If you're an enterprise SaaS startup then this will be the best online event you could attend all year.
All startups.
All enterprise.
All tech.
All Midwest.
Is this what heaven is like?
Come hang online with the fastest growing startups in the Midwest, hear from the most successful founders in the Midwest, and meet Midwest's most active VCs.
There's nothing else like it. Buy your tickets now before surge pricing kicks in.
♫... Daft Punk to start the day... ♫
8:00 am CST
Registration, hobnobbing online
Video chat is default. Straighten those books behind you.
8:30
KICKOFF
Casey Allen, Founder, Enterprise Rising
8:45 - 9:30
THE HARD THINGS ABOUT HARD THINGS - TAKING DUO FROM IDEA TO $2.4B EXIT
Dug Song, founder of Duo Security
📍 [Ann Arbor]
9:30 - 9:40
STRETCH
Mas coffee
9:40 - 10:40
HOW I'D START ANOTHER SAAS COMPANY TODAY (AND THE RIGHT WAY TO THINK ABOUT PRICING)
TK Kader
Prev founder of ToutApp, acq by Marketo
Author of "How to Punch Sunday Jitters in the Face"
📍 [Dallas]
10:40 - 10:50
STRETCH
Head to the online rooftop lounge, meet some people as geeky as you
10:50 - 11:30
THE LATEST DATA POINTS IN FUNDING ROUNDS: VALUATIONS AND OTHER LANDMINES FOR FOUNDERS + INVESTORS
Chris Carlisle, startup attorney, Latham GPM
📍 [Minneapolis + everywhere]
11:30 - 12:20
LONG STRETCH
🌮 , put out 🔥s, or keep up the 💪 networking game
12:20-1:20
GOING ALL IN - THE CRAZY JOURNEY OF BRAINTREE
Bryan Johnson, founder of Braintree, acq by Paypal for $800m 📍 [Chicago, IL]
1:20 - 1:30
STRETCH
tweet out your thoughts so far #entrising
1:30 - 2:30
BUILDING THE EARLY SALES TEAM, WHEN, HOW, AND WHO
Anna Talerico, Arthur Ventures. Prev COO of Linux Academy 📍 [Nashville]
2:30 - 2:40
STRETCH
Go chat with a sponsor by their online fire pit. They are all 100% helpful.
2:40 - 3:20
FUNDRAISING AMA, LIVE ANSWERS TO YOUR LIVE ?s
Tina Dai, Silverton Partners
📍 [Austin]
3:20 - 4:15
WINDING DOWN - THE RISE AND SHUTTERING OF RECOVREE
Melissa Kjosling, cofounder of recovree
📍 [Minneapolis]
4:15 - 4:30
FINAL WORDS, HOW TO JOIN THE ENTERPRISE RISING HAPPY HAPPY HOUR
Casey Allen, founder, Enterprise Rising Conference
4:30 - 6:00
HAPPY HAPPY HOUR
@ the After Hours Bar Online, link will be shared with attendees when it begins
8:00 am
Registration, hobnobbing online.
Video chat is default. BYOM.
8:30 CST
KICKOFF
Casey Allen, Founder, Enterprise Rising
8:45 - 9:35
THE HARD THINGS ABOUT HARD THINGS - BUILDING FIELDGLASS FROM NOTHING TO 10 FIGURE EXIT
Jai Shekhawat, founder
Acq by SAP for $1B
📍 [Chicago]
9:45 - 10:10
HOW I LANDED MY FIRST 6 FIGURE DEAL
Multiple Midwest founders tell their stories, play by play
10:10 - 10:20
STRETCH
Catch up with a friend in the coffee shop online
10:20 - 11:20
FUNDRAISING IN THE NEW ERA AND PRESERVING CASH TO CLOSE THAT NEXT ROUND
Paul Sethi, VC, 2048 Ventures, hyperactive angel investor
Prev CEO of Redbooks, acquired by List Partners
📍 [NYC]
11:20 - 11:30
STRETCH
11:30 - 12:30
KEEPING YOUR SHIT TOGETHER IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP AS A FOUNDER
Dan Martell, 3x exits, hyperactive angel investor
Renee Warren, 1x exit, CEO of We Wild Women
📍 [Canada]
12:35 - 1:05
LONG STRETCH
🌮 , put out 🔥s, or keep up the 💪 networking game
1:05 - 2:05
HOW TO GET TO SIX FIGURE REVENUE WITHOUT A SINGLE INVESTOR OR TECHNICAL COFOUNDER
Thompson Aderinkomi, Founder Nice Healthcare
Prev cofounder RetraceHealth
📍 [MInneapolis]
2:05- 2:15
STRETCH
Send out LInkedIn invites to everyone you met that AM
2:15 - 3:15
HOW I'M DOING IT SMARTER THE 2ND TIME
Eric Martell, cofounder Pear Commerce
Prev cofounder Eat Street
📍 [Madison/Minneapolis]
3:15 - 3:40
FINAL WORDS, HOW TO JOIN THE ENTERPRISE RISING HAPPY HAPPY HOUR
Casey Allen, founder, Enterprise Rising Conference
3:40 - 6:00
Enterprise Rising Happy Happy Hour
@ the After Hours Bar Online, link will be shared with attendees when it begins
Want more leads?
More fast growing startup clients?
Is this the year you will be more relevant to startups?
And to do it while paying forward to all hard working Midwest startups that are trying to change the world?
The conference has a 92% sponsor renewal rate four years running.
That's almost 4x the industry average.
All sponsors get amazing ROI.
Here's what they say.
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The short version: if you're not sure you should say it or wear it then you probably shouldn't. Everyone WILL feel 100% welcome here.
The real version of how to have a good time without it being at anyone else's expense here. If you're an attendee and you want to report someone who is acting inappropriately feel please email niko dot zona at enterpriserising.co and we'll make quick work of the violator without involving you.