
WHAT I'M DOING SMARTER THE 2ND TIME
Joe Keeley, founder of Justifi
Prev founder of College Nannies (acq)

3:30 - 5:00
HAPPY HOUR

4 flavors of La Croix on ice. And, of course, craft brews.