In Good Company
Sharing insights on panels and speak on topics from corporate governance to innovation and entrepreneurship.
Ignite AI
LouAnn led a panel that spoke to the challenges and opportunities of AI from a customer perspective. She covered issues from the boards purview.
She Raises Capital
LouAnn shared an overview of corporate governance in early stage companies and looked at gender representation on board to this special group of founders.
InnovateHer 2024
Dr. Conner speaking on the importance of board makeup and diversity along with the benefits good corporate governance brings to early stage startups. As a added bonus, it was in Cagliari, Italy with more than 70 startups and nearly 300 women from across the globe!
Panel on Doing Business in Singapore
A pleasure to moderate the ACG panