2022 Agenda
This year's lineup of speakers, facilitators and panelists includes top industry experts and entrepreneurs from across the Southeast.
NEXT Venture Summit Agenda
Greenville ONE Center
SEPT 22ND
Morning Session
8:30AM
Negotiating Success
Facilitator: Marty Osborn, Managing Director, Accenture
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7:30AM
Registration Opens
Founders Sessions
Learn specific strategies on how to catapult your business and implement tools to avoid becoming disarmed in any negotiation.
Sponsored by: Shumaker
How Great Design Builds Great Companies
Morning Session
9:30AM
Facilitator: Peter Barth of Flatiron
Panelists:
Matthew Smith, Really Good Emails
Agata Bugaj, Fullstory
Cat Noon, Stark
Jess Brown, Revance
Peter and this accomplished panel will help participants learn how to use design as a competitive advantage.
Morning Session
10:15AM
Winning the Talent War: Building a Competitive Advantage
Facilitator: John Uprichard, CEO of Find Great People
Panelists:
Mike Baur, Scansource (CEO)
John Collier, Proactive MD
Expect to gain actionable insights from this panel that you can put to use right away in building a highly competitive team.
Morning Session
11:00AM
Venture Capital in 2022: An Insiders Guide on How Founders Can Best Navigate the Changing Landscape of Venture”
Facilitator: John Yates of Morris, Manning & Martin
John, who heads Morris, Manning & Martin’s Technology Group, will lead a panel discussion on recent trends and tips from top VCs in the region.
NEXT Venture Summit
Greenville ONE Center
SEPT 22ND
12:00PM
Registration Opens
Kickoff Keynote
Kickoff Keynote
12:30PM
David Politis (CEO) & Bart Hacking (CFO) of BetterCloud
David is the founder and CEO of BetterCloud, where he is responsible for overall product vision and business strategy. A pioneer in the cloud services industry, David has vast experience launching and building high-growth technology companies. Bart has more than 15 years of leadership experience at leading technology companies. At BetterCloud, he is responsible for strategic and capital planning, fundraising, finance and accounting, HR, legal, business operations.
Finalist Presentation Q&As
1:30PM
Earnnest, Ecobot, and Girlology will take the stage to answer investor questions from our judges.
2:15PM
Energy Break
Sponsored by: Elliott Davis
Finalist Presentation Q&As
2:30PM
Hook Security, Lucid Drone Technologies, and Momtech are up next to answer questions from our investor judges.
Energy Break
3:15PM
Sponsored by: Elliott Davis
Finalist Presentation Q&As
3:30PM
Omedym and Proaxion will take the stage in the next round of investor questions.
3:55PM
Energy Break
Sponsored by: Elliott Davis
Finalist Presentation Q&As
4:05PM
Scopestack and TestedHQ will round out our showcase Q&A sessions with investors.
Closing Keynote
Afternoon Keynote
4:40PM
A business strategy guru, Marty is responsible for strategic direction and business development as well as ensuring the success of client initiatives for Advoco/Accenture. He has a deep understanding of the EAM industry and the challenges organizations face in the pursuit to drive efficiency to bottom-line performance.
Closing Remarks and Judge's Selection Announcement
5:15PM
NEXT Executive Director Eric Weissmann will close our conference with remarks and the annoucement of the Judge's Selection, the startup who will advance to the on-stage showcase competition at Venture Atlanta.
NEXT Venture Summit Afterparty
6:00PM-8:00PM
Sponsored by: Greenville Area Development Corporation
Avenue, 110 Court St Greenville SC 29601
