Brandon started and built the sales team at Untappd, a social media platform for beer drinkers, until the company exited to a growth equity firm in 2020. He then joined the Incolo team as Head of Growth, where he spent a year testing new go-to-market strategies and new product development to help new and existing founders within Incolo’s Founder Community scale. Now, Brandon is the CEO of BDE.media. His team helps content creators grow their reach and monetize their audiences.

Mac Lackey is an entrepreneur who has built and sold six companies. Serving most recently as Founder/CEO of KYCK (acquired by NBC Sports), Mountain Khakis (acquired by Remington), InternetSoccer Network (acquired by News Corp SKY), and various other ventures. Currently, Lackey is mentoring and supporting entrepreneurs via the programs, The FĒNX and ExitDNA. 

Sumit is the Founder, CEO & Chief Drinking Officer at Lonerider Brewing Company which operates in over 9 states & the UK and he is Chairman of Lonerider Spirits. He’s active in the NC entrepreneur ecosystem as a startup Advisor, Angel Investor, and Board Member.  In addition to distribution, logistics and operations, Sumit has an extensive technology background.

Mark Easley has been an active advocate, advisor, and investor in the investment crowdfunding industry since 2012. Mark is a tech startup advisor and angel investor in the Research Triangle Park area of North Carolina. He previously had a 25 year technology career in engineering, marketing, and sales in the semiconductor industry in Silicon Valley. 

Since 2016, Will has gone from being an investor in 1 startup to being an investor-advisor in 80+ private companies from CRE, to main street, to high growth tech. He started Incolo to create a world where his children and others could fund and build companies together with anyone.

Will’s vision?
A community owned city – dirt to tower, coffee shop to aerospace – all businesses in part owned by those who call it home.

Lauren’s zone of genius is defining and refining product market fit to help founders scale through revenue. At Incolo, she’s helping founders scale revenue through their crowds of investors and partners.

She also supports growth strategy for multiple businesses throughout North Carolina. In Durham, she’s the founder of Auroraflow – a wellness center reimaging the spa experience.

Alexa Carlin started her first business at the age of 17 led her to growing a blog that attracted the support of Mark Cuban, Steve Madden, Rebecca Minkoff, Marc Jacobs, and Shaquille O’Neal among others. She became one of the youngest female professional speakers in the country. She launched Women Empower X (WEX) in 2016 and within 3 years it attracted over 20,000 attendees at conferences and 1m virtually. She works with entrepreneurs and creators as a coach and consultant helping them increase their reach and monetize their speaking. Her mission is to make a difference in at least one persons life a day. More on Alexa, https://www.alexacarlin.com.