Agenda

All attendees, sponsors, and speakers must check in at the registration desk and pick up a name badge. Please wear your badge at all times during the Summit.

The Founderology Growth Summit opens with hosts Kathleen Wood and Cherryh Cansler welcoming Founders into a room built for breakthrough growth. Through rapid-fire introductions, Founders immediately connect, spark powerful collaborations, and tap into the game-changing energy of like-minded visionaries ready to scale bigger and faster together.

Kathleen Wood delivers a high-impact session filled with  proven strategies to accelerate growth, increase profitability, and scale with confidence. Founders will start the summit  energized, equipped with actionable plays they can immediately execute to create momentum and drive breakthrough results.

The Founderology Growth Summit debuts its inaugural awards program, recognizing Founders who are setting new standards for growth, leadership, and transformation. These awards honor the trailblazers who are building concepts to breakthrough and shaping the future of our industry.

Enjoy an evening of great food, beverage and where visionary Founders turn conversations into powerful collaborations that fuel growth and opportunity. The stronger your network, the greater your net worth — and tonight’s connections could be the catalyst for your next big breakthrough.

Hear first-hand the transformative growth journey and the strategic blueprint that propels breakthrough success. Discover actionable insights, proven methodologies, and critical pivot points that can accelerate your own growth trajectory. This powerful keynote will inspire and equip you with practical strategies to overcome common scaling challenges and build a foundation for sustainable expansion.

Founders need a trusted, high-performing leadership team at the core of the business. Learn how Visionary Founders are creating THEIR leadership team to take initiative, build culture, and scale with intention. Stop hiring the wrong people and start hiring LEADERS!

Our celebrated award-winning Founders share what truly moved the needle in their journey to breakthrough. Gain Founder defining wisdom about missed opportunities, breakthrough moments, and unconventional strategies that will accelerate your growth trajectory.

Founders Advisors will introduce the power of the Investor Grade Readiness Assessment — a proven tool to evaluate your business’s investment potential and growth readiness. Every Founder receives this $299 assessment complimentary with registration, and this session will highlight why completing it will set you up for maximum impact in tomorrow’s strategy sessions.

Learn how to ignite phygital strategies (in-store, app, delivery, third-party, catering) to optimize every guest journey for driving revenue, enhancing customer experiences and increasing profitability.

Live Interactive Mastermind for ALL Founders to participate in sharing hard-earned lessons, resources, insides tips, techniques, mistakes, and methods that work. Here’s where you will gain game-changing and money-making insights from Founders who have been there and done it.

This unforgettable evening is all about Founders. An off-site dinner designed to honor the heart, hustle, and humanity of every Founder in the room. Expect laughter, inspiration, and the memorable tradition of every Founder raising a glass to the journey — their own and each other’s. There’s no keynote, no slideshow — just real stories, real connection, and real celebration. You are the celebration. You are the legacy in the making of today and tomorrow!

The results are in — and it’s time to see where Founders stand! Founders Advisors will reveal the collective Investor Readiness scores, uncover the biggest growth opportunities, and share real-world strategies to help you fund, scale, and strengthen your business. You'll leave with actionable insights, expert tips, and a clear path to turn your investment readiness into real-world results.

Maximize your Founderology Growth Summit experience. Leave with a personalized 90-day action plan that transforms key summit takeaways into immediate business results. Maximize your return on investment with actions to make immediate impact on your business.

Getting a deal was a game-changer — but it didn’t guarantee success. This Founder shares the biggest benefits, unexpected challenges, and real growth lessons that followed their Shark Tank funding.