Three Events. One Shared Purpose.

Across three distinct gatherings, the Faana Connection Series brings together entrepreneurial leaders of every age and stage, from across industries and walks of life. Each experience challenges participants to pursue deeper connection, embrace courageous conversation, and expand what leadership can look like.

Event One

What's Love Got to Do With It?

Choosing love over fear as a strategy for leadership, growth, and impact.

What if love isn't a soft leadership ideal, but one of the most powerful choices a leader can make? Brett Hurt — founder of Coremetrics, Bazaarvoice, and data.world — explores personal agency and leading with courage, clarity, and empathy even amid uncertainty. Elijah May and Ben Forrest continue the conversation on the responsibility leaders carry to leave a positive imprint on the people they influence.

Featuring Brett Hurt, Elijah May, and Ben Forrest

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Event Two

Organizational Fitness: Strength From Within

Building teams and organizations with the strength to endure, adapt, and grow.

Organizations rarely fail from lack of ambition — growth exposes what's weak underneath. Faana founder Autumn Manning shares the experience that brought her to her knees, and a practical model built on three pillars: Awareness (seeing clearly), Strength (building from what's already there), and Community (growing through connection) — for translating purpose into performance.

Led by Autumn Manning, Founder of Faana

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Event Three

Agency, Autonomy, and Choosing to Lead a Different Way

Moving from permission and control to ownership, contribution, and courageous action.

The future won't be built by people waiting for permission. Mathias Ihlenfeld, who grew woom bikes USA from a small Austin garage into one of the country's fastest-growing children's bike brands, shares a story of conviction without certainty. Katrina Engleman and Henrik Johansson continue with a conversation on "Makers over Takers" — and what changes when initiative replaces control.

Featuring Mathias Ihlenfeld, Katrina Engleman, and Henrik Johansson

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You will leave with more than new contacts.

You will leave with renewed clarity, meaningful relationships, and ideas you can carry into your work, life, and community.

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