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August 12, 2024 | Tom Ballard

Agenda announced for “Startup Mountain Summit”

Event begins with a welcome party followed by one and one-half days of content.

FoundersForge has released the first full agenda for the “Startup Mountain Summit” scheduled for September 30 and October 1 at East Tennessee State University’s Martin Center for the Arts.

The events actually begin the day before with a welcome party at the Fischman Gallery, 133 North Commerce Street, Johnson City. The programming gets underway for a full day on September 30 and wraps-up shortly after 12 noon on October 1.

The agenda for September 30, subject to change this far out, includes:

  • 9 to 10 a.m. EDT – Jeff Hilimire, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Purpose Groupand Co-Founder Dragon Army.
  • 10 to 11 a.m. EDT – Asia Orangio, CEO of DemandMaven.
  • 11 a.m. to 12 noon EDT – Guy Yalif, CEO of Intellimize.
  • 1 to 2 p.m. EDT – Steve Carse, Co-Founder of King of Pops.
  • 2:20 to 3:10 p.m. EDT – William Warren, CEO of the Sketch Effect.
  • 3:10 to 4 p.m. EDT – Noah Kagan, the 30themployee at Facebook, fourth employee at Mint, and now the CEO of AppSumo.

The October 1 program includes:

  • 9:10 to 9:40 a.m. EDT – David Nelson, Executive Director of FoundersForge, the organizer of the Summit, and Founder of Qurbie.
  • 9:50 to 10:20 a.m. EDT – Lauren Glass-Mullins, Co-Founder and CEO of Personality Pool.
  • 11 to 11:40 a.m. EDT – A presentation on Launch Tennessee’s “InvestTN” program.
  • 11:40 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. – A speaker to be announced.

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