Panelists and Speakers
Aaron Perman
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Aaron Perman is a partner at S3 Ventures, the largest venture capital firm focused on Texas, where he invests in high-impact Seed, Series A, and Series B stage business technology, digital experience, and healthcare technology companies. He was previously CEO at Qualia Media, a marketing technology platform, and led it to its acquisition by IDify. Earlier in his career, Aaron invested in publicly traded companies at Western Standard, a long/short equity hedge fund.
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Patrick Farrell
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Patrick Farrell founded Potomac Angel Capital in early 2022 to bring like-minded angel investors together in the D.C. area to invest in mission-driven, early-stage entrepreneurs for mutual financial benefit, lasting impact, and meaningful relationship. As the Executive Director, Patrick is intimately involved in sourcing deals, hosting events, leading diligence, and serving as a trusted advisor to investors / portfolio companies. In late 2023, he moved to Austin, Texas to expand PAC and plant a second angel network as part of a vision to enable flourishing entrepreneurial ecosystems in cities across the United States.
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Richard Cunningham
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Richard Cunningham is an Austin native and only ventured 100 miles up the road for college to Baylor University where he played baseball and earned both his undergrad and MBA in finance. Baylor is also where Richard met his bride, Marshall, who also works in the investment space for early stage, Austin, Texas, based fund TXV Partners. Richard leads the charge on all inbound deal and fund evaluation for the Faith Driven Investor network. A global Investment network dedicated to helping Christ following investors believe that God owns it all and that He cares deeply about how, where, and most importantly why behind our investing. Prior to FDI, Richard worked for a global asset management firm, Dimensional Fund Advisors.
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Evan Baehr
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Evan Baehr is a serial founder of venture-backed startups, best-selling author, and father to four -- so he's often tired and/or caffeinated. Baehr is managing partner of Learn Capital. Previously, he cofounded Able, a financial technology company backed by Mike Maples and Peter Thiel, which sold in 2017. Able served the 'fortune 5,000,000'-- the millions of small businesses that create two-thirds of all jobs in the United States-- with low interest loans to help them grow. Forbes called Able "capitalism at its best." Another previous venture, Outbox, was a startup designed to disrupt the United States Postal Service. After being shut down by the federal government, Baehr was profiled in the Wall Street Journal's Weekend Interview titled "A Cause of Uncreative Destruction." He's Founder of Teneo, a national leadership organization, author of #1 selling Get Backed from Harvard Business Press, and host of the forthcoming In The Arena TV show celebrating bold founders. Get Backed equips entrepreneurs with the key skills to build a pitch deck and then raise capital to launch a business. Shark Tank's Barbara Corcoran calls the book a 'must read' before pitching on the show. It has equipped over 1 million entrepreneurs. He has worked for Clarium Capital, a global macro hedge fund, the United States House of Representatives as a legislative aide and staff director for the Congressional Human Rights Caucus, and the White House Office of Faith Based Initiatives. He founded the first chapter of the Adam Smith Society. He is an honors graduate of Princeton University (Woodrow Wilson School), Yale University (MA, Ethics), and Harvard Business School (MBA).
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Lawton Cummings
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As General Partner at Capital Factory, Lawton sources, negotiates, and directs investments into the most promising technology startups in Texas and those founded by Henry Crown Fellows. Prior to entering venture, Lawton practiced law in Manhattan and Austin, taught Commercial Law and Responsible Artificial Intelligence as a tenure track law professor, and served as the CEO of Austin100. A life-long advocate of balanced discourse, Lawton co-founded the American Constitution Society ("ACS"), which now has a chapter on every major law school in the country, and she is proud to perhaps have the singular distinction of having served simultaneously on an ACLU Board of Directors and as a legal analyst for the Fox News Network.
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Tim Allen
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Tim Allen is an entrepreneur, investor, advisor, and mentor. He is passionate about helping people and organizations reach their highest potential. Tim has broad founder and operating experience ranging from startups to publicly traded companies spanning across the technology, financial services, entertainment, retail, CPG, and Supply Chain segments. In addition, he has served extensively in the church and faith focused nonprofit organizations. Of note is his work in building momentum behind nurturing redemptive companies. The majority of his work takes place at The FOUNDRY, which is a development and community building program for mid to late stage CEOs. The FOUNDRY helps business owners and CEOs expand their business acumen, scale their companies, build lasting relationship with likeminded leaders, as well as blessing their employees and the communities they operate in. Tim attended the Goldengate Baptist Seminary in Mill Valley, California and is a graduate of The Kellogg School of Management in Evanston, Illinois. He resides in Austin, Texas, with his wife and children.
