2025 Content Schedule
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Tuesday June 3rd
| Time / Location | Session Topic |
|---|---|
| Opening Sessions (Barn) | |
| 8:30 AM | The Invisible Drive: The science of how trauma and lineage fuels (and fools) our work |
| Speaker: Dr. Pauline Yeghnazar Peck (Psychologist, Bridging Gaps, Breaking Cycles) | |
| 9:00 AM | No Bullshit - The story of Nobull (brand building, cult communities, partnerships) |
| Speakers: Marcus Wilson (Nobull),Sasha Hoffman (Remus Capital) | |
| Breakout sessions are intended to be group facilitated conversations where everyone can ask questions and participate. Moderators are prepped with key examples and takeaways for the group | |
| Breakouts: Session 1 (9:50AM - 10:35AM) - facilitated group roundtables | |
| 9:50 AM | Talent: Great companies live or die on their people |
| Location: Hammondsport | Facilitators: Manon DeFelice (Inkwell),Rebecca Price (Primary Ventures) |
| 9:50 AM | How founders hack company building with AI (workflows, tools, digital workforces) |
| Location: Barn | Facilitators: Alex Sambvani (Slang.ai),Boz Vitanova (TeamLift),Waleed Atallah (Wako),Wayne Chang (Reasoner) |
| 9:50 AM | GTM: Unpaid, paid, partnerships |
| Location: Naples | Facilitators: Jennifer Fleiss (Rent the Runway),Shadiah Sigala (Kinside) |
| Breakouts: Session 2 (10:40AM - 11:25AM) | |
| 10:40 AM | B2B Sales Tactics |
| Location: Hammondsport | Facilitators: Bruce Marable (Employee Cycle),Nicolaas Verheem (TRL11),Rick Cramer (Returnalyze),Vishal Sunak (LinkSquares) |
| 10:40 AM | Preparing to scale: Lessons learned from former leaders at Meta, MasterCard and WeWork |
| Location: Barn | Facilitators: Catherine Porter (Prove Identity),Liz Hartley (Placeholder Capital),Scott Weller (Enfi),Susan Sly (The Pause Technologies) |
| 10:40 AM | Building a world class VC fund and getting A+ LPs (for LPs and VCs only) |
| Location: Naples | Facilitators: Karey Barker (Cross Creek),Mike Annunziata (Also Capital),Nicole Sherwood (Altman Family Holdings),Sara Ledterman (3+ Advisors),Scott Savitz (Data Point Capital) |
| Fundraising Breakouts: Session 3 (11:30AM - 12:15PM) - go to the session for the financing round you're raising next | |
| 11:30 AM | Fundraising: Seed |
| Location: Hammondsport | Facilitators: Brian Hollins (Collide Capital),Boaz Fachler (Link Ventures),Sean Dowling (Osage) |
| 11:30 AM | Fundraising: Series A |
| Location: Barn | Facilitators: Brendan Mathews (Motley Fool Ventures),Camila Saruhashi (Construct Capital),Jeremy Kaufmann (Scale Venture Partners),Laura Chau (Canaan) |
| 11:30 AM | Fundraising: Series B and beyond |
| Location: Naples | Facilitators: Amy Wildstein (Suttona Capita),Erik Hammer (Marquee Ventures),Maria Woodman (RockCreek),Momei Qu (PSP Growth) |
Wednesday Morning Pontoon Pontoon Boat Sessions
All boats board at 8:45AM at the lake house dock
Look for signage for each boats topic
Please sign up on site at check in or the FAQ desk to select a boat to join.
| Boat Theme - Free form coversations on these topics | Hosts |
|---|---|
| How my deepfake abuse led to changing federal law | Breeze Liu |
| Influencer partnerships and community building | Chelsea Macdonald, Denise Lambertson |
| Frameworks for leading extreme personalities | Dave McLaughlin |
| Personal finance: Hacking market volatility | Dave Buxton |
| Turning flaws into growth | Dr. Pauline Yeghnazar Peck |
| Contrarian negotiating tactics for GTM and M&A | Healey Cypher |
| The power of focusing on building the first, best, or only company in a space | Jen Pelka |
| Using LinkedIn for founder-led marketing - myths and facts | Shama Hyder |
| How to sell on social | Stacey Tank |
| Extending runway; survive to thrive | Zach Pelka |
Wednesday June 4th
Afternoon Sessions (ALL IN BARN)
| Time | Session Topic |
|---|---|
| 10:50 AM | 0 to Exit: Lessons learned from scaling FanDuel |
| Location: Barn | Speakers: Lesley and Nigel Eccles (Founders of FanDuel), Shraysi Tandon (Kidsy) |
| 11:30 AM | The Game Plan: Reinventing after the NFL |
| Location: Barn | Speakers: Johnny Townsend (Former NFL player), Eric Donado (L Catterton) |
| 12:10 PM | From the Paypal Mafia to Thiel Capital: Predictions for what's ahead |
| Location: Barn | Speakers: Jack Selby (Thiel Capital), David Brown (Impellent Ventures) |