O'leary Ventures Symposium - 2024 l 4 Days of Innovation and Connection

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So welcome to the O Ventures 2024 Symposium! We haven't done this for years due to pandemic concerns, but so much has changed since we had the last one of these three years ago. Our company's grown geometrically; our portfolio has grown geometrically; our staff has grown geometrically. We are now investing in all 11 sectors of the S&P in almost every state in the country. Some great companies are here, and I thought what we try and do in very short order is just introduce a new expanded alyc team, so you know who they are, and then whip down the list of the attending companies. I think about 95% of our companies have attended with some representation, which is remarkable in such short order, which is great.

Then we're going to get into what I think is the most important part of why we gather. You know, there's this concept in the bird community called flocking, where sparrows gather by the minions just to see each other and how big their flock is. That's what we're doing here with flocking, just to check each other out.

Hello everyone, I'm Trip; this is my dad Lee. We're from Dalton, Georgia, and our company is Lego. It's a temporary glue for Legos or other building blocks.

I'm Justin Crow; I'm from Santa Fe, New Mexico, and I'm the founder of Parting Stone.

Hello everyone, I'm Diana Gerard, the date lady from Magic Dates.

Hi, I am Cindy Bray; I am the inventor of Wadf Frey.

My name is Eric Child; I'm from Salt Lake City, Utah. I have a portfolio of brands, but one of those is Alum.

Hello, I'm J with Rounder Buom; I'm from Mexico City, but the company is based out of LA.

Hi, my name is Rob Nuner; I'm the founder of a company called Boost Oxygen.

Good morning everybody, my name is Frank Mattis; I'm the director of air traffic control and digital aviation solutions for a company called Talis.

Hello everyone, my name is Aaron Racler; I am the deputy executive director for the Northern Plains UAS test site, so I work for the state of North Dakota.

Hi everyone, my name is Julia, and this is Lauren. We're from Hello Prap.

Good morning everyone, my name is Josh Tyan from Fargo, North Dakota.

Good morning, my name is Ernie Williams with Go To Green.

Hi, my name is Jamie Ratner; I'm the CEO and founder of Certificate and Macaroni Kid.

Hey everybody, I'm Travis Smith; I'm the head of operations for MUSC.

This is Bob; we are a snowblower attachment company based out of Grand Forks, North Dakota. We do manufacturing and assembly in Mentor, Minnesota.

Hello, I'm Jana McDaniel; I started First Saturday Lime, which is an all-natural insect repellent.

Good morning everyone, my name is Jeff Galletley; I'm the CEO of Brooklyn Dumpling Shop.

Hi, good morning, I'm Brian Alinsky, and this is Kirkas; we're the co-founders of the Turbo Trusser.

Hi, I'm Womi from Love Poop in Boston.

Good morning, my name is Renee Richardi, and I am the founder of Festini.

Hey, my name is Stuart Gold; I am the co-founder of Dingle Dangle Baby. We're based both in the UK and Boaron, Florida.

Hello, hello everyone, I'm Alexandra, the founder of Obab out of Portland, Oregon.

Hi, good morning, my name is Renee Heath; I am the co-inventor of Banana Loca; we're based out of Philly.

Hi, I'm Harriet Mills out of Raleigh, North Carolina, and I am the founder of Wine and Design.

Good morning everybody, my name is Eric Hopperstad; I'm the co-founder of PRX Performance.

Good morning everyone, I'm Eric Burt; the founder of Berell Outdoor Pizza Ovens from St. Paul, Minnesota.

Hey everyone, I'm SAR founder and CEO of Tavo; we're based out of Minneapolis.

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Hey Mr. Wonderful here! You know what's amazing about this? All these people—you see all of these people? These are all entrepreneurs, part of my family. Think about this: this is the classic situation of growing a business from scratch. We're celebrating; we just had our 2024 annual Al Venture Symposium, and we're culminating with a great dinner in Miami Beach at the iconic restaurant Joe Stone Crab. We did a fantastic dinner, but every one of these people, all of them, work 24/7, 365 days a week. They want to achieve success. I celebrate that.

We spent a lot of time thinking about strategies, a lot about social media, customer acquisition, return on ad spend, all this crazy technical stuff. But in the end, we're a giant family—that's what we are. You want to join this crew? You're going to work your ass off, and that's a good thing.