Arch Grants 2023 Founder Summit

​Join us at the 2023 Founder Summit, an Arch Grants Founder-Focused event created to build community with your fellow Arch Grants Awardees + nuts-and-bolts workshops to help you be a better operator, manager, and leader.

​This year's Summit features 15 fantastic sessions led by some of our region's best entrepreneurs, investors, technologists, and business leaders. We will close with an Investor Happy Hour featuring 20+ investors looking to connect with you.

​Time:

• ​Summit 8:30 am – 5:00 pm

• ​Investor Happy Hour – 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm

​Location: TechArtista, Downtown (401 Pine St. St. Louis, MO 63102)

​Agenda:

• ​8:30 am | Check-In & Breakfast

• ​9:00 am | Opening Remarks

• ​9:10 am | Main Ballroom: Opening Keynote w/ Pryce Adade-Yebesi, Co-Founder & CPO @ Utopia Labs

• ​10:00 am | 3 Session Options

  • ​Main Ballroom: Sales 101 w/ Marc Bernstein, Co-Founder & CEO at Balto Software

  • ​Parker Room: Revenue Generation Strategies for CPG & DTC w/ Nick Alt, General Partner @ Someday Capital

  • ​Cassidy Room: Going from Clinical Trial to Commercialization w/ Erica & Andrew Barnell, Co-Founders at Geneoscopy

• ​11:00 am | 3 Session Options

  • ​Main Ballroom: Building and Managing a Board of Directors w/ Ali Ahmadi, Founder & CEO @ TCare

  • ​Parker Room: Managing and Maximizing Your Lawyers & Accountants w/ Tim McFadden, Partner @ FischerBroyles, and Kathryn Love, General Counsel @ Capacity

  • ​Cassidy Room: Hiring 101: HR for Startups w/ Alex Peiffer, COO @ Intramotev

• ​Noon | Main Ballroom: Lunch

• ​1:00 pm | 2 Session Options

  • ​Main Ballroom: Founder Financials: Financial Planning and Asset Protection Strategies w/ Geoffrey Ratliff, Senior Financial Adviser @ Merrill Lynch Wealth Management

  • ​Parker Room: Founder's Guide to Building your Finance Team w/ Joe Fischer, Founder @ CFOJoe

• ​2:00 pm | 2 Session Options

  • ​Main Ballroom: Fundraising 101: Strategies and Options w/ Abhinaya Konduru, Principal @ M25, Julia Campbell, Idea Fund Manager @ MTC, and Elise Miller Hoffman, General Partner @ Cultivation Capital

  • ​Parker Room: Managing Co-Founder Relationships w/ Talia Goldfarb, Licensed Therapist & Entrepreneur

• ​3:00 pm | 2 Session Options

  • ​Main Ballroom: Product 101 w/ Adam Brakhane, CTO @ Gateway X and Ashok Dugaputi, Senior VP of Engineer @ Monetize360

  • ​Parker Room: Branding 101 w/ Judy Glik and James Butler @ Arcturis

• ​4:00 pm | Main Ballroom: Exit Strategies w/Jesse Pujji, Founder & CEO @ Gateway X

​See you there!