Agenda | Silicon Y'all

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October3

October4

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Register & Revel — Check in, relax, and enjoy Ross Bridge Resort’s many offerings before the welcome reception

6:00 PM - 8:45 PM

Welcome Reception and Dinner — Cocktails and dinner in the Hoover Ballroom

7:15 PM

Life as a CEO When the Music has Stopped
Victor Cheng – President, SaaSCEO.com

7:45 PM

Fireside Chats — A highlight every year; hear personal stories from entrepreneurs about successes and challenges in growing, recapping, and selling their companies

8:45 PM

Birds of a Feather

6:30 AM - 9:30 AM

Breakfast — Please enjoy breakfast at the clubhouse grill

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM

Morning Trail Run — Enjoy a 4-mile jog along the local trail surrounding Ross Bridge

7:30 AM - 9:30 AM

Golf Skills Challenge — Test your skills at the Robert Trent Jones at Ross Bridge putting green

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Morning Yoga — Wake up with a slow-flow yoga session

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Morning CrossFit WOD — Break a sweat with a high intensity CrossFit style workout

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Opening Remarks and Interactive Kickoff — Hoover Ballroom

10:15 AM - 10:35 AM

Start-up to Billion Plus — How to Achieve Start-up Success Outside Silicon Valley
Shegun Otulana – Founder, TheraNest; CEO, Harmony Venture Labs

10:35 AM - 11:00 AM

The Human Side of a Tech Business — How Taking Care of Your Team and Your Customers Takes Care of Everything Else
Kurt Donnell – President & CEO, FreeStar

11:00 AM - 11:25 AM

Innovate or Evaporate — Embracing AI to Secure and Enhance Your Market Position
Maren Hopkins – Principal, BVP Forge

11:25 AM - 12:05 PM

CEO Blitz Sessions — Hard Hitting Lessons Learned from Your Peers

12:05 PM - 1:20 PM

Networking Buffet Lunch

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM

The Day After — A Founder’s Fears After Investment and Exit
Donny Wyatt – Founder, CoConstruct

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Financing M&A in a Turbulent Capital Market —
Exploring Senior Debt, Mezz Financing, and ARR Lending
Capital Expert Panel

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

How Strategic Buyers Think — A Behind the Scenes Look at Growth by Acquisition

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Breakout Discussion Sessions

3:30 PM - 4:15 PM

Wisdom of the Crowd — Real time answers to participant questions from your peers

4:15 PM - 4:35 PM

The Mindless No
Gail & Bruce Montgomery – President and CEO, ExperienceYes

4:35 PM - 4:50 PM

Heads Up Activity

4:50 PM - 5:15 PM

A Case Study in Pricing Strategy
Amara Suebsaeng – Director, TA Associates

5:15 PM - 5:30 PM

Interactive Session

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Rest, Recharge, & Connect

7:00 PM

Cocktail Reception — Cocktails on the Terrace

7:30 PM

Bama Bash — Relax with your peers while enjoying rich Southern cuisine on the Terrace

8:00 AM

Buffet Breakfast

8:30 AM - 9:10 AM

Creating Enterprise Value Through Marketing — Lessons Learned From Working with Leading PE Firms and Scaling Their Portfolio Companies
Panel moderated by Shiv Narayanan – CEO, How to SaaS

9:10 AM - 9:35 AM

Lessons Learned in Growing Five Different Start-ups to Billion Plus Companies
Ross Croley – Founder, Greater Sum Ventures

9:35 AM - 10:10 AM

Breakout Discussion Sessions

10:10 AM - 11:05 AM

CEO Stories of Success & Failure — Lessons Learned

11:05 AM - 11:45 AM

Wisdom of the Crowd — Hard-Hitting Lessons Learned from Your Peers

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Compensation Drives Behavior — Incentivize Your Team to Get Your Desired Outcome
Michael Weinstein – VP of Business Development, Vista Equity Partners

12:00 PM - 12:20 PM

CEO Blitz Sessions

12:20 PM - 1:20 PM

Investor Panel Lunch & Learn — Financial Investors Share Diligence Secrets, What They Are Looking for in Acquisitions, and Growth Strategies for Their Portfolio Companies

1:20 PM - 1:45 PM

Closing Remarks and Awards

2:00 PM

Shuttle available to the Birmingham Shuttlesworth International Airport