Sunday, 5 October
New York, New York
11am - 4pm
Sunday, 5 October New York, New York 11am - 4pm
5 OCTOBER
We’re filling a room with people and experiences that can change the trajectory of your business.
Here’s what to expect.
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Powerful Connections
Summit is the place where ambition meets action. Connect with experts, founders, and funders who can help take your business to the next level, and turn your ideas your things.
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Inspiring Conversations
Learn from the founders building the brands that live on your vision board. Female Founder World is known for action-oriented conversations that cut the fluff and get right to the insights that make a difference. Prepare to take notes.
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Meet Your Business Besties IRL
The the group chat for your business is going IRL! Meet the community who will recommend your next freelancer, introduce your next investor, and support you through every business break through and breakdown.
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Meet Your Dream Mentors
Connect in small groups and 1:1 with experts and entrepreneurs who have been where you are now and made it to where you want to be.
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Connect in NYC’s Most Stunning Event Venue
The Summit is at Pier 17 at the Seaport in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan, New York City, located right on the waterfront. Floor-to-ceiling windows, views of the river and bridge, and floods of natural light. TLDR: Our venue is stunning.
SCHEDULE
What’s happening on the mainstage.
11:20 / ZERO TO ONE: HOW TO GET TRACTION IN YOUR FIRST YEARS IN BUSINESS
What does it take to build a business from zero? Get ready to take notes, this actionable conversation will cover the most valuable steps four founders took to get traction in the early days of building their businesses. Moderated by Larissa May and featuring:
Christine Chang Glow Recipe
Julia Haber Home From College
Aliett Buttelman Fazit Beauty
Michelle Razavi Elavi
12:00 / LIVE PODCAST: PHOEBE GATES & SOPHIA KIANNI
Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni launched their shopping tech platform in April this year: A powerful AI agent comparing products from over 40,000 retailers and resellers. Just a few months into business, Phia already has raised $8 million from investors and has driven millions in sales. In conversation with Jasmine Garnsworthy, Phoebe and Sophia will share the steps they took to hit these milestones in the first year of business and share what they’re focused on next.
Presented by Eyebuydirect and featuring:
Sunny Jiang Eyebuydirect
Taylor Frankel Nudestix
Michelle Cordeiro Grant Gorgie and Lively
12:25 / THE FUTURE OF RETAIL
1:10 / ACQUIRED: HOW TO BUILD A BUSINESS YOU CAN EXIT
What do you need to do today to build a business that can be acquired in the future? Founders who have built and exited successful companies will share their blueprint in this 40-minute panel moderated by Carrie Kerpen, founder of The Whisper Group—an exit readiness practice for women owned businesses.
Grace Gould Touch Capital
Joanna Griffiths Knix
Natalie Mackey Winky Lux
Beatrice Dixon Honeypot Co.
1:45 / LIVE PODCAST: YOUR ORGANIC MARKETING PLAYBOOK
Presented by Flodesk
Refresh your organic marketing playbook with lessons from Flodesk’s CMO Natalie Franke in conversation with Jasmine Garnsworthy, founder and host of Female Founder World. Presented by Flodesk.
12:50 / HOW I BUILT BETCHES: A CONVERSATION WITH ALEEN DRESKLER
Aleen Dreksler teamed up with two friends in college to start an anonymous blog back in 2011. That blog became Betches, a media empire that Aleen and her cofounders bootstrapped profitably for 14 years before selling to LADbible Group in a deal reported to be worth upwards of $50 million. In this live conversation, Aleen will share her story and biggest learnings building the media company loved by a generation. Moderated by Les Alfred of the She’s So Lucky podcast.
