7 May 09:00AM-10:30PM CESTHotel Jacy'z, Gothenburg

Welcome to Founders Conference at Jacy'z in Gothenburg!

Founders Alliance invites you to the Founders Conference at Jacy'z Hotel and Resort in Gothenburg on May 7, 2025. Join large-scale founders for valuable exchanges among peers, including your Founders Group sessions.

This Founders Conference is exclusively accessible to members of Founders Groups who have selected this date as one of their four annual conferences, as well as to Founders Ambassador Members participating in individually planned Founders Theme-based workshops.

Register for the Founders Conference and book your hotel room at Jacy'z Hotel and Resort or at our recommended hotels nearby, Scandic Opalen (15 minutes walk).

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    Program (UTC +01:00)

    09:00 AM

    Networking Founders Conference

    Networking with all present founders.

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    Hotel Jacy'z, Drakegatan 10, Gothenburg
    09:30 AM

    Session One with your Founders Group

    Meeting with your Founders Group first session, physical or virtual based on your registration.

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    Hotel Jacy'z, Drakegatan 10, Gothenburg
    11:30 AM

    Lunch Networking Break

    For physical attendees lunch is served at the venue including exchange with the other present Founders Alliance members. 

    For virtual participants, this includes a break from computer time. Check-in starts 12:15 for the second session with your group.

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    Hotel Jacy'z, Drakegatan 10, Gothenburg
    12:30 PM

    Session Two with your Founders Group

    Meeting with your Founders Group second session, physical or virtual based on your registration.

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    Hotel Jacy'z, Drakegatan 10, Gothenburg
    02:30 PM

    Coffee Networking Break


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    Hotel Jacy'z, Drakegatan 10, Gothenburg
    03:00 PM

    Session Three with your Founders Group

    Meeting with your Founders Group third session, physical or virtual based on your registration.

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    Hotel Jacy'z, Drakegatan 10, Gothenburg
    05:00 PM

    Welcoming Speech Niclas Carlsson

    A welcoming speech with Niclas Carlsson before kicking off the afternoon workshops and business meetings, followed by dinner at Gogogaga Sky Bar.

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    Jacy'z Hotel & Resort Floor 4
    Niclas Carlsson
    Founder & CEO
    05:30 PM

    Founders Workshop: How to Optimize Sales & Marketing with Björn Lundberg or General Growth Workshop

    You can choose to participate in the Founders workshop: How Can We Make Better, More Data-Driven Decisions to Increase Sales and Optimize Marketing? with Björn Lundberg or a more General Growth Workshop.

    1. How Can We Make Better, More Data-Driven Decisions to Increase Sales and Optimize Marketing? with Björn Lundberg

    For entrepreneurs and business owners, making decisions based on the right data is crucial for growth and maximizing the impact of their time and resources. However, many find it challenging to determine:

    • Which data is important?
    • How to collect and interpret it?
    • Most importantly—how to turn insights into concrete actions that drive business forward, such as optimizing sales and marketing investments (i.e., saving time and money).

    Purpose of the Workshop

    • Explore which data is actually needed to improve sales and marketing success.
    • Share experiences regarding the challenges and opportunities of working more data-driven.
    • Discuss how digital tools can provide the right decision-making support.

    Group DiscussionsExamples of discussion topics for group work:

    • What are the biggest challenges you face today in making decisions about sales and marketing?
    • What do you currently base your decisions on—intuition, experience, guesses, or data?
    • If you had perfect information about your customers and market, what decisions would you make differently?
    • What key metrics or insights do you lack today to feel confident in your decisions?
    • What does your current process for collecting and using data in sales and marketing look like?
    • What works well, and what works less well?
    • What type of decision support (platforms, tools, processes) would help you become more data-driven?

    Exploring Solutions

    Björn, from the SaaS company Effektify, will demonstrate how others have successfully tackled these challenges.As part of the workshop, we will also showcase how the Effektify.com platform can serve as a concrete support by:

    • Automating the collection and analysis of marketing and sales data.
    • Providing clear insights and recommendations that lead to real business decisions.
    • Helping corporations and mid-sized companies compete with larger players through smart data utilization.

    2. Founders Growth Workshop

    A general workshop to introduce founders to each other and dive deep into key areas of company development. The focus will be on exchange between participants' challenges and opportunities to scale and sustain businesses.Each of you will receive input and share experiences of your growth, including your operative companies and other engagements (investments, impact, and ownership) with input from others.

    Agenda

    1. Short Intro and Welcome: The workshop facilitator will welcome participants and introduce the workshop, and act as the moderator to ensure a great exchange for all participants.

    2. Participant Introductions and Input: Each participant will have time to introduce themselves and explain their number one challenge or opportunity for which they seek input from other founders.

    3. General Exchange on Key Challenges: An exchange on the key challenges identified during the introductions.

    Examples of Areas Covered in Earlier Founders Growth Workshops:

    • How to lead distributed organisations including merged/acquired companies
    • How to scale internationally and the role of the founder
    • Other ownership and engagements, such as investments in other firms
    • The business of doing good: our broader impact engagements within or outside our commercial companies
    • New innovation and what keeps me happy with entrepreneurship as a means: personal balance, health.

    Thank you, and get ready for the networking and Founders Dinner. A few days before the workshop, you will get further details on who participate.

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      Hotel Jacy'z, Drakegatan 10, Gothenburg
      Björn Lundberg
      Founder & CEO NOKOBY
      07:30 PM

      Founders Meetup

      We meet up at Jacy'z Gogogaga Restaurant for exchange with peer founders before the Founders Dinner.

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      Gogogaga Sky Bar, Jacy'z, Gothenburg
      08:30 PM

      Founders Dinner

      Our Founders Dinners offer a perfect setting to meet peer founders, providing valuable exchange on your entrepreneurial journey.

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      Gogogaga Sky Bar, Jacy'z, Gothenburg
      10:30 PM

      Thank you!

      Overview

      Participants. Founders Conference is part of Founders Alliance consisting of members who pay an annual membership fee. There are no sponsors or other contributions.

      Your Founders Group. You will also receive separate information directly from your Group Leader and Day Leader, including specific parts of your group sessions, within one to two weeks before the Founders Conference.

      Founders Theme-Based Workshops, Meetup, and Founders Dinner: Founders Ambassador Members and specially invited Founders Guests are welcome to participate in the afternoon and evening activities, including the Founders Theme-Based Workshop, followed by a Founders Meetup and Dinner at the Gogogaga Sky Bar on the 27th floor. 

      Not included. Hotel stay and flight or train. Book your hotel room at one of the recommended hotels now, as it is a very busy week. We recommend staying either at Jacy’z Hotel and Resort or at the nearby Scandic Opalen, which is a 15-minute walk from Jacy’z.

      Founders Alliance at a Glance

      Founders Alliance was established in 2002 by Niclas Carlsson. Today Founders Alliance is a premium collaborative business forum for founders of large-scale corporations, owners of international growth companies and engaged in multiple social impact initiatives around the globe.

      Founders Alliance facilitates a platform for collaboration for founders (members) incl. Founders Groups, one-to-one introductions, closed online communities, international business trips and events (hybrid).

      The Founders World Summit, which is the annual culmination delivered for the 11th time September 24-25 2025 interlinked with the 24th Founders Awards Gala September 25, 2025 at Berns Hotel in Stockholm.

      Its membership comprises over 300 high performing founders owning over 3000 companies in all parts of the world stretching across all industries and areas of expertise. 

      The core of Founders Alliance is independent from state funding, financial actors, advisory firms and academic institutions.

      Want to become a member? Apply here!