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February 15, 2023 @ 9:30 am - 11:30 am PST
FreeScaling Brands That Achieve Multi-Million Dollar IPOs with Sean Dollinger
Sean Dollinger is an e-commerce wizard who has taken two companies public with eight-figure IPOs. His current company, PlantX Life Inc. is on a mission to make a plant-based diet accessible and convenient to consumers across North America. The Vancouver-based company offers groceries, meal plans, and more. Often likened to an Amazon-meets-Postmates rival, itmakes for a vegan’s paradise.
Sean’s newest e-commerce venture follows his reign as founder of Namaste technologies where he helped lead the company to a $1 billion market cap and multi-million dollar IPO in just two years. The company debuted its IPO on the Canadian Securities Exchange and moved up to the Toronto Stock Exchange.
In his global keynote on Feb. 15, Sean will drill down on what leaders must get right when scaling companies rapidly in today’s business landscape.
Sean will also cover the following:
- How to leverage e-commerce strategies to rapidly scale your business
- How to develop and package a company that catches the eye of the market
- Lessons learned in sustainable growth, effective hiring, and inventory management
- Operational mistakes to avoid as a founder
Opening Remarks @ 9:30am PT
Join us for opening remarks with Dina Fattom, Member Success Manager at Founders Network, to get the latest updates from the Network and opportunities for getting involved.
Keynote Speaker @ 9:40am PT
Sean Dollinger is an entrepreneur with a keen ability to take an idea from conception through successful execution. He has an incredibly diverse background in all facets of e-commerce. In the early 2000s, while attending university on a baseball scholarship, Sean started a food delivery service similar to today’s Postmates and Uber Eats. He accomplished this before the smartphone even existed. After that, while attending a computer specialty school, Sean officially began his career in e-commerce with an online platform for selling satellite parts. This business was hugely successful and was the starting point for what continues to be a successful career. Sean’s most recent project is PlantX, which he founded in Summer 2019. PlantX is not only an online store for plant-based products, but a full online vegan community, where users can order healthy vegan meals, and learn about the vegan lifestyle through discussions and blogs.
Stage-Based Roundtables @ 10:30am PT
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