BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260622T021239Z UID:bjGKBA DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240808T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240808T200000 CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20240717T060042 DESCRIPTION: Join us for an intimate evening of insights and networking at the DFW SaaS Founders Fireside. This casual yet powerful event brings toge ther SaaS founders and executives to share experiences\, learn from each o ther\, and build valuable connections. \n\n Featuring a fireside chat wit h Wade Myers\, seasoned entrepreneur and General Partner at Eagle Venture Fund\, this gathering will offer practical wisdom on navigating the challe nges of scaling a SaaS business. \n\n \n\n 🗓️ Agenda \n\n \n5:30pm: Welcome &\; Networking \n\n Meet your fellow SaaS founders and enthusia sts with some bites and drinks \n\n \n6:00 pm: Fireside with Wade Myers \ n\n An in-depth conversation with Wade\, covering topics such as: \n\n \n His journey from founding SaaS companies to investing in them \n Common pi tfalls in scaling SaaS businesses and how to avoid them \n Strategies for achieving sustainable growth in today's market \n The role of company cult ure in scaling successfully \n \n\n \n6:45 pm: Open Floor for Q&\;A on Scaling Strategies \n\n This is your time to ask for any questions\, shar ing your own challenges and getting targeted advice from our expert\, Wade . \n\n \n7:15 pm: Roundtable Discussion \n\n Break into small groups to d iscuss specific scaling challenges\, sharing experiences and solutions amo ng your peers and DFW community. \n\n \n7:45 pm: Closing &\; Networkin g \n\n Wrap-up of key takeaways from the event and meet more of your fello w SaaS enthusiast and build your local network! \n\n \n\n 🎙 Speakers \n \n Wade Myers\, General Partner\, Eagle Venture Fund: Wade served as an Ai rborne Ranger in the U.S. Army and received a Bronze Star for his actions in the Gulf War. He spent several years at Mobil Corporation\, rising from a sales representative to leading a $150m business unit. After a stint at the Boston Consulting Group - where he spearheaded the strategy for the l argest travel website among several other tech and analytics-related work - he became a software entrepreneur and active angel investor. \n\n As a f ounder\, Wade has launched fourteen software firms\, including a fintech h e sold to JPMorgan\, which grew into their Capital Connect offering. His b est exit for investors was a 68x return and his best exit price multiple w as 50x LTM revenue. Three of Eagle's portfolio companies were founded by W ade. As an investor\, Wade has invested in over 100 startups. Wade has a B S from North Dakota State University\, an MS in Computer Information Syste ms from Texas A&\;M\, and an MBA from Harvard where he graduated as a B aker Scholar (top 5% of his class). He also helped develop an executive ed ucation course for Harvard Business School and is a Harvard case study aut hor. \n\n He is also a published author with articles in Inc. Magazine\, F orbes\, Huffington Post\, and Apple News and was featured in Episode 4 of Season 1 of the Curious Entrepreneur series on Amazon Prime. Wade is marri ed and has five children. \n\n \n LAST-MODIFIED:20260422T195001 LOCATION:Huneidi Tailored Luxury\, 1701 Legacy Dr STE 200\, Frisco\, TX 750 34 ORGANIZER:mailto:jovi@saastock.com SUMMARY:DFW SaaStock Local Founders Fireside: Scaling Strategies & Stories URL;VALUE=URI:https://ti.to/saastock/local-dfw-scaling-stories URL;VALUE=URI:https://ti.to/saastock/local-dfw-scaling-stories END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR