Name: Elite 8 — The Marquee Round
Start: 2026-07-09T14:00:00-0700
End: 2026-07-09T14:45:00-0700

Thursday July 9, 2026 2:00pm - 2:45pm PDT

Eight founders, four matchups, two minutes each. This is where the competition shifts from momentum to mastery. Tier 1 judges are in the room. The four winners advance to Friday's championship finals

Speakers

Tim Davis

The Patriotic Lawyer

Tim Davis is co-founder and Managing Partner of Basin Ventures. An attorney for nearly two decades, Tim is also a partner in the Fort Worth office of the largest statewide law firm in Texas, where his practice focuses on commercial businesses, government and political entities, and... Read More →

Andrew Mayne

The Architect of Impossible Futures, '76 Crew

Andrew Mayne is a technologist, inventor, Wall Street Journal bestselling author, and one of the earliest pioneers in the modern AI era. He served as OpenAI’s Science Communicator and was one of the company’s first prompt engineers, helping shape GPT-3, ChatGPT, and GPT-4 from... Read More →

Ricky Marton

Head of Americas for Startups, HubSpot

Ricky Marton is a tech-savvy operator and strategist who specializes in turning early-stage chaos into scalable systems. Most recently, he served as President and Chief of Staff at Open Access Ventures (OAV), where he built the operating systems and playbooks that drove growth across... Read More →

Exhibitors

Principled Business

704

An ecosystem of purpose-driven investors & entrepreneurs aligned on advancing a free and prosperous future.

Thursday July 9, 2026 2:00pm - 2:45pm PDT
Entrepreneurship Stage Room 119-121

Competition

FreedomFest 2026

Tim Davis

Andrew Mayne

Ricky Marton

Principled Business

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FreedomFest 2026

Tim Davis

Andrew Mayne

Ricky Marton

Principled Business

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