MAY 20 · 10:00 CTFounder studio
From audience to a real business
Build beyond attention: customer insight, a focused product, distribution and the work of operating a company.
View and save this sessionEntrepreneurial Masterclass · A dedicated program trackEntrepreneurial
Entrepreneurial
Masterclass.
Founders on the decisions that turn an insight into a company: product, customers, capital, hiring and an audience that believes in the work.
LEARN FROM THE PEOPLE BUILDING ITBig ideas.
Big ideas.
Real company builders.
Four proposed sessions on product, customers, storytelling and capital, with the founders behind the work. All speakers and session assignments remain unconfirmed.
May 20–21, 2027 · Austin · ProposedFrom zero to
From zero to
something that matters.
Proposed sessions with Jake Paul, Logan Paul, Geoff Woo, Palmer Luckey, Brett Adcock and Alexandr Wang. Participation and session assignments are unconfirmed.
MAY 20 · 14:00 CTFounder studio
The first product. The first paying customer.
Find the problem, build the prototype and earn the first customer before scaling the team.
View and save this sessionMAY 21 · 10:00 CTFounder studio
The founder as a storyteller
Explain what you are building, develop trust with an audience and turn a clear story into sustained demand.
View and save this sessionMAY 21 · 14:00 CTFounder studio
Raise capital. Build to last.
Match funding to milestones, make early hiring decisions and build an organization that can execute.
View and save this sessionBring your own ambitionLeave with your
Leave with your
next real step.
For first-time founders, inventors, students, operators and people turning practical experience into a business.
THE NEXT GREAT AMERICAN BUILDER PRIZEYour next milestone
Your next milestone
starts here.
Ten categories. A proposed $1 million award in each. Submit your work for preliminary review.