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Vip Vipperman
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Vip Vipperman is Vice President at Eagle Venture Funds, a family of funds dedicated to helping audacious entrepreneurs battle for causes and places that are desperate for change (with a current focus on tech to combat human trafficking and slavery). He is co-founder of The Lion's Den DFW pitch competition and was one of the early team members at Faith Driven Entrepreneur & Investor, co-creating projects like Marketplace, Demo Days, and Unmuted. He previously worked for one of the nation's largest faith based multifamily developers and spent his early career doing missions works alongside underground church planters in China. He has been married for 20 years to Carrie and they have 3 kids and a yellow lab. He spends a lot of time at volleyball games, on Boy Scouts camping trips or at gymnastics meets.
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Pitch Companies
Lucid Bots
Andrew Ashur
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Andrew is the Founder/CEO of Lucid Bots, a Y Combinator backed company that builds robots for dull, dirty, and dangerous jobs. Lucid, the third-fastest growing company in Charlotte, is at the forefront of transforming labor-intensive tasks with robots that significantly boost safety and productivity nationwide.
Andrew attended Davidson College, where he played baseball, and ultimately graduated in three years to focus his full attention on growing Lucid. Outside of Lucid, Andrew and his wife share a passion for entrepreneurship and positive impact, leading them to create an organizational software platform that helps mentorship communities scale their impact and improve entrepreneurial outcomes.
Andrew attended Davidson College, where he played baseball, and ultimately graduated in three years to focus his full attention on growing Lucid. Outside of Lucid, Andrew and his wife share a passion for entrepreneurship and positive impact, leading them to create an organizational software platform that helps mentorship communities scale their impact and improve entrepreneurial outcomes.
Granarly
Morgan Potts
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Morgan dreamt of creating the gnarliest snack company in the world from a big dream she had in the middle of the night right before a big snowboarding trip. When she's not working on Granarly, you can find her traveling, creating new recipes in the kitchen, dreaming up her next adventure, or running any trail she can find with her pup, Peaches. She is currently expanding Granarly's lineup -- so stay tunes for more epic snacks coming soon!
Granarly is a better-for-you snack company based in Austin, Texas! They created epic, on-the-go, gluten-free, snacks to fuel your everyday adventures. Granarly believes everyone has an adventure within them and they want to help spark that inside of you. Be Gnarly, Eat Granarly. Check our more at Target, Amazon, Whole Foods, and more at Granarly.com.
Granarly is a better-for-you snack company based in Austin, Texas! They created epic, on-the-go, gluten-free, snacks to fuel your everyday adventures. Granarly believes everyone has an adventure within them and they want to help spark that inside of you. Be Gnarly, Eat Granarly. Check our more at Target, Amazon, Whole Foods, and more at Granarly.com.
Glow
Lucas Parry
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Lucas is an Australian-born technology entrepreneur and pastor with a track record in leading some of the fastest growing church communities in America. He is the founder of two tech startups with patented technology in the media and entertainment industry, a songwriter, and former recording artist. His passion for combining technology with community building has set him on a mission to revolutionize philanthropy and is now the founder and CEO of a new platform for collaborative giving between creators, Influencers, brands, and their powerful communities.
Schedule
Saturday, March 9, 20241:00-2:00: Doors Open
2:00-3:00: Music: Estani Frizzell 3:00-4:00: Conversations: Faith on the field presented by OWC 4:00-5:00: Film: Beauty Will Save the Cinema presented by Angel Studios 5:00-6:00: Film: Justice in Motion presented Angel Studios 6:00-7:00: Special Guest + Q&A 7:00-7:45: Music: Macy Dot on The Porch 7:45-8:30: Music: Brennley Brown presented by Jonah Group Entertainment 9:00-10:00: Music: Kira Fontana and the Austin Camerata 10:15-11:00: Music: Cory Morrow |
Sunday, March 10, 20249:00-10:00: Doors Open & FREE gourmet coffee
10:00-11:30: Sunday Service Feat: Choir Room, Sam Acho, and Andrew Palau 11:30-12:30: Conversations: Second Chance Stories hosted by Carl Grant 12:30-2:30: Faith Tank: Founder & VC Expo presented by Lion's Den and Potomac Angel Capital 2:30-3:30: Conversations: Mental Health and Faith presented by Sanctuary Mental Health 3:30-4:30: Conversations: Faith in Entertainment presented by Jonas Group Entertainment 3:30-4:30: Music: Ash Monical & Scott Strictland on The Porch 6:00-7:00: Writers Round: Tauren Wells, Matt Maher, Brennley Brown, Davies. Feat: Andrew Palau 7:00-8:00: Conversations: Faith & Film - Unsung Hero presented by Kingdom Story Company 8:00-9:00: Music: for King + Country presented by ELEVATE512 9:00-10:00: Music: Sunday SVC After Party with Rave Jesus |