TCSW '26 speakers
Meet the speakers.
93 people are speaking across the week, Sept 14–18, 2026.
Program speakers
22
Scott Burns
Mairs & Power Venture Capital
Jim Conti
Hyde Park Venture Partners
Della Daml
Charm Social Tonic
Jason Dayton
Minneapolis Cider Company
Wyatt Gustafson
Refr Sports
Chad Halvorson
When I Work
Garrett Lauderdale
Idea Fund of La Crosse
Sri Manikandan
Idea Fund of La Crosse
Josephine Miller
Charm Social Tonic
John Moroney
MESA Group
Dave Neville
MN Innovates
David O'Neill
Minneapolis Cider Company
Lauren Mehler Pradhan
Tesser Advisory
Jenna Redfield
Red Thread Studio
Stephanie Rich
Bread & Butter Ventures
Elise Riniker
Mairs & Power Venture Capital
Sara Russick
Gopher Angels / Capita3
Shannon Shroyer
Matchstick Ventures
Huck Sorock
Refr Sports
Alex West Steinman
The Coven
Janice Tam
TrueToForm
Todd Taylor
Avisen Legal
Ignite speakers
73
Younouss Adjibi
A'S INITIATIVE LLC
Eugene Alvey
Swinergy
Cody Anderson
Tomi
John Armstrong
Armstrong Leadership Group
Trevor Ausen
Authentic Life Financial Planning
Aliza Bach
Aldea Health
Emily Balfour
Four Solutions Group
Noah B.
Four Solutions Group
Alex Bangs
Fulcrum Neuroscience
Rick Beddoe
Steam Factory
Brandi Bennett
Bennett Tech Law
Jace Benson
The Null Edge
Bardia Bijani
FuzeQube Group
Kristi Broom
Talent Rewire
Garrick van Buren
Pricing from the Start
Tim Bursch
Next Climb Collective
Lyndon Carlson
ChatLPO / Trissential
Emmanuel Fle Chea
Lexify Health
Meredith Clause
The StoryCore
Jason Clement
Praxen
Christi Cossette
Cossette Transformation Coaching
Pat Dillon
MNSBIR, Inc.
Jordyn DiOrio
JDP Consult Co. + Market Maven
Nicholas Donnelly
Hunt Adkins
Jeff Eddy
Rachel Edwards
Insperai
Yossi Eliaz
Incredibuild
Beth Elliott
Tangled Rabbit
Sage Faraday
Rosenblatt AI
Robert Foldes
CareerNav
Christie Gidumal
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Steve Gompertz
QRx Partners
John Haggerty
BiasHawk
Jessica Hampton
Atlassian Community (Minneapolis user group)
Peter Hayes
Rebecca Hoeft
Morris Hoeft Group
Sonya Hogie
SRH Solutions, LLC
Kathleen Hustad
Bloom44
Heather Jacobs
Pattera / NudgrAI
Jared Johnson
Solution Design Group
Ognjen Jovicic
Tascha Just
SEL Academy
Thomas Knoll
Woven Coops
Barbara Knott
David Koerner
Akshat Koirala
Macalester College
Michael Lasky
HSML
Juan Llerena
JLLB MEDIA
Sri Manikandan
Idea Fund of La Crosse
Gopalakrishna Ranjan Melpal
Starkey Hearing
Nashan Miller
Emerge Expansion Partners
Erin Miska
Jolly Nanda
VIKRITI Management Consulting, LLC
Nicole Nelson
N Squared Insights
Heatherlee Nguyen
Aroris Health
Koy Payne
Where How Space
Cameron Payne
CEDA (Community and Economic Development Associates)
Christina Pecoraro
Lotus Business Solutions LLC
Bethany Wrede Peterson
bethanywredepeterson.com
Sowmya Podila
Target Enterprise Inc.
Yasmin Ramzy
Clarent AI
Jenna Redfield
Red Thread Studio
Stephen Regenold
Regenold Co.
Luke Riordan
Dayta
Joe Ruiz
Social Eye Marketing
Jamie Ryan
JL Ryan Consulting
Aaditya Sethi
Atland Ventures
Melissa Fors Shackelford
Shackelford Strategies, LLC
Joe Slaughter
DefineTheBox
Shannon Stauff
51% Human
Christine Tierney
junebird creative
Raghu Velagaleti
LocalFeast / MODUS
Masaood Yunus
FRCTN AI
Speaking at the week is closed for TCSW '26, but the waitlist is open. Add your name.