Today’s Agenda: Operators Event


We’re only two hours away from the online gathering of the year!

To help you make the most of our time together, two things.

First, it’s not too late to submit your questions for the live AMA + Q&A Operators Assemble Podcast.

Hit reply right now if you’ve got one!

Second, here’s the full agenda with links to join every keynote, Q&A booth, breakout track, lightning panel, and the headliner.

All times are EST …

12pm (EST): Leadership Keynotes

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★ Katy Mimari, CEO of Caden Lane
★ Curtis Matsko, CEO of Portland Leather

12:45pm (EST): Q&A Booths

⦿ Fulfil: 9ops.co/fulfil
⦿ Motion: 9ops.co/motion
⦿ Northbeam: 9ops.co/northbeam
⦿ Rivo: 9ops.co/rivo
⦿ Aftersell: 9ops.co/aftersell
⦿ Fondue: 9ops.co/fondue

1pm (EST): Operator Breakouts

Join the 9 Operators, Marketing Operators, or Finance Operators hosts for a hands-on training session with resources, tools, and exercises.

★ Leadership: 9ops.co/leadership
★ Marketing: 9ops.co/marketing
★ Finance: 9ops.co/finance

1:45pm (EST): Dan Martell, Headliner

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Best-selling author of “Buy Back Your Time” — currently #1 in Amazon Entrepreneurship — Dan is an executive coach to the world’s leading CEOs and owns a portfolio of companies generating $100M+ in revenue.

2:15pm (EST): Q&A Booths

⦿ Fulfil: 9ops.co/fulfil
⦿ Motion: 9ops.co/motion
⦿ Northbeam: 9ops.co/northbeam
⦿ Rivo: 9ops.co/rivo
⦿ Aftersell: 9ops.co/aftersell
⦿ Fondue: 9ops.co/fondue

2:30pm (EST): Growth Keynotes

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★ Cherene Aubert, SVP at ILIA Beauty
★ Krista Dalton, CMO at Tecovas

3:00pm (EST): Live AMA Podcast

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4:00pm (EST): Lightning Panel

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★ Sarah Levinger, Tether
★ Mandi Moshay, Honeylove
★ Grace Clarke, Shopify
★ Isaac Medeiros, Kanpai
★ Bryan Cano, True Classic
★ Miki Agrawal, Tushy
★ Filippo Bigolin, Aurate
★ Alexis Katsafanas, Unilever Prestige
★ Marcus Harvey, Portland Gear
★ Simon Paquin, Félix & Norton
★ Isaac Mertens, Flux Footwear

With thanks and anticipation,
Aaron Orendorff (Executive Editor)


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