FOUNDERS FORUMS · A BUSINESS CONSORTIUM

Facilitating industry and public engagement.

Where industry partners connect with business owners to pressure-test real ideas and elicit feedback.

200+years diverse industry expertise
3,148global audience reached
67public + private partners
18agency partners

Business + Career Summits, virtual post-COVID 2021–2023; reach broadened via livestreaming on Discord and Twitch.

WHY THE DATA MATTERS

Leverage a solid history bridging public and private industry.

Sponsors and agency partners ask the same question before they commit: who will actually be in the room? Most consultancies answer with adjectives. We answer with our own numbers.

Every figure on this page is an actual drawn from Founders Forums industry engagement through 2024 — sector mix, engagement categories, attendee age, geographic reach and the certifications held across the network.

INDUSTRY ENGAGEMENT · 2024 ACTUALS

Who is in the room.

Sector participation

Founders Forums network, 2024
58%PRIVATE SECTOR
Private sector58%
Public sector33%
Other9%

A working majority from private industry, with a third of the room from the public sector — the mix a P3 partnership actually requires.

Attendee age

A broad cross-section, by design
55+44.4%
30–4533.3%
45–5511.2%
Under 3011.1%

Established operators alongside the next generation — deliberately structured to garner feedback and diverse opinion by age.

Where partners engage

Share of engagement by category · 2024
Training & technical assistance24.7%
Marketing consulting23.3%
Educational support services16.7%
Construction & facilities16.7%
Administrative management10.3%
PPE & supplies8.3%
FROM THE LAST SUMMIT

See what the room actually looks like.

Highlights from the most recent Business & Career Summit — facilitators, partners and founders in one room.

WHAT THE ROOM CAME TO LEARN

Seven topics have been on every agenda since 2021.

Facilitator topics presented at the Business & Career Summit, by year. Fourteen industries across four summits — and a durable core the room asks for every time.

Esports & Gaming
Engineering
Facilities & Construction
Graphic Design
Marketing & Media
Professional Development
Training & Technical Assistance
Aerospace & Aviation
Finance & Banking
Arts & Animation
Nonprofit & Fundraising
Talent Acquisition
Technology & STEM
Franchising
20212022 20232024
Presented every year Rotated on and off the agenda

Founders Forums industry engagement, 2024 · Business & Career Summit facilitator topics

Northern region reach

7 states + DC

DC · Delaware · New Jersey · New York · Maryland · Pennsylvania · Virginia

Southern region reach

6 states

Alabama · Georgia · Texas · Mississippi · North Carolina · South Carolina

International reach

2 countries

Italy · India

NETWORK PROFILE

Certified, credentialed, and at the decision table.

Certifications held by Forum members across the network

8(a)SDBMBE WBEDBEVOSB WOSB

Executive leadership in the room

Attendee titles
CEOsExecutive VPs DirectorsManagers

Sectors inside the knowledge base

24 sectors named across the membership
AIArtsAerospace AviationEducationFranchising HealthcareMarketingSTEM HospitalityHotels & ResortsAnimation Graphic DesignEsportsHealth & Wellness AgricultureNonprofitConstruction EngineeringFinanceGaming MediaPodcastingYouth Entrepreneurship

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