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[FOM] Founder Vision In-Focus with Robyn Ward

The strongest consumer brands aren’t just built on great products — they’re built on founders with clarity. In this masterclass, Robyn Ward will guide you through the foundational inner architecture every early-stage founder needs to scale with intention: a defined vision, aligned values, and a grounded understanding of your role as the leader of the company.

Date

Thursday, February 19, 2026, 1:00 PM EST

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The strongest consumer brands aren’t just built on great products — they’re built on founders with clarity. In this masterclass, Robyn Ward will guide you through the foundational inner architecture every early-stage founder needs to scale with intention: a defined vision, aligned values, and a grounded understanding of your role as the leader of the company.

Drawing on her decades of experience coaching founders, leading teams, and advising high-growth consumer startups (like Tower28, Homecourt, Ritual, Alloy Financial, Tala), Robyn will break down how to:

  • Establish the core elements of founder clarity — Vision, Mission, and Values

  • Define your role as the founder and how it evolves as the company grows

  • Align early hiring, team culture, and decision-making around a strategic backbone

  • Translate long-term vision into near-term execution across product, GTM, and operations

After this session, you’ll leave with a polished one-page Founder Vision — a clear, strategic blueprint that informs every decision you make.

 

MEET YOUR HOST

Robyn Ward is a 20+ year veteran of the technology industry, having served as both an operator and an investor. In 2017, she started FounderForward to help founders and executives uplevel themselves as leaders and build high-performing teams, cultures, and companies. To date, FounderForward has worked with hundreds of entrepreneurs and executives at companies like Tower28, Homecourt, Ritual, Alloy Financial, Tala, ZenBusiness, and Care Academy, among others. As a coach and facilitator, Robyn combines her business expertise with extensive studies in psychology, neuro and performance science, Eastern philosophy, and presence-based and conscious leadership frameworks. Robyn is a frequent speaker and panelist on the topics of best self-leadership, entrepreneurial mindset, and high-performing teams and cultures. She also co-teaches a “Performance Mindset for Business” course at her alma mater USC and is a certified Spin and Intensati instructor.

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Jan

15

Workshop/Panel

Financing Growth Without Dilution: A Founder’s Guide to Smarter Capital with Cassie Rosenthal

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Thursday, January 15, 2026, 1:15 PM EST

​FFC is joined by Cassie Rosenthal, Chief Marketing Officer and third-generation stakeholder of Rosenthal Capital Group, the nation’s largest privately held commercial finance firm. Cassie oversees a lending portfolio that supports today’s leading consumer brands, offering founders deep insight into how lenders evaluate emerging companies and what financial readiness truly looks like.

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Jan

20

Workshop/Panel

Inside the Buyer’s Mind: Building for Retail Success with Nordstrom’s Denise Junell Johnson

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Tuesday, January 20, 2026, 1:30 PM EST

​Join us for a live interview with Denise Junell Johnson, Vice President and Divisional Merchandise Manager for Handbags, Jewelry & Watches at Nordstrom, as she shares insider insights from two decades shaping some of the most coveted categories in retail.

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Feb

19

Workshop/Panel

[FOM] Founder Vision In-Focus with Robyn Ward

Members only!

Thursday, February 19, 2026, 1:00 PM EST

The strongest consumer brands aren’t just built on great products — they’re built on founders with clarity. In this masterclass, Robyn Ward will guide you through the foundational inner architecture every early-stage founder needs to scale with intention: a defined vision, aligned values, and a grounded understanding of your role as the leader of the company.

Register now

Feb

24

Workshop/Panel

[FOM] The Data Behind Desire: Building KPIs That Drive Growth with Sapna Shah

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Tuesday, February 24, 2026, 1:30 PM EST

Successful consumer founders know how to read the signals that matter (and ignore the ones that don't). In this session, investor and retail expert Sapna Shah will help you cut through the noise of early data and build the KPI foundation that reveals what your customers want, and what will drive your sustainable growth.

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Mar

3

Workshop/Panel

[FOM] Financial Foundations: Pricing, Margins & Inventory Management with Erica Moore

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Tuesday, March 3, 2026, 1:30 PM EST

Behind every scalable consumer brand is a founder who understands their numbers. In this masterclass, finance leader Erica Moore will help you build the financial systems and confidence required to manage cash, price for profitability, and plan inventory to support real, sustainable growth.

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Mar

19

Workshop/Panel

[FOM] Growth & Distribution: Go-To-Market Strategy with Reshma Chattaram Chamberlin

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Thursday, March 19, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT

Scaling a consumer brand requires more than demand — it requires a smart, intentional approach to distribution. In this session, Summersalt Co-Founder Reshma Chamberlin will teach you what it truly takes to enter retail, scale omnichannel, and build a Go-to-Market strategy that drives long-term success.

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