Willy Schlacks is a serial entrepreneur and the Co-Founder & President of
EquipmentShare (worth over $2B).

Willy has founded 5+ companies and has raised $350M+ from top VC firms. He was born and raised in Missouri.

Jai Malik is the Founder & General Partner of Countdown Capital. ​

Previously, Jai was an early product hire at two deep tech VC-backed startups (Accrete & Forge.AI) as well as an investor at Rocana Ventures. He is based in Missouri.

Jabbok Schlacks is the Co-Founder & CEO of EquipmentShare (worth over @2B).

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Jabbok has founded 4 companies and has raised over $300M from top VC firms. He was born & raised in Missouri.

Brett Calhoun is the Director of Ops at Scale.

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Brett has co-founded two fintech startups, early employee at VC-backed Paytient, and has investing experience with pre-seed to seed funds.
He is based in Missouri.

Co-Founder & CEO

of Zapier ($5B+ valuation).

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He is based in Missouri.

Head of Partnership & Founding Member at MainStreet.

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Dedicated to helping founders in the Midwest.

CEO & Co-Founder of

SUMMERSALT (Raised $40M+)

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She is based in Missouri.

Founder of Paytient (Series B stage)

He is based in Missouri.

Founder of Paytient (Series B+ Stage).

He is based in Missouri.

Co-Founder of Calendar.com,

influencer, and Author.

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He is based in Missouri.