Thursday, June 9
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival: Check-in to The Suites, connect with fellow founders
305 E McConnell Dr, Flagstaff, AZ 86001 | (map)
NAU Parking info: R5 and South Commuter parking lots (more info to be provided)
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Opening Night Dinner + Fireside Chat
Pine Canyon Clubhouse
3000 S Clubhouse Circle | Flagstaff, AZ 86005 | (map)
6:00 pm: Open reception + networking
6:30 pm: Welcome remarks + Dinner
7:00 pm: Fireside Chat with Salle Yoo
Salle serves on the boards of Helium, Inc., and Qwick, Inc and is a limited partner with Operator Collective, Jane VC and Construct Capital. As Uber's Chief Legal Officer, she was a member of the executive team that grew Uber from 11 cities and 4 countries in 2012 to over 200 cities and over 40 countries by December 2017. (Full bio)
*Business casual attire
Friday, June 10
W. A. Franke College of Business @ NAU
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast Social
8:30 am - 9:30 am
Opening session: Founders Panel
"Taking Care of Our People at Scale"
Join speakers, Jamie Baxter (Qwick), Justin Bayless (Bayless Integrated Healthcare), and Gabe Cooper (Virtuous) as they share their stories about building companies and growing teams.
9:30 am - 10:00 am
Break
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
SC Conversations + Breakout Sessions
"Permission to Feel: A candid conversation about protecting our mental health as a founder"
Jamie Baxter (Qwick), Colin Turner (PostScript), Brenda Schmidt (Redesign Health)
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
21 Questions
Saturday, June 11
NAU South Quad (map)
*Wear your StartupAZ t-shirt day!
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Breakfast + Morning Yoga with Rachel Mertensmeyer
Drop in for some early morning yoga led by SC Alumni, Rachel Mertensmeyer (Rivia Health)
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Cohort throw down: Teambuilding with Coach Doug Beaumont
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
Swag Swap
Bring your company swag and share the love.
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Lunch and closing thoughts with Mario Martinez II
The Suites Common Area
SC Cohort 2022 Launch
Peter Costa, Baltu Technologies
Kate DeGon, ChangeSync
Brett Farmiloe, Terkel
Bradley Fox, Nuclearn Inc
Melissa Kiguwa, Obanji
Brian Mohr, Reqfast
Eric Olsen, Retinent
Srini Vasan, Petista
SC Cohort 2022 Growth
Jasmine Bhatti, Navi Nurses
Benjamin Bottner, Steady Install
Bryce Deeney, equipifi
Michael Houston, Elevate U
Nate Hurst, ActiveClass
Lonni Kieffer, SmartCert
Josh Lau, Nymbl Systems
Ryan Miller, Peerlogic
Greg Reffner, Abstrakt
Mahesh Vinayagam, qBOTICA
SC 2021 Growth Cohort
Jerrod Bailey, Hoot Medical
Jacob Carter, Nurture Boss
Pankaj (PJ) Likhmania, Rovicare Inc
Tyler Lyman, HALEE
Rachel Stewart, Xcelerate Restoration Software
Nick Suwyn, Promineo Tech
SC 2020 Growth Cohort
Rebecca Clyde, BotcoAI
Shane Ettestad, HomeKey Systems
Drew Mercer, PayGround
Nirit Rubenstein, Dovly
Will Shaw, Better Agency
Michael Zalle, YellowBird
SC Alumni
James Bates, AdviNow Medical
Kyle Burnett, Little Taller
Eli Chmouni, NEON
Michelle Eichner, Digitile
Marshall Greenwald, CrayPay
Michael Hunter, Spiffy
Vivek Kopparthi, Neolight
Jaime Martinez, Schola
Rachel Mertensmeyer, Rivia Health
Ibrahim Mesbah, RevolutionParts
Jason Saunders, KLĒR Corp
Michelle Tinsley, YellowBird
SC Scale Cohort
Jamie Baxter, Qwick
Gabe Cooper, Virtuous
Mike Kovarik, Syndigo
Chris Ronzio, Trainual
Colin Turner, Postscript
Brandon Willey, Hownd
SC Retreat Guest Speakers
Salle Yoo, Helium
Jamie Baxter, Qwick
Justin Bayless, Bayless Integrated Health
Gabe Cooper, Virtuous
Colin Turner, Postscript
Brenda Schmidt, Redesign Health
Special Guests
Jonathan Ariano, Osborn Maledon
Benjamin Brockwell, invisionAZ
Kyle Brown, Trinity Capital
Beth Cochran, WiredPR
Sharon Hwang, MSP Sports Capital
Jeff Kerr, PHX Ventures
Mark Paratore, GPEC
Pam Ramos, NAU
Brent Roland, R&R AZ Investments
Glenn Roland, Tech Round
Jack Scoresby, PHX Ventures
Ashok Subramanian, NAU
SC Retreat Committee
Christie Kerner, (Co-Chair) Medplace / StartupAZ
Ken Robertson, Picmonic
Will Shaw, Better Agency
Diana Vowels, StartupAZ
Brandon Clarke, StartupAZ
Jennifer Wong, StartupAZ
StartupAZ Team + Board of Directors
Diana Vowels, CEO
Christie Kerner, Director of Venture Development
Jennifer Wong, Project Manager
Mario Martinez II, Co-Founder, Chairman Emeritus
Brandon Clarke, Co-Founder, Vice Chair
Gregg Scoresby, Chair
Tom Curzon, Board Member
Jacky Alling, Board Member
Ji Mi Choi, Board Member, Finance Committee Chair
Brenda Schmidt, Board Member
Hamid Shojaee, Board Member
Jim Prendergast, Board Member
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