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Tom Tom Founders Festival 2018

The Seventh Annual Tom Tom Founders Festival is a week-long celebration of innovators, visionaries, and artists who are shaping small cities. The Festival occurs at dozens of venues throughout downtown Charlottesville.

9:00am EDT

Youth SummitNow Open The Paramount TheaterAce Callwood • UVA Curry School of Education • ReinventED Lab

10:30am EDT

Data and Trends for Ecosystem DevelopersNow Open Second Street GallerySean Carr, Ph.D. • Eva Doss • Melody Koh • Johnny Magdaleno • Christiana McFarland • Joe Whitchurch • UVA’s Batten Institute at the Darden School of Business • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation • Capital One How Ready for Funding Are You?Full The Paramount Theater - Balcony LoungeRoss Baird • UVA’s Batten Institute at the Darden School of Business • Virginia is for Entrepreneurs • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

2:00pm EDT

Freelancing: A Survival Guide to the Future of WorkAlmost Full Welcome GalleryJohn Reinhold • Ace Callwood • Anna Payne-Fife • Jeff Tennery • Claire Wasserman • UVA’s Batten Institute at the Darden School of Business • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation KEYNOTE: Fighting Inequality with FinanceNow Open The Jefferson TheaterGreg Fairchild • Ross Baird • Peter Jackson • Jerry Nemorin • UVA’s Batten Institute at the Darden School of Business • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Sucking Up: A Brief Consideration of SycophancyNow Open Old Metropolitan HallDeborah Parker • Mark Parker • UVA’s Batten Institute at the Darden School of Business • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Why It Pays to Startup in Small CitiesFull Second Street GalleryChris Harris • Kendall Morris • Will Morris • Mary Stargel • UVA’s Batten Institute at the Darden School of Business • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation • Capital One

3:30pm EDT

CIT Lab: An Empirical View of the Art and Science of Entrepreneurship and InvestmentFull Second Street GalleryCenter for Innovative Technology (CIT) • UVA’s Batten Institute at the Darden School of Business • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

9:00am EDT

Founding Stories - GRIT: Overcoming AdversityNow Open The Paramount TheaterNatalie Brzezinski • Mark Brzezinski • Bradford Manning • Leland Melvin • Bryan Smith • Mark Warner • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation • Eric Martin

10:30am EDT

Founding Stories - CREATIVITY: Building Outside the BoxNow Open The Paramount TheaterMark Brzezinski • Vincent Kadlubek • Willowtree • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation A Better Startup Ecosystem for Student FoundersNow Open Old Metropolitan HallLaura Brogdon-Primavera • Hack Cville • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation • Eric Martin Master Class: Design the Future You LoveAlmost Full Common House - Vinegar Hall NorthUVA’s Batten Institute at the Darden School of Business • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation • Marie Schacht The Founders Who Aren't: Inclusion in EntrepreneurshipNow Open Second Street GalleryCourtenay Siegfried • Chelsea Conrad • Shamaine Daniels • Knatokie Ford • desiree venn frederic • Brad Wolverton • UVA’s Batten Institute at the Darden School of Business • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

11:00am EDT

Founding Stories: Success to ScaleNow Open The Paramount TheaterMark Brzezinski • Eric Martin • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation • Shan-Lyn Ma • Nancy Twine

2:00pm EDT

Master Class: The Creative CurveAlmost Full Common House - Vinegar Hall NorthAllen Gannett • UVA’s Batten Institute at the Darden School of Business • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Founding Stories - VISION: From success to scaleNow Open The Paramount TheaterNatalie Brzezinski • Steve Huffman • Jigar Shah • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation • Eric Martin Master Class: The ABCs of Socially Responsible InvestingNow Open Second Street GalleryKathleen Neumann • UVA’s Batten Institute at the Darden School of Business • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

3:00pm EDT

Master Class: Growth HackingFull Old Metropolitan HallJoshua Anton • Brett Gibson • Bryan Myers • UVA’s Batten Institute at the Darden School of Business • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Founding Stories - PURPOSE: Founding for ImpactNow Open The Paramount TheaterMark Brzezinski • Zac Bookman • Renee Diresta • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation • Eric Martin

3:30pm EDT

Roundtable: Virginia Is For Impact Investing LoversAlmost Full Second Street GalleryMatt Illian • Jen Giovannetti • Sandy Wiggins • Sydney • Ed Gerardo • Roberta Keller • Elena Loutskina • Alexander Neckles • Kathleen Neumann • Caroline Nowery • Stephanie Randolph • UVA’s Batten Institute at the Darden School of Business • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation