The 2025 Foundercon is HERE and we can't wait to step into a 2-Day in-person experience filled with purpose, intentionality and kingdom connection! A gathering of the messengers to seek and find, to connect and build, and to strategize bringing more of heaven to earth!
join us nov. 6 & 7th for founderCon 2025 - an in-person conference & experience!
This is a Faith + business collision conference. Leadership, influence, and impact for messengers, founders, innovators and trailblazers on mission for Christ
Join fellow Pastors, Creatives, Entrepreneurs, Speakers, Podcasters, Ministry Leaders, Authors, CEO's, and Business Owners as we collide in a space for a mastermind type environment with renewal, workshop activation and enrichmenT!
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Calling all His Messengers!
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you."
Matthew 7:7
Amberly Lago is a widely recognized expert in helping entrepreneurs build their business with grit and resilience. As the Founder of “The Unstoppable Life Mastermind,” Amberly has worked with thousands of clients over her career to find success through harnessing their grit. Her podcast, The Amberly Lago Show, is recognized by Apple as one of the Top 1% of podcasts in the world. An International speaker on Grit, Resilience, and Connection, Amberly has shared stages with bestselling authors, thought leaders, and has spoken for multimillion dollar companies like Lululemon, Google, and Athleta. Her TEDx talk has hundreds of thousands of views to date. A sought after thought leader and bestselling author in 19 categories, her insights have been featured in national media outlets like Forbes, USA Today (named Top Most Influential Speaker In the nation), The Doctors, Hallmark and The TODAY Show. She has singlehandedly built not only a massive but committed following through her dedication to authentically connecting with people and teaching them how to overcome personal and professional obstacles with resilience. Amberly has overcome major trauma in her life and emerged on top by leveraging her proprietary P.A.C.E.R. Method which teaches how authentically connecting with others leads to unstoppable resilience and success.
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Dayne Kamela is a social media content creator who shares inspiring daily messages around prayer, hope, and encouragement.
Dayne Kamela is the founder of Litwithprayer, an organization with a mission to help people develop a strong relationship with God through education and tools so that they can discover and fulfill their God-given potential.
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Jason Sisneros is a battle-tested Chairman obsessed with the game of business. His focus is consistently and predictably building 5% companies and 1% business owners. Renowned as one of the brightest minds in business and innovation, Jason has worked with Fortune 500 companies like Nike, Comcast, and Microsoft. His passion, however, is for the over 100 small—to mid-cap companies he has helped optimize for maximum cash flow or wealth-harvesting exits. Jason is sought after by business owners worldwide as a trusted resource for creating competitive advantages for their companies. His proprietary systems are called “Built To Exit” or B2X. He currently owns multiple businesses, has personally exited more than two dozen companies, and has spoken for hundreds of thousands of business owners on stages and podcasts around the world. Jason's commitment extends beyond business. He volunteers as an undercover operative and helps fund a child sex trafficking rescue unit called SERT Ministries. Actively involved in anti-domestic violence and food insecurity initiatives, Jason believes ethical capitalism improves the world. He champions that successful business owners are among the most generous, driving positive change globally. He considers a well-trained, robust small and mid-sized enterprise environment, where we all do business with each other, one of the most potent engines of freedom.
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Ford Taylor is a leadership solutions trainer, strategist and speaker. With a primary emphasis on the people that serve an organization while simultaneously maintaining a clear focus of the business or organization itself, Ford shares straight-forward practical solutions through authentic leadership training and individualized leadership consulting. With an empathetic intelligence derived from decades of experience with an array of people, personalities and companies both large and small, Ford helps to both define and navigate leadership in the business culture of today.
His trainings and talks are centered on removing constraints, equipping leaders and empowering people to become happy, successful, high performing individuals with healthy relationships both inside and outside of the workplace.
As a keynote speaker, Ford Taylor identifies and shares the tools and tactics to develop transformational leaders within every organization at every level.
From mom and pop to multimillion dollar businesses and mom and pop businesses that became multimillion dollar businesses, Ford has learned many lessons and tested just as many tools as he shares with every single person he meets. In his understanding that many have learned to manage people, he takes his trainings a number of steps further to show leaders how to lead people and how to manage the processes, systems, and procedures around them.
Ford Taylor is the founder of FSH Strategy Consultants and Transformational Leadership. He is the author of Relactional Leadership and directs a charitable international effort to provide Transformational Leadership to emerging countries worldwide.
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Doug Elks is a speaker, AIM podcast host, entrepreneur, and hybrid athlete. He attended Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina. As an NCAA Division I student athlete, he served as a basketball team captain at WCU while earning his undergraduate degree with a double major in business management and marketing. Doug now travels as a speaker, sharing his message with colleges and high schools, sports teams, student organizations, Fellowship of Christian Athletes groups, church groups and men's ministries, and more. Doug is also the founder and president of AIM Missions, a nonprofit men's ministry created to serve men through evangelism, discipleship, and international/ domestic outreach and service initiatives. In his free time, Doug finds value in his walk with Christ and enjoys challenging physical activities that build faith, endurance, and confidence. Such activities have included half marathons, full marathons, a 50-mile trail race in San Francisco, and the Run Your Race 100-mile Ultramarathon.
