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Guest Speakers - Session I
Andrew Firman
Next Gen Family Office 9:00 AM Andrew Firman serves as Director of Partnerships for Investors at FDI. He has worked in the investment management industry domestically and internationally, having spent the last 4 years in Dubai. His focuses have included alternative investments and impact investing, and he is excited to continue to see the Kingdom Impact space grow. He lives with his wife and daughter in Dallas.
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Beto Pallares
Investing in Diverse Businesses & Entrepreneurs 9:15 AM Ebetuel “Beto” Pallares is the fund manager of two early-stage tech venture capital funds, as well as an investment advisor to a family office based in El Paso, TX. Beto has a particular interest in seed and early-stage companies with an emphasis on the biotechnology, enterprise software, material sciences, and nanotechnology sectors. He serves on the board of a number of tech companies and on the limited partnership advisory committees of several venture funds. In addition, he is on the board of a publicly traded biotech company, Exagen, Inc., (NASDAQ: XGN). Beto is the board chair of the non-profit organization, Success Through Technology Education (STTE) Foundation, which is focused on STEAM education and entrepreneurship for middle school and high school students in the Southwestern United States.
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Heidi Ganahl
Investing in Female Founders 9:30 AM Heidi has faced extraordinary adversity in her life. Beginning with the loss of her first husband at the age of 27, to losing a million-dollar insurance settlement, Heidi's entrepreneurial spirit and extraordinary leadership skills helped her pick herself up and build a $100 million brand in the pet and franchise industry, Camp Bow Wow.
She now devotes her time to keeping the American dream alive by empowering women through her brand SheFactor, leading her social entrepreneurship incubator the Fight Back Foundation, leading a free speech initiative on college campuses, the Free to Be Coalition and sharing her stories through public speaking. |
Wes Lyons
Businesses Making an Impact in Anti-Trafficking 9:45 AM Wes is a Co-Founder of two faith-based private equity funds: WayMaker Real Estate, a Christ-centered multi-family real estate investment fund, and Eagle Venture Fund, focused on investing in redemptive tech companies with investment themes of (1) combatting modern day slavery (2) healthcare for the poor (3) gospel movements. Wes has a background in wealth management and founded FaithBasedInvesting.co, a platform to help investors connect with advisors who specialize in faith based investing. For more information about Wes, check out: www.faithbasedinvesting.co, www.waymakerfunds.com, and www.eagleventurefund.com
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Guest Speakers - Session II
Raymond Harris
Investing in Movies & Media 10:30 AM Raymond H. Harris has been a business professional for over forty years and is a venture capitalist in God’s kingdom. He is the founder and former chairman of a large national architectural firm, which included as one if its clients a company from a small town in Arkansas founded by Sam Walton. He has extensive experience leading businesses, volunteer organizations, and ministry projects. Raymond has authored The Anatomy of a Successful Firm, The Heart of Business and Business by Design. He is also an executive producer for four movies distributed by Sony Pictures and Lionsgate, including the largest revenue grossing Christian based film, I Can Only Imagine. Raymond has hiked all of the Continental U.S. National Parks.
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Pete Ochs
Investing in & Employing Ex-Offenders 10:45 AM Pete Ochs is the founder and chairman of Capital III, an impact investment company with investments in the US and Central America. Enterprise Stewardship is an initiative of Capital III that equips marketplace leaders with resources to transform their personal LIFE and business enterprises. During his four decades in business, he has invested and operated companies in the energy, manufacturing, banking, and education sectors, frequently focusing on places devoid of human flourishing such as prisons and poverty-stricken countries. Pete’s passion in life is to educate, equip, and empower business leaders around the world to live for something greater than themselves by using their business platform to impact the world for Christ.
Before launching his impact investment company Capital III, Pete spent eight years in the commercial banking industry. Pete’s first book, “A High Impact LIFE,” and companion guide, “High Impact Habits,” are available at www.EnterpriseStewardship.com. |
Josh Chodniewicz
Equity Crowdfunding 11:00 AM Josh Chodniewicz is the Founder & CEO of Fundify, an online equity investment platform where anyone can invest in next-gen startups alongside the experts.
He’s an experienced founder who built his entrepreneurial muscles as founder and CEO of Art.com, recognized as Inc’s second fastest-growing company in the nation before attracting an acquisition from Walmart. Josh is an active angel investor and has been a limited partner in multiple venture capital firms. Josh Chodniewicz is the Founder & CEO of Fundify, an online equity investment platform where anyone can invest in next-gen startups alongside the experts. He’s an experienced founder who built his entrepreneurial muscles as founder and CEO of Art.com, recognized as Inc’s second fastest-growing company in the nation before attracting an acquisition from Walmart. Josh is an active angel investor and has been a limited partner in multiple venture capital firms. Josh has earned accolades as Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year and as part of Forbes’ 40 under 40 most influential people. |
Wade Myers
Building a Great Team 11:15 AM Wade Myers is a serial entrepreneur, investor, author, and speaker that has founded, invested in, and been a director of scores of companies and has completed over 100 financing and M&A transactions. He is a general partner of the Eagle Venture Fund, the Alpha Alta hedge fund, and WayMaker real estate fund. Wade’s entrepreneurial ventures include a tech-enabled investment bank, a SaaS-based big data company, a tech-enabled government services firm, and an Inc. 5000 SaaS-based property management firm. He also worked at the Boston Consulting Group and Mobil Corporation, and served as an Airborne Ranger in the US Army where he was a decorated veteran of the Gulf War. Wade is a Baker Scholar graduate of Harvard’s MBA program.
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