Vote for sessions: Founders Retreat 2025
AI habits for founders: 10x your time & product quality
Level of the session: intermediate.
Being an entrepreneur is tough—you constantly feel like there’s never enough time and that you could always be doing more, whether it’s working on your product, engaging customers, or managing finances. In this hands-on workshop, I’ll show you how to integrate AI tools into your daily workflow in a way that boosts productivity and makes those habits stick. Expect actionable insights, interactive demos, and a step-by-step strategy that you can start using immediately.
Marina Borges
https://www.linkedin.com/in/marinaborges/
Breaking Through your Invisible Glass Ceiling
Level of the session: beginner.
At every stage in business there are challenges to overcome. Yet sometimes, no matter how hard we try, work, fight and do what we think is ‘right’, it seems like an invisible chord is pulling us back. No matter how deeply we understand what is going on, we can’t seem to get past it or fix it. This is very often hidden trauma from before we are 7, that we often don’t even know the story to.
If you want to break through, we need to do something very different. This workshop teaches that!
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Suze Maclaine Pont
https://www.linkedin.com/in/suzemaclainepont/
Build & Sell: How To Get Your First $1M Exit (from someone who actually did it)
Level of the session: intermediate.
Learn the secrets to achieving your first $1M exit from a successful entrepreneur who’s been there, done that – get ready to build and sell!
Nour Shaaban
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nourshaaban/
Do You Want to Be Right or to Be a Leader?
Level of the session: beginner.
In this interactive workshop, participants will explore the art of leadership through dialogue, learning to align company culture with their vision and values to foster collaboration, efficiency, and authentic human connection. We will examine the distinction between “power with” and “power over,” tapping into the inner power needed to steward meaningful outer change.
Sofia Mourato
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sofia-mourato/
Grow your business and make an impact
Level of the session: intermediate.
We all have a personal and creative touch, which makes our business unique. By creating a working system based on your values, you can have a real impact on the world around you and grow your business in a sustainable way.
Veronica Guguian
https://www.linkedin.com/in/veronica-guguian/
How to make your brand stand out?
Level of the session: advanced.
How you can elevate your communication, marketing and branding.
- how to build your brand story
- how to distinguish yourself
- consistency is key
Ingmar Larsen
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ingmarlarsen
How to save 2 hours a day and finally start to work smarter
Level of the session: beginner.
The talk will be a super practical workshop showcasing the latest AI tools that would save time and money.
Focus: marketing, business growth
Anastasia Petrova
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anastasia-petrova-amsterdam/
Leverage Your Strengths & Values: Empowering Entrepreneurs to Lead from within
Level of the session: intermediate.
As a founder, your personal strengths and inner values are at the heart of your business success. But how well do you really understand and align with these core values, and are you fully leveraging them in your entrepreneurial journey?
This hands-on workshop is designed to help business owners discover their unique strengths and virtues, aligning them with their values to lead with authenticity and purpose.
Monika Matuszewska
https://www.linkedin.com/in/matuszewska/
Passion, Purpose & Collaboration
Level of the session: beginner.
This workshop will first guide individuals trough self reflection and identification of passion and values, followed by random selection grouping to collate their passions and values to find purpose through collaboration. This workshop has been known to be the foundations of ideating future collaboration business / start up opportunities.
Bianca Peel
https://www.linkedin.com/in/biancapeel
Risk and Compliance for Founders
Level of the session: beginner.
As a founder do you know which data privacy and cybersecurity compliances are a must have, nice to have and can be skipped?
Let’s get you started on this journey towards compliance and risk management. This is one of the most overlooked domain and the most pricy one if not done well.
Raluca Mihu
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ralucamihu/
Self-doubt into standout
Level of the session: beginner.
It’s a transformational interactive workshop. During this workshop, each participant will identify the limiting belief holding them back from success and will receive clear direction on how to move forward and break through.
Vira Chesnokova
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vira-chesnokova/
The Hero's Journey: From Stress & Obstacles to Inner Peace & Meaningful Impact'
Level of the session: beginner.
Join us for an inspiring presentation that explores the timeless Hero’s Journey framework-found in mythologies, religions, novels and personal transformation.
Discover how this Journey reflects on your own path, from overcoming challenges to finding inner peace and creating meaningful impact.
Learn practical tools and insights to apply in your everyday life and profession.
Paul Resnick
https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-resnick-790b2b251/
The Light and Dark Arts of Communication
Level of the session: beginner.
This interactive session focuses on communication.
For the “light side,” we focus on using empathy to connect with the underlying feelings and needs people have when communicating.
For the “dark side,” we focus on using frames to position a conversation.
Janet Bumpas
https://www.linkedin.com/in/janet-bumpas/
The Rise of the Billionaire Solo Entrepreneur by 2030
Level of the session: beginner.
In the next 3 years, you could be the CEO of an AI-powered global empire—run by just one employee: YOU!
To embark on this groundbreaking journey, preparation starts NOW. Master the practices and strategies that will turn your vision into reality.
By 2030, we expect to see the first billion-euro enterprises built on this model.
This presentation will show you how you can make it happen!
Benno Pieters
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bennopieters/
Winning the War for Talent: Tax and Employee Participation Strategies for Scaleups
Level of the session: beginner.
In this workshop, we will explore how scaleups can effectively navigate the competitive “war for talent” by using strategic tax planning and employee participation schemes.
We will cover key tax benefits and incentives that can help scaleups offer attractive compensation packages, including employee share plans, profit-sharing, and equity participation.
Additionally, we will discuss how these strategies not only enhance talent acquisition and retention but also foster long-term commitment.
Richard Bierlaagh
https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-bierlaagh/