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For over a dozen years, Liz has served as a Business and Leadership Advisor to thousands of ambitious entrepreneurs internationally - including greats like John C. Maxwell - helping them exponentially grow in business while unlocking their God-given potential. Liz is the award-winning founder and CEO of the Luminary Leadership Co.. and is proud to work alongside her incredible team and husband, while also homeschooling their 4 kids from their farm property. Through her competitive masterminds, mentorship, and online programs, Liz has broken the mold of what it looks like to be truly successful in business, while honoring the areas of life that matter most. Her expertise and unconventional wisdom have been featured in media outlets including Forbes, FastCompany, and Entrepreneur, and she’s personally mentored top industry leaders and has spoken on stages throughout the world.
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jamal maxsam is a friend; mentor and kingdom coach to leaders. his mission is to ignite believers to operate in the power of jesus as their normal and lead from their faith. he is known for his ability to bring strategy to accomplish their vision.
jamal started his leadership journey at the age of 16, managing a fast food restaurant, leading his peers as well as adults. after studying business leadership, he spent time in the corporate setting where his success continued. then jamal opened a new location of a food franchise which resulted in several awards form sales and performance.
jamal shifted to education and continued to grow in the ability to develop people. he taught for 9 years then served as a sschool principle. as a school leader jamal led change causing struggling schools to turn around, and accelerating the progress of others. he has led school with as many as 91 staff members, serving approximately 950 famliies. he also provided support to a school principle at a school that served approximately 2,100 families
in addition to running his business, jamal serves as the executive pastor of heirs covenant church where he equips people to fulfill their purposes and destiny.
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Joél Casanova was born in Chicago, IL and raised in Dallas, TX. He began training in HipHop at 13 years old at Revelation Dance Studio and danced on their competition team for the next 5 years. By the age of 16, he was choreographing professionally. At age 18, he accepted a teaching position in Virginia as the HipHop Instructor of Academie de Ballet. During his time there, he also performed in theatrical productions with Masterworks USA. At 19, he pursued a BA in Journalism and graduated in 2018.
In addition, he received training in Ballet and Modern from Mr. Elbert Watson, former principal dancer for Alvin Ailey. When Joél Casanova was 20 years old he created and founded BeatHunter Dance, a dance business focused on personalized dance training and innovative instruction through original curricula. BHD extends the opportunity to receive this unique training by intentionally being a mobile entity for local, national, and international dance communities. Joél has a deep passion for showing students of all ages the joy and freedom that dance gives.
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I am just a real dude who is blessed to be called boo, daddy, pastor, veteran, podcaster, and pioneer. These are not titles but terms of endearment and positioning moments in my life to seek out my God-given purpose: Boo to the amazing, talented, driven, and beautiful Morgan Hart. Daddy to one humble, intelligent son and two patience-cultivating daughters. Pastor at
Greenbrier Community Church in Chesapeake, VA (goGCC.org), with a Bachelor of Science in Christian Leadership and Management from Regent University. A veteran of the United States Navy after 21 years of service as a Chief Petty Officer trained to oversee and operate aircraft carrier nuclear reactors. Voice of the In the Red podcast seeks to bring fresh perspectives through stories of people who don’t look like you, act like you, or sound like you. (This is that uncomfortable place where we are challenged, and we can truly see that we are stronger together than apart.) Pioneer who pursues taking the message of Jesus out of the confines of an inanimate church building and into every area of life through the intimate connection with believers and their testimonies. Fellow Founder and Pastor of The Founder Collective—a mobilized church for visionary leaders.
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INTERNATIONAL SPEAKER, 6X # 1 BEST SELLING AUTHOR, TOP 1% PODCASTER & MARKETPLACE MINISTER!
Tamra's life journey, directly linked to leadership, entrepreneurship and relationship, have gifted her the title of "entrepreneurial rabbi". Her quarter-life crisis led to an early-life catapult in her teaching, speaking and serving career. She would have never imagined her greatest weaknesses would become her greatest opportunities to help others lead a life of Truth and fulfillment at the intersection of faith and business.
Her multiple best selling books, top .3% podcast, keynote speeches, events, publishing house and non-profit are all based on the foundation of our rooted identity and intended catapult within our calling. She brings magnetic joy-filled energy into every space offering life and business principles that will break every stronghold and barricade blocking a life of true sustenance over success.
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GAIN STRATEGIC INSIGHTS FROM DYNAMIC SEASONED LEADERS WHO HAVE NAVIGATED THE CHALLENGES OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP WHILE UPHOLDING THEIR SPIRITUAL CONVICTIONS.
REASONS TO ATTEND!
LEARN ABOUT MARKET TRENDS, INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES, AND BEST PRACTICES THAT CAN TAKE YOUR VENTURE TO THE NEXT LEVEL - EVEN DURING A RECESSION.
REASONS TO ATTEND
CONNECT WITH FELLOW CHRISTIAN ENTREPRENEURS, FOSTERING MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS THAT CAN LEAD TO COLLABORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, TEAM DEVELOPMENT
AND MENTORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.
REASONS TO ATTEND
DELVE INTO ROUND-TABLE TRAININGS COVERING A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS, INCLUDING MARKETING, FINANCE, OPERATIONS, AND LEADERSHIP. EXPERTS WILL PROVIDE ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS TO IMPLEMENT IMMEDIATELY.
REASONS TO ATTEND
REASONS TO ATTEND
EXPERIENCE PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS THAT WILL ENHANCE YOUR LEADERSHIP SKILLS, RESILIENCE, AND ABILITY TO MAKE BIBLICAL DECISIONS.
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what will happen this year??
Think 2-Day Mastermind blended with Spirit-filled Activations & Practical Workshops to Scale Your Faith + Business. You will leave filled and on fire with a game plan of next level growth!
THIS IS NOT YOUR TYPICAL MOTIVATIONAL CONFERENCE
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"Coming to Foundercon I was looking for a room that was safe to grow in. I speak on hundreds of stages year round and what I love about Foundercon is that it is intentionally put together with purpose geared toward transformations. The testimonies from this conference speak for themselves!"
What past attendees found...
JUSTIN R., OWN IT COACHING, USA TODAY'S BEST SELLING AUTHOR
"This is what I FOUND at FounderCon… A renewed sense of God in my business. Seeing all the ways that He is directing our business, as much as, He is our life. An excitement to more publicly share my faith through my platform. Connections with some amazing people who are in my corner and I’m in theirs’ as we continue to build and impact more lives."
What past attendees found...
BRITTANY S., CO-OWNER OF STINSON SPEAKS AGENCY
"last year at foundercon my whole family got baptized! this year i am seeking to find more Relationships, collaboration, and opportunities with new amazing humans who are faith based and operating to be the hands and feet of God!"
What past attendees found...
CHRISTIN K., REAL ESTATE ADVISOR
"At FounderCon, I found connection! People who I had interacted with through the Founder Collective calls, listening to podcasts, and reading their words in F.I.T. Press books were met with hugs and true connection due to our interactions!"
What past attendees found...
JULIE R., PROPHETIC ENCOURAGEMENT COACH & BEST SELLING AUTHOR
"FounderCon hit me deep! I legit felt the Holy Spirit the entire weekend. I felt welcome and loved on, and learned so much. Mainly encouragement to keep going as a Christian leader in business. I loved the content and intentionality. I want my husband to come with me this year! I was seeking connection and guidance. I found a deeper connection than expected and renewed energy with guidance from God! The FounderCon experience was the catalyst
What past attendees found...
VICTORIA C., VP OF CULTURE WITH BURN BOOTCAMP
"I came to Foundercon seeking to increase my knowledge and found so much more. I encountered other believers and started friendships that have continued to help me grow. I was able to connect with other faith-based businesses and share my story and hear theirs. Also, I developed clarity concerning my purpose as an individual and leader of our nonprofit Giving Words. Thank you for the opportunity to grow with Foundercon"
What past attendees found...
EDDIE B., FOUNDER OF HELPING HANDS MINISTIRES
"at foundercon I FOUND new business ideas, new friendships, and overall my favorite conference to renew my spirit with the holy one. I LOVED attending with my husband. It restored so much for us."
What past attendees found...
RACHEL S., FOUNDER OF SPARK MEDIA AND LIVE THE BLISSFUL LIFE
"I was seeking revelation for my business and if I should continue to pursue it. I was seeking for my husband to come and connect with me and maybe understand a little about what I do and why. What I found… I found a connection with Tamra & Candice, wisdom, and confirmation."
What past attendees found...
LORAYNE M., PODCASTER AND BEST SELLING AUTHOR, FOUNDER OF BOLD BEGINNINGS HEALTH COACHING
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Movement Makers
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"All I can tell you is Holy Spirit is here! Marketplace ministry and Kingdom Entrepreneurs are here!"
Tinaca Johnson
"I'm excited to see the vision God has given The Founders and how we will see God move on the earth!"
Melissa Hughes
"I believe God is bringing breakthrough, faithfulness, and intentionality for each person!"
Monica Brunet
"I have so much anticipation of what God is doing in this hour! I am READY for it!"
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2024 VIRTUAL FOUNDERCON
The community alone is worth being invested in! You will be inspired, feel seen, partake in incredible spirit-led worship, and experience a level of generosity and heart that will ignite cold embers inside of you, no matter what your mission is, you will leave blessed.
No, this is not a pitch-stage, this is a celebration blended with education and support. Invitations are with a heart of servant leadership.
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