Name: Endeavor Food Industry Tour
Start: 2023-04-27T16:00:00-04:00
End: 2023-04-29T13:00:00-04:00
Location: Indianapolis

Endeavor

Food Industry Tour

April

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April

2023

KATIE BOFSHEVER

Design Partner, GV

As VP of Digital Media at GV, Katie Bofshever crafts innovative and creative solutions for the digital space, specializing in minority consumers.

2:00pm

Understand

Lightning Talks on Business Goals

Learn to understand and tackle problems from many different points of view. Discussions should highlight business goals, success metrics, technical capabilities and potential challenges, and relevant user research.

2:00pm

Understand

Lightning Talks on Business Goals

2:00pm

Understand

Lightning Talks on Business Goals

Endeavor

Food Industry Tour

Join the global Endeavor network for a Food Industry Tour in Indianapolis, Indiana in 2023. Endeavor Entrepreneurs, Board Members, and Investors from around the world will spend two days in Indianapolis hearing from successful founders and business leaders across the food and agriculture space.

Learn from the best in a curated, intimate industry tour in one of the world’s leading food and agriculture regions.

April

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April

2023

Buy Ticket

About Indianapolis

The city of Indianapolis is renowned for the Indy 500 — but it offers far more than top-tier car racing. Strategically located in the heart of a global agricultural region with 15 million acres of farmland, Indiana is a leading food and agriculture market in the United States.

Global giants including Nestle, Cargill, Coca-Cola, Eli Lilly, Tyson Foods, Fedex, Rolls-Royce, Solinftec (Endeavor Entrepreneur), and more have a major presence in the state. Indiana is home to 10,000+ agribusinesses and exports $4.6B in agricultural products.

This tour will provide the rare opportunity for food industry icons from the region to deliver firsthand knowledge to Endeavor Entrepreneurs about scaling up, going big, and winning in the industry.

Speakers & Hosts

Kaveh Zamanian

Rabbit Hole Distillery

WHISKEY TASTING: Kaveh will share the inspirational story of Rabbit Hole Distillery — from the idea for premium modern whiskey to the fastest-growing whiskey brand in the Pernod Ricard portfolio, all while guiding participants through a tasting!

Sylvia wulf

AquaBounty Technologies (NASDAQ: AQB)

PANEL: Sylvia will speak on the Global Future of Food Panel. Sylvia is the President and CEO of AquaBounty (NASDAQ: AQB), a land-based aquaculture company utilizing biotechnology and digitization to enhance productivity and sustainability in seafood around the world.

Dr. Senay simsek

Head of Food Science, Purdue University

PANEL: Dr. Simsek will speak on the Global Future of Food Panel. With a PhD in Food Chemistry and the Food Science department head at Purdue University, Dr. Simsek is a global food science leader in academia.

Ron Turnier

What Chefs Want!

FIRESIDE CHAT: Ron will share how he and his wife Mollie scaled a restaurant distribution company from a single minivan in 1997 to a revolutionary foodservice company that serves 16,000+ restaurants across the United States.

Ashley Hartman

Bluestein Ventures

PANEL: Ashley will speak on the Global Future of Food Panel. Ashley is a Managing Partner at Bluestein Ventures in Chicago, a venture capital fund that invests in the future of food - including companies like Meati, Vive Organic, Bizzy, Chowly, and more.

Matt Rubin

True Essence Foods

TOUR: Matt will host a site visit of True Essence Foods, an Indianapolis-based foodtech company that uses proprietary technology to improve flavors and build a more sustainable food system.

Garrott Mcclintock

AcreTrader

PANEL: Garrott will speak on the Global Future of Food Panel. Garrott is the COO of AcreTrader, an Arkansas based high-growth land investment platform that is improving the financial wellbeing of farmers, investors, and partners.

Thursday, April 27

4:00pm

START

Registration & Cocktail Hour

Tour registration and kickoff at Bluebeard's The Second Story private event space.

