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        • 2022 SC Retreat

          June 9-11, 2022
          Pine Canyon / NAU
          Flagstaff

           
          Agenda | Attendees | Gallery

          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

          101 E McConnell Dr, Flagstaff, AZ 86011 | (map)

           
          *Wear your company swag day!

          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)

           
          12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
          Lunch + Connectivity: Meet Your Fellow Founders/CEOs

           

          1:30 pm - 2:00 pm

          21 Questions

           

          2:00 pm
          Closing thoughts
           
          2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
          Down time
           
          4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
          Shuttle pick-up locations:
          • Pine Canyon
          • Courtyard Marriott
          • The Suites
          4:30 pm - 8:00 pm
          An SC Dining Experience - "Mountaintops inspire leaders but valleys mature them" ~Winston Churchill
          *Undisclosed location

          *Business casual attire + walking shoes + light jacket
           
          8:30 pm
          Pub Crawl / Downtown Flagstaff

          *Optional, although highly recommended.

          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 Retreat Attendees

          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

          Mackenzie Fitz-Gerald, APS

          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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