Highlights
Maria Sharapova
Tennis Champion, Investor and Entrepreneur
Translating Success On The Court Into A Thriving Business Career
Bob Walters
President, Rocket Companies
How Innovative Businesses Can Thrive In Flyover Country
Claire Coder
Founder & CEO, Aunt Flow
Levi Conlow
Cofounder & CEO, Lectric eBikes
Whitney Wolfe Herd
Founder & CEO, Bumble
1:25 Pm ET
How To Build An Army Of Influence
Kim Shui, Founder & Designer, Kim Shui
Kevin Tan, Cofounder & CEO, Snackpass
Devon Townsend, Cofounder, Cameo
Moderator: Alexandra Sternlicht, Reporter & Editorial Community Lead, Forbes Under 30
1:05 Pm ET
How To Build The Next Internet
Nikil Viswanathan, Cofounder & CEO, Alchemy
Interviewer: Randall Lane, Chief Content Officer, Forbes & Founder, Forbes 30 Under 30
1:45 Pm ET
How To Use Technology To Accelerate Healthcare
Jarrett Bauer, Founder & CEO, Health Recovery Solutions
Trevor Martin, Cofounder & CEO, Mammoth Biosciences
Allisa Song, Cofounder & CEO, Nanodropper
Moderator: Alex Knapp, Senior Editor, Science & Health, Forbes
How To Master The Supply Chain
Caroline Danehy, Cofounder & Chief Creative Officer, Fair Harbor
Kyle Hoff, Cofounder & CEO, Floyd
Ann McFerran, Cofounder & CEO, Glamnetic
Moderator: Steven Bertoni, VP & Senior Editor, CEO Network, Forbes
2:10 Pm ET
2:35 Pm ET
How To Start Your Own Investing Vehicle
Peter Boyce II, Founder & Managing Partner, Stellation Capital
Pilar Johnson, Cofounder & Managing Partner, Debut Capital
Turner Novak, Founder, Banana Capital
Moderator: Alexandra Wilson, Editor, Forbes Under 30
Alexandra Cooper
Creator, Host & Executive Producer, Call Her Daddy
3:00 Pm ET
Sex sells, sometimes for a $60 million, three-year Spotify deal. Learn how Alexandra Cooper’s show “Call Her Daddy” made her the highest-paid female podcaster.
3:25 Pm ET
Closing Remarks
Forbes TBD
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2:05 Pm ET
Under 30 Spotlight
Brandon Fleming, Author and Founder & CEO, Harvard Diversity Project
Whatever it is that I continue to do in this Chapter 2, I guess it will just take time. Because it takes time to educate yourself and to learn and to be better, right? To be more professional, to be more knowledgeable. And so I don’t want to rush that process."
We have 60 new people coming to Columbus every single day—to live in Columbus, Ohio. … And so our community is growing rapidly. When you think about how that impacts our company, now we have more talent, more access, great people right around us.
There’s a lot of truth to 'You’re a product of your environment,' and there’s pros and cons at each location. But as an industry leader or a business owner, you do have significant influence on shaping that environment. Just do that—shape that environment."
Whether it be personally or that company that you’re building, look for passion. There’s a lot of great ideas, there’s a lot of smart people, but the emotion and the passion is what drives great businesses."
Staying Focused On The Long-Term Vision
We’re thinking decades, not days, and we’re really focused on the long term. And I think that’s a good lesson for anybody in the audience, even if you’re not going public. … [Don’t focus on] optimizing for these short-term daily wins, and really just [think] big picture.
You just kind of never know how the market is going to be and how it’s going to view things nine months from now. All you really know is what you’re doing. So I’ll bring it back to just focus internally."
THOMAS HEALY
FOUNDER & CEO, HYLIION
Ringing the bell … really put Hyliion in the forefront as a company that was being discussed in our industry. So when we would go have meetings with customers, with suppliers, with truck OEMs, it was a brand and an entity that they knew about. … Honestly it’s like an amazing marketing tool in some ways."
At the end of the day, it just has to do with: Do people believe in what you’re doing or not? Especially now that we’re seeing retail investors that are so much more involved."
A Look Behind The Scenes Of Launching A Successful IPO
Neil Parikh
Cofounder, Casper
Adam Sachs
Cofounder & CEO,
Vicarious Surgical
You have to have a systemic approach to deal with the systemic issues that have hampered us from being successful and having adequate representation for hundreds of years. You can’t just think. 'We’re going to solve it in one cycle.'"
REGGIE WILLIS
CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER,
ALLY FINANCIAL
TRAVIS MONTAQUE
COFOUNDER & CEO, GROUP BLACK, AND FOUNDER & CEO, HOLLER
When we add diverse talent, how do we make them culture adds, instead of just conforming to the current culture? Because in that moment, it gives you an opportunity to expand the capabilities, expand diversity and also expand the environment."
The companies that are doing this best are actually, all the way up to the CEO, measuring the representation of their team and how that’s changing year on year and what they’re doing to build a more inclusive culture."
GARRETT LORD
FOUNDER & CEO, HANDSHAKE
Taking A Measurable And Sustainable Approach To Diversity
ALEXANDRA COOPER
CREATOR, HOST & EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, CALL HER DADDY
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Originality is Key To Success In The Competitive Digital Landscape
No one else can give you the answers. If you’re trying to be in the creative space right now, every platform right now is so oversaturated, and everyone is essentially trying to replicate or copy. Don’t do that. Because if you try to do that, you're just another spinoff."
Key Takeaways From Select Panels And Keynotes