5:00pm

TASTE

Rabbit Hole Whiskey Tasting

Sample the finest premier modern whiskey from Rabbit Hole Distillery. The tasting will be led by Endeavor Entrepreneur and Founder of Rabbit Hole Distillery, Kaveh Zamanian.

6:00pm

Indulge

Networking Dinner at Bluebeard

Food Industry Tour's kick off dinner will be hosted at Bluebeard, led by a 6x James Beard Best Chef in America semifinalist, Italian-inspired farm-to-table, and proudly Indianapolis restaurant.

Friday, April 28

9:00am

See

Site Visit: What Chefs Want!

What Chefs Want! was started in 1997 after Ron and Mollie Turnier purchased the business with a single minivan. The Turniers have scaled the company into a revolutionary foodservice business serving 16,000+ restaurants in Louisville, Cincinnati, Denver, Indianapolis, Nashville, and more. Ron will give a tour of their regional distribution facility and share his success story in a notoriously difficult industry.

10:30am

Learn

Fireside Chat: Building Sustainable Long-term Businesses with Ron Turnier

Hear from a hugely successful food industry entrepreneur in a fireside chat. Ron Turnier, an Endeavor Midwest Board Member, will share his story, impart wisdom and advice, and discuss how he has led and scaled a sustainable long-term food industry business.

12:00pm

Recharge

Lunch

Lunch hosted at True Essence Foods catered by Greenleaf, a local sustainable and health-focused food company led by co-founder Laura Flynn.

1:00pm

see

Site Visit: True Essence Foods

True Essence Foods is a groundbreaking food technology company founded in Indianapolis by serial entrepreneur and scientist Matt Rubin. With proprietary flavor-enhancing technology, True Essence is helping global food and beverage companies become more sustainable, improve flavor, and increase sales.

2:00pm

Learn

Global Future of Food Panel

Hear from founders, experts, and industry leaders about the global future of food. Panelists include Garrott McClintock (COO of AcreTrader), Dr. Senay Simsek (Head of Food Science at Purdue University), Ashley Hartman (Managing Partner at Bluestein Ventures), and Sylvia Wulf (CEO & President, AquaBounty Technologies NASDAQ: ABQ).

4:00pm

enjoy

Networking Cocktail Hour

Decompress and shift gears with a cocktail hour hosted at St. Elmo's famous 1933 Lounge. The happy hour and product tastings are courtesy of St. Elmo's, a part of the Huse Culinary group.

5:00pm

indulge

Intimate Dinner

Build deeper peer relationships with fellow food and agriculture founders, while dining at one of Indianapolis' most famous restaurants: St. Elmo's Steakhouse. Hosted in the Director's Room, guests will enjoy dinner at the premier name in Indy's food scene.

8:00pm

let loose

Social Event

Join for an optional evening at the Bottleworks District in downtown Indianapolis. An historic $300M development, Bottleworks is a reimagined art deco Coca-Cola factory serving as a culinary, arts, and entertainment hub.

Saturday, April 29

10:00am

LEARN

Final Panel and High Alpha Venture Studio Tour

Hear from local business leaders about building and growing a successful food and agriculture company. The final session is hosted at High Alpha - a venture capital firm and venture studio with $215M+ under management, and investments in sustainability companies like SINAI Technologies, Rheaply, Encamp, Cast Iron, and more.

12:00pm

Leave

Food Industry Tour Closing Session

Close out the Food Industry Tour feeling invigorated and inspired to Scale Up, Go Big, and Give Back!

"We quickly learned from our crazy, out-of-the-box thinkers, like me, who were not afraid to push the boundaries and try new things."

Kent Taylor

Founder of Texas Roadhouse

Former Endeavor Board Member

Stay: Bottleworks Hotel

Endeavor has secured a block at the historic Bottleworks Hotel in downtown Indianapolis. The room block code will be shared once you purchase your Food Industry Tour ticket!