2:10 / BUILD IN PUBLIC BLUEPRINT: HOW TO BECOME THAT GIRL ON THE INTERNET
Presented by Adobe Express
Join a masterclass in building a personal brand and content engine that fuels the growth of you business. Moderated by Elise Swopes (Adobe Express) and featuring:
Iskra Lawrence Saltair
Karin Eldor Forbes
Babba Rivera Ceremonia
Siffat Haider Arrae
2:55 / AI & THE END OF BUSINESS AS USUAL
AI is about to upend the way customers find and buy from you. In this session, experts unpack what an AI-first future means for founders today. As discovery and checkout shift to platforms like ChatGPT and AI browsers replace traditional search, SEO and site traffic may soon be irrelevant. That means the old playbook for PR, content, and affiliate marketing won’t cut it. We’ll show you how to rebuild your marketing strategy for the AI era. Moderated by Avni Barman of Gen She and featuring:
Stephanie Grodin Square
Emma Grace Moon Praize Studio
Gab Waller Sourced By
YouMe Lin Cloud Studio
3:35 / MEET THE WOMAN BEHIND THE BILLION-DOLLAR EXIT: HOW SUNEERA MADHANI BUILT AND SCALED STAX PAYMENTS TO UNICORN STATUS
With Suneera Madhani, founder of Stax Payments.
Aleen Dreksler
Christine Chang
Iskra Lawrence
Natalie Mackey
Siffat Haider
Phoebe Gates
Joanna Griffiths
Aleen Dreksler Christine Chang Iskra Lawrence Natalie Mackey Siffat Haider Phoebe Gates Joanna Griffiths
Betches
Winky Lux
Arrae
Freja
Glow Recipe
Knix
Betches Winky Lux Arrae Freja Glow Recipe Knix
Aleen Dreksler
Christine Chang
Iskra Lawrence
Natalie Mackey
Siffat Haider
Phoebe Gates
Aleen Dreksler Christine Chang Iskra Lawrence Natalie Mackey Siffat Haider Phoebe Gates
SPEAKER LINEUP
Learn from the founders building the brands that live on your vision board.
Aleen Dreksler, Betches
Aleen is the cofounder of Betches, the powerhouse media brand she bootstrapped to a reported $50 million acquisition.
Joanna Griffiths, Knix
In 2022, Joanna made history with the largest publicly disclosed sale of a private company by a female founder in Canada, selling 80% of her intimates brand Knix at a $400 million USD valuation.
Iskra Lawrence, Saltair
Iskra is the founder of Saltair and a model with 6 million followers. She's dedicated her career to empowering women and her candid, inspiring content disrupts societal norms and has landed her places on Forbes 30 Under 30 and BBC World’s 100 Most Influential Women.
Natalie Mackey, Winky Lux
Natalie is the CEO and Co-founder of Winky Lux, the joyful and accessible beauty brand she started in 2015 and was last year acquired by private equity firm CORE Industrial Partners.
Taylor Frankel, Nudestix
Taylor is the founder of Nudestix, the multi-million dollar clean beauty brand stocked in Sephora and Ulta.
Siffat Haider, Arrae
Siff is the cofounder of Arrae, the wellness brand making 100% natural supplements that counts Hailey Bieber among its customer base.
Gab Waller, Sourced By
Gab has built a fashion sourcing business trusted by Kris Jenner, Rosie Huntington-Whitely and featured in Vogue and Forbes. Her new venture merges fashion sourcing and AI.
Babba Rivera, Ceremonia
Babba is the award-winning entrepreneur, founder and CEO of venture-backed beauty business, Ceremonia, a clean hair care brand rooted in Latinx heritage. She’s a trailblazer and one of 58 Latinas to ever raise over $1M in VC funding.
Phoebe Gates & Sophia Kianni, Phia
Phoebe and Sophia are co-founders of Phia, an AI shopping tool transforming the way people shop and co-hosts of The Burnouts podcast, the chart-topping show launched in partnership with The Unwell Network (home to Call Her Daddy).
Les Alfred, She’s So Lucky Podcast
Les is the host chart-topping weekly podcast, She’s So Lucky, creating space for unfiltered conversations, big ideas, and the stories ambitious women want to hear.
Kelley Arena, Golden Hour Ventures
Kelly is the founder of Golden Hour Ventures and an angel investor on a mission to activate a new class and steer capital to women-led startups.
Christine Chang, Glow Recipe
Christine cofounded Glow Recipe to create highly efficacious and sensorial skincare inspired by her Korean heritage. Last year, Christine was named EY's Entrepreneur of the Year (New York).
Grace Gould, Touch Capital
Grace is the co-founder of Touch Capital, investing in standout consumer brands like Lesser Evil, Catalina Crunch, Immi, and Pacha Soap.
Avni Barman, Gen She
Avni is the founder of Gen She, a growing community helping ambitious women in investing connect, collaborate, and level up.
Natalie Franke, Flodesk
Natalie Franke is a bestselling author, community builder, and the CMO at Flodesk, where she supports over 100,000 small businesses grow.
Aliett Buttelman, Fazit Beauty
Aliett created sweat-proof, waterproof cosmetics patches propelling Fazit into the spotlight and earning organic placement on Taylor Swift and celebrity fans like Rita Ora, Kacey Musgraves, and Lisa of BLACKPINK.
Sunny Jiang, Eyebuydirect
Sunny Jiang is the CEO and President of Eyebuydirect, where she’s led the brand to 4x revenue growth with a killer mix of strategy, creativity, and hustle.
Annie Evans, Dream Ventures
Annie is the founder of Dream Ventures, investor + angel syndicate lead who has raised over 25M for women-led startups.
Julia Haber, Home From College
Julia is the founder of Home From College, the career platform she launched during COVID that’s now used by hundreds of thousands of students and brands like Poppi, Etsy, and Nivea—with $7M+ in backing from investors including Google.
Beatrice Dixon, The Honeypot Co.
Beatrice is the co-founder, CEO, and Chief Innovation Officer of The Honey Pot Company, the plant-derived personal wellness brand she created after her own health struggles—now trusted in 4.6 million homes and stocked by retailers nationwide.
Michelle Razavi, Elavi
Michelle Razavi is the Founder & CEO of Elavi, the high protein dessert and snack brand that's a category leader at Costco and Whole Foods, and a #1 bestseller on Amazon. She's built a 7-figure company in just a few years with her co-founder Nikki, backed by investors who led Chomps, RX Bar, Feastables, and Weight Watchers.
Michelle Cordeiro Grant, Gorgie
Michelle Cordeiro Grant is the founder and CEO of GORGIE, Founder of LIVELY, angel investor, podcast host and permanently glass half-full!
Katie Dunn, Masthead Strategies
Katie works directly with early-stage founders, taking them from overwhelmed and uncertain about fundraising to confident and well-prepared through her company, Masthead Strategies. After financing $10+ billion in commercial real estate during her 25+ year banking career, Katie now has made nearly 30 investments.
Karin Eldor, Forbes
Karin is a Senior Contributor at Forbes and Creator of "Lunch At Barneys" on Substack. A thought leader in public relations, journalism and career mentorship. Her mission is to level the playing field of public relations and media coverage, as she believes every founder has a compelling story to tell.
Larissa May, #Halfthestory
Larissa May is Larissa May is the founder and executive director of #HalfTheStory, a non-profit dedicated to improving the next generation’s relationship with technology, and the co-founder of Ginko, a new, doctor-backed tool to help families navigate the complexities of the digital world.
Stephanie Grodin, Square AI
Stephanie Grodin is the Head of Product for Foundations at Square AI, covering Square POS, Square Dashboard, and Square AI. Her team's work focuses on building tools that help small business owners save time, make smarter decisions, and grow faster using the power of artificial intelligence.
Elise Swopes, Adobe Express
Elise Swopes was one of the original creators on Instagram. She's an artist, and turned that skill into a career as a full time content creator, eventually taking her community building skills on to a full time dream role at Adobe.
Emma Grace Moon, Praize Studio
Emma Grace Moon specializes in driving profitable growth for DTC brands through innovative PR and content strategies. Emma’s experience spans both in-house roles at leading DTC brands and agency side at VaynerX, providing her with a unique perspective on bridging data-driven insights.
…and your host, Jasmine Garnsworthy!
Jasmine is the founder of Female Founder World, the most engaged community of entrepreneurial Gen Z and Millennial women, and host of the Female Founder World podcast.
