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Agenda Speakers Venue FAQ Watch Sponsors Register GROW YOUR COMPANY CONFERENCE The Essential Conference for Company Builders May 30 – June 1, 2018 | Marriott New Orleans | #GrowCo18 WATCH 2017 RECAP REGISTER NOW About What is GrowCo ? With 40 years of experience covering entrepreneurship, and educating and empowering entrepreneurs, Inc. understands what business builders need and what will make them more effective. That’s why we created the Inc. Grow Your Company Conference (GrowCo), a three-day event that brings together entrepreneurs like you, hungry for the advice, proven strategies, and necessary connections to grow a business. Motivating keynotes and educational breakouts will leave you inspired in so many ways —and with shortcuts and insights to take your business further than you ever imagined. Attendees 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 + CEOs 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 % Speakers 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Sessions 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 + 2018 Speakers Featuring industry disruptors, seasoned entrepreneurs, and the best and brightest business talent. You will walk away with a newfound energy to lead and run your company better. SEE ALL SPEAKERS SHARK TANK Daymond John Daymond John co-star, Shark Tank HARRY’S Jeff Raider Jeff Raider co-founder, Harry’s Drybar Alli Webb Alli Webb founder, Drybar BOXED Chieh Huang Chieh Huang Co-founder and CEO, Boxed HARRY’S Cal Henderson Cal Henderson co-founder, Slack CALIFORNIA BABY Jessica Iclisoy Jessica Iclisoy founder and CEO, California Baby® What’s Happening at GrowCo 2018 ? We at Inc. promise: GrowCo is no ordinary business conference. It’s about tactical business advice and focusing on what it takes to boost your business growth for years to come. REGISTER NOW Exceptional Keynotes This year’s lineup features industry disruptors, seasoned entrepreneurs, and the best and brightest business talent. You will walk away with a newfound energy to lead and run your company better. New Educational Content With 20-plus informative and interactive sessions focused on four vital themes— Kick-Start Growth , Keep Growing , Grow Smarter , Grow Profits —you’ll gain the know-how you need to achieve extraordinary business growth and profitability. Power Networking Enjoy daily coffee hours, happy hours, and the always-fun GrowCo party, where you will have the opportunity to connect and mingle with hundreds of business leaders who, like you, are focused on taking their companies to the next level. A New Orleans Good Time While you’re getting down to business at GrowCo, use your free time to get down in New Orleans. Devour warm beignets, explore eccentric shops, listen to live jazz, and eat everything! This is your chance to experience all that the vibrant Crescent City has to offer. What Attendees Are Saying “GrowCo is an excellent venue to learn from proven entrepreneurial experts and to network with other entrepreneurs that have similar challenges.“ GREG STIVERS Chief Strategy Officer, ProfitOptics “Our leadership team came to learn something that would better our business. We learned far more than we anticipated and plan to bring more staff next year.“ JACKIE PRUTSMAN President, Fan Fest “This was my 6th Growco. I principally attend for the content – not necessarily the networking – but the content has always been awesome and the networking equally so. Each conference has been awesome. Changed my life.“ RUSSELL STRAUB CEO, CleanEnergyAuthority.com “Key members of our team enjoy attending the Growco conference because it allows us to learn the inns and outs of what makes a successful company from well known and successful entrepreneurs. The sessions energize us and we return to the office with action items that help improve our company. Great opportunity!“ JUDY WEITZ CEO, Compucast Web “It was the best 2 ½ days spent to take your business to the next level. WOW and unbelievable the best words to describe the Inc. Magazine Grow Your Business Conference.“ DEBRA W. GOULD President & CEO, Debra Gould & Associates “I have never been a room full of such amazing people, all focused on growing their businesses. I look at the cards I got and they read like a who’s who in business. AMAZING.“ RICHARD S. VALLASTER III Partner, eduWeb “When you come to Inc. events expect to get 3 things. Inspiration, education, & connection.“ #GrowCo16 JERE SIMPSON CEO, KITEWIRE GrowCo 2017 Agenda This year’s all-new program provides you with more tactical education than ever before. The program includes Keynotes, One-on-One Conversations, Panel Discussions, Problem Solving Sessions, and Learning Workshops! Day 1 / Monday, May 8, 2017 Day 2 / Tuesday, May 9, 2017 Day 3 / Wednesday, May 10, 2017 Day 1 / Monday, May 8, 2017 Registration Open 10 AM-7:30 PM | Main Hall INC.EDU COURSE Brand building and Customer Experience: How to stand out from the Crowd 1-4 PM | Hilary Folger Get an insider’s view of how world-class brands are created, and then roll up your sleeves alongside a senior brand strategy expert who has years of experience working with Fortune 500 companies. You’ll learn to define critically important elements of your brand, including your purpose, differentiators, and brand personality, and pick up easy-to-implement strategies to create emotionally powerful, loyalty-building, and memorable customer experiences that can back it up. Inc. edu courses are included in the Conference Pass Plus registration. INC.EDU COURSE How to Achieve Business Growth and Profitability in Uncertain Times 1-4 PM | Dave McKeown Learn through a step-by-step process the proven methodology – as explained in Les McKeown’s Wall Street Journal best-selling book Predictable Success – that will bring sustained growth and profitability to your organization. Led by Predictable Success COO Dave McKeown, this session will cover the seven stages that every business goes through, and how to clarify different roles and interactions within your organization. Inc. edu courses are included in the Conference Pass Plus registration. INC.EDU COURSE Persuasive Communication: Strategies to Change Behavior and Results 1-4 PM | Mary Adams and Jason Forrest Although they may come across natural and unscripted, most successful convincers don’t just wing it. Some level of preparation or skill is involved. Using customized exercises, learn the process of creating persuasive language. Find out how to confidently and persuasively communicate your expectations rather than just dictate ideas and philosophies. Discover what it really takes to lead your people to become better versions of themselves. Learn how to unleash human performance in sales, management, customer service, and company culture. Gain the dialogue, tactics, strategies, and tools necessary to mobilize investors, customers/clients, and your team to achieve any goal. Inc. edu courses are included in the Conference Pass Plus registration. GrowCo Conference Welcome Reception 5:30-7:30 PM | Inc. Marketplace During this fun and casual gathering, grab a bite, enjoy a cocktail, and mingle with colleagues and hundreds of your peers. Also, be sure to meet and interact with our conference sponsors throughout the evening. Make the most of your time here by enjoying the official kickoff to Inc. ’s Grow Your Company Conference. Big Easy Bonding: Networking Pub Crawl 8-10 PM In the mood for some bonding? Meet your fellow conference attendees during our exclusive GrowCo Pub Crawl. Some of NOLA’s best bars (within a short walking distance of one another) are opening their doors just for us to mix and mingle while enjoying conference drink specials. You’ll get the chance to network with Inc. editors and other attendees as you hang in and around the French Quarter. Plus, everyone will have the option to start and stop at any location they choose during the crawl. What better way to network and explore the city of New Orleans than with cocktails and...