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Brands & Founders.
“I’ve met a lot of Founders today. I think a predominant amount of these brands are female-owned or female-led which honestly gives me tremendous joy.”
Julia Haart, Founder, +Body by Julia Haart
"I think the show is much more intimate, so there's more opportunity to talk to people, get to know people and build connections that are a little bit more meaningful."
Karina Kogan, Chief Commercial & Marketing Officer, Pvolve
"This show is great because it’s so intimate...it’s really casual, laidback and fun."
Wende Zomnir, Founder Partner, Urban Decay & Founder, Caliray
“Some of these bigger conventions you can get lost in the mix, here I feel like you can have really meaningful conversations.”
Brittany Stewart, Co-Founder, Burst Oral Care
"FounderMade definitely stands out among the other conventions because it feels personal. You're getting this really amazing information from the top people in the business."
Dorion Renaud, Founder & CEO, Buttah Skincare
“…if you are a Founder that has an existing business and you want to share, mentor and guide others - FounderMade is just the event for you.”
Tisha Thompson, Founder & CEO, LYS Beauty
“FounderMade and organisations and groups like this are imperative to our success as Founders.”
Lisa Price, Founder, Carol’s Daughter
“FounderMade brings a lot of people together that truly want to learn and want to share.”
JuE Wong, CEO, Olaplex
"What I think is so cool about FounderMade is that it's a combination of connecting people."
Bobbi Brown, Founder, Evolution_18, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics
“We had an incredible experience at FounderMade and are so happy that it was our first tradeshow experience! We got to meet our dream retailers like The Detox Market, Terrain, and Whole Foods Market, demonstrate our amazing acupressure products to all attendees, and network with investors and likeminded founders! Months later, we are still tapping into those connections and engaging with the FounderMade community.”
— Jordan Hayward, Business Development Manager, WTHN
“Today I met with 15 buyers, the decision makers. They are helping me grow my business, period.”
Michael Bumgarner, Founder and CEO, Cannuka
"It's always great when you can interact and meet other founders and hear other founders speak and learn about other brands and businesses."
Alli Webb, Founder, Drybar
“FounderMade gives you a platform to integrate and ask questions that you can’t ask anywhere else.”
Noella Gabriel, Co-Founder and President, Elemis
“Because of FounderMade, we’ve gotten into one of the largest retailers we’ve ever gotten into, CVS. Three weeks after we sent samples, we got word that we’re getting pressed out to 4,000 stores.”
“This is an opportunity for you to kind of get in the club and meet some people on the ground up.”
Harry Josh, Founder, Harry Josh Hair
“FounderMade has opened the door to many, many, many different types of connections that are going to make a big difference in 2018, I have no doubt.
August Vega, Founder, Malk Organics
“The highlight of Foundermade was meeting the GOOP buyers and getting chosen for the GOOP Holiday Catalog!”
“The vibe is amazing, everyone is networking & it's just an amazing conference.”
Maria Hatzistefanis, Founder, Rodial
“FounderMade is a pretty unique place to meet people.”
Michael Bufano , Ex CFO-Plus of Allbirds
"What's so special about this event is the intimacy...it's networking in real life."
Greg LaVecchia, Co-Founder, Bloom Nutrition
“I would rate FounderMade a 10/10 - every consumer brand should be part of FounderMade. The list you walk away with provides the expansive opportunity to find the needle in the haystack that will change the direction of your business.”
— Nick Cole, CEO, Elite Relief
“It’s a very unique show to showcase our brand in a vastly different way than most trade shows that we attend.”
Zach Adelman, CEO and Founder, Navitas Organics
“We did the show in LA & had great success. We met CVS & most recently in May 2019 launched in 3,800 stores.”
Patricia Leighton, CEO, SFH
“You’re really seeing things that are at the forefront of the trends that are starting to happen in the industry.”
Rosie O'Neill, Co-Founder and CCO, Sugarfina
"FounderMade has incredible speakers...it is such a great gathering of top minds across different industries."
Walter Faulstroh, Co-Founder, HUM Nutrition
Retailers.
“What sets this show apart from other shows is that it is highly curated.”
Jaclyn Diamond, Omni Buyer, Trend Skincare, Macy’s
"One of the things I love about FounderMade is giving us access to really up-and-coming, niche brands.”
Katie Echevarria Rosen Kitchens, Co-Founder, FabFitFun
"FounderMade: it’s ahead of its time.”
Tracy Kline, SVP Merchandising, Bluemercury
“This is a way to get an early pulse on something we may not get the chance to see somewhere else. “
Brooks Smith, Director of Front Store Healthcare Innovation, CVS Health
"This is a remarkable forum to make that happen. All these brands, innovators, entrepreneurs, investors sort of in one community, I think in a very organic and very uplifiting fashion. That's what's exciting about it."
Marc Farrell, Vice President, US Retail Lobby & eCommerce, Starbucks
“What better way to find the next big beauty brand than at a summit like FounderMade where you have the hottest, niche new speciality brands on the market. It’s a really great event, a lot of innovation & new ideas.”
Anna Baker, Director of Merchandising Strategy & Category Development, QVC
"An incredible event that gets a lot of retailers, product makers, and entrepreneurs together."
Elly Truesdell, Global Product Innovation & Development, Whole Foods
D2C Executives.
“This is an intimate and really well curated space.”
Christopher Gavigan, Co-Founder and CPO, The Honest Company
"This is how business happens."
Sarah Michelle Gellar, Co-Founder, Foodstirs
“From FounderMade we have been featured on Gilt + Ruelala, have gotten funding from Clearbanc, got written up in Alleywatch, started conversations with Stasher, Weight Watchers + Macy's, and so much more.”
Resource Partners.
“FounderMade and BeautyMade have done such an amazing curation of brands.”
Shana Randhava, Vice President of New Incubation Ventures, Estée Lauder
“I think because the space is so intimate and again, there’s that fun element, I think people are more open…it feels like a great community.”
Erik Huberman, Founder & CEO of Hawke Media
“I think because the space is so intimate and again, there’s that fun element, I think people are more open…it feels like a great community.”
Michelle Lee, Founder, Monologue
“I think what makes FounderMade so special is …that you see all these people’s passions coming together in one room.”
Matt Suraci, Head of Commercial- North America, Klarna
“I think what makes FounderMade so special is …that you see all these people’s passions coming together in one room.”
George Wojciechowski, Co-Founder & CEO of Manifest
“[FounderMade] is such a unique community of business owners who are helping eachother to become successful.”
Josh Hilliard, Head of Small Business Marketing, TikTok
“I have extremely picky sales colleagues that are hard to please and FounderMade leads at Hawke are highly sought after. We have hundreds of lead sources and based on our historical data FounderMade leads have been among the highest converting.”
VP Partnerships, Hawke Media
“FounderMade has quickly become one of the most important spaces for us to show up, share best practices with industry peers and learn from some of the best and brightest disruptors.”
Partner Marketing, Honey
“Their commitment to helping fast-growing D2C companies looking to scale is unparalleled and has allowed us to build high-value, long-term clients.”
“We speak at a lot of events and do a ton of panels and webinars. Only with FounderMade do we have people reach out to us via email and LinkedIn right away the moment the panel is over. The level of engagement in this community is amazing.”
“FounderMade has been and continues to be our top performing partnership to date. This team delivers on its commitment to achieving mutual goals. Foundermade will be a part of our growth strategy indefinitely.”
Global VP Partnerships, Clearco
Media.
"We have found in the many years that we worked with FounderMade that they really, truly have emerging brands."
Mindy Zemrak, Supervising Casting producer, Shark Tank
“I’m a huge fan of FounderMade because of all the amazing brands you can discover.“
Karin Eldor, Senior Contributor, Forbes
“It’s nice that the financial players are coming by, because the idea of matchmaking some of these people, even in the early stages before anybody is ready to do a deal, is very interesting and maybe not something that you’re not necessarily honing in on in other places.”
Allison Collins, Beauty Financial Editor, WWD
“At Entrepreneur we are always excited to explore every single sector. FounderMade has done a wonderful job of collecting experts in all types of sectors, so it’s a wonderful way to connect with lots of different expertise in one place.”
Linda Lacina, Editor, Entrepreneur Media
“This experience was both inspiring and educational. I'm thrilled to have been introduced to innovative, good-for-you products that I can share with readers!”
Beauty Editor, US Weekly
“This experience was both inspiring and educational. I'm thrilled to have been introduced to innovative, good-for-you products that I can share with readers!”
Beauty Editor, US Weekly
Investors
"What sets FounderMade apart is that you just always know it's gonna' be the right people in the right industries."
Carter Reum, Founder, M13 Ventures
“FounderMade has built a great platform for us to accelerate introductions to today’s entrepreneurs, to interact with key leaders, and to stay abreast of some of the most important trends and innovations in our market.”
Jon Canarick, Managing Director, North Castle Partners
“FounderMade has built a great platform for us to accelerate introductions to today’s entrepreneurs, to interact with key leaders, and to stay abreast of some of the most important trends and innovations in our market.”
Jon Canarick, Managing Director, North Castle Partners
"A nice curated listed of folks so it doesn't really feel like you're fighting the masses, you actually have some time to actually get to know people."
Robin Tsai, Principal, VMG Partners