Suneera Madhani, Stax Payments
Suneera is the Founder and CEO of fintech startup Worth AI and the founder of Stax Payments, one of America's top 10 fastest-growing fintech companies, which she successfully exited for over $1B. She became the first female CEO to lead a unicorn out of Florida, as well as the first in her family to attend college.
AND SO MANY MORE
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Main Stage
Back-to-back panels, workshops and keynotes all day!
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Content Camp
Come up with your next viral content idea with support from the content experts behind your favorite consumer-facing brands.
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Money Train
Meet your dream money mentors with mini 1:1 sessions in the Money Train. We're bringing in CFOs, personal finance experts, and VC and angel investors to answer your questions about business, fundraising and money.
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The Village
It takes a village! This is the space to meet mentors and gatekeepers who can take your business to the next level. Keep an eye out for speaker meet and greets here!
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Food Hall
You deserve a little treat. We’re serving light bites and drinks, plus a chance to taste the best new brands in the community. The bar opens at 1:30pm!
SAVE YOUR SEAT
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Full access to the Mainstage where panels and keynotes will happen all day!
Nonstop networking opportunities!
Access to food hall and activations
Complimentary open bar
Free light bites and drinks
Gift bag worth over $300
All-day access to The Village, where mentors, industry experts and some speakers will be available for meet and greet
All-day access to the Money Train for mentorship about personal finance, business finance, and fundraising
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Full access to the Mainstage where panels and keynotes will happen all day!
Nonstop networking opportunities
Access to food hall and activations
Complimentary open bar
Free light bites and drinks
All-day access to The Village, where mentors, industry experts and some speakers will be available advisory conversations and meet and greets
All-day access to the Money Train for mentorship about personal finance, business finance, and fundraising
VIP gift bag worth over $300
Lifetime access to a content library filled with curated resources, recordings, and educational content from Summit
On-site headshot photography with worldclass headshot photographer in a stunning aesthetic setup
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Full access to the Mainstage where panels and keynotes will happen all day!
Nonstop networking opportunities
Access to food hall and activations
Complimentary open bar
Free light bites and drinks
All-day access to The Village, where mentors, industry experts and some speakers will be available for advisory conversations and meet and greets
All-day access to the Money Train for mentorship about personal finance, business finance, and fundraising
VIP gift bag worth over $1,000 including discounts to Female Founder World’s most-recommended platforms and tools
Affiliate PR Audit by Praize Studio valued at $3,500 (delivered virtually after the Summit, not live at the event)
Lifetime access to a curated content library filled with resources, recordings, and educational content from Summit
On-site headshot photography with worldclass headshot photographer in a stunning aesthetic setup
Front row reserved seating for proximity to speakers, Q&As and our hosts
Expedited VIP entry
1:1 community and content marketing strategy call with Jasmine Garnsworthy, founder and host of Female Founder World valued at $800. Redeemed virtually before or after Summit, not at the event
SPONSORS
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Save The Date
10:30am to 4pm on Sunday, October 5, 2025 at Pier 17 in New York City.
Where’s the Summit?
The Summit is at Pier 17 at the Seaport in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan, New York City, located on the waterfront. From floor-to-ceiling windows your have views of the river and the city.
TLDR: Our venue is stunning.
Get there by subway: Take the A, C, 2, 3, J, Z, 4, or 5 train to Fulton Street.
Get there by bus: Take the M-15 SBS or M-15 to Fulton Street.
Get there by water: The NYC Ferry, and New York Waterway provide service to Pier 11. The Staten Island Ferry provides services to Whitehall Terminal.
Parking: Parking lots can be found at Front and John Streets, as well as 294 Pearl Street.
Hotel partner: Refinery Hotel NY, Studio Queen rooms available for a discounted $369/night. Book by emailing stay@refineryhotelnewyork.com and mention “Female Founder World Summit Room Block”.
Please note we cannot accommodate refunds as this is a live event where capacity is capped. If you have any questions about the Summit or would like support in reselling your ticket please email: support@femalefounderworld.com
All ticket sales are subject to Female Founder World terms and conditions.