From Pr*son to Pitch Deck

Fireside Chat hosted by Defy Ventures

Entrepreneurship isn't taught in business school. It's forged in pressure, resilience, and the refusal to accept the hand you've been dealt.

This fireside chat brings together formerly incarcerated entrepreneurs who've built businesses against odds most founders can't imagine. Hosted by Defy Ventures—a national organization that transforms the hustle of the underestimated into the grit of successful business owners—this conversation will challenge everything you think you know about risk, reinvention, and what it really takes to build something from nothing.

You'll hear raw, unfiltered stories about pivoting under extreme constraints, earning trust when the world doubts you, and the mindset shifts that separate those who survive from those who thrive. These aren't feel-good platitudes. These are battle-tested lessons in entrepreneurship that will make you rethink your own approach to business, leadership, and second chances.

Come curious. Leave inspired. And meet an organization doing work that deserves to be talked about long after this week ends.

This event - along with many others - is hosted at Builder Studios for the northern Salt Lake, Davis and Weber counties during Utah Tech Week. Other events we love include: 

• Talk Nerdy to Me: Presentation Skills for People Who Hate Presenting |
• Led by Deb Gabor, co-founder and strategic provocateur, Hatch, Hatch-me.com
  
• The Clarity Protocol: Movement-Based Problem Solving for Executives Under Pressure |
• Led by Dana Wildeboer, CEO and Head Coach at WildeFit Coaching
  
• From Downloads to Devotion: Designing Irrational Loyalty in Tech Brands |
• Led by Deb Gabor, co-founder and strategic provocateur, Hatch,
• The Strategic Edge: Master Goal-Setting for Every Moment |
• Led by Dale Majors, Builder Studios & Venture Anyway

Know what’s Happening Next — before everyone else does.

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Host or Publisher Deb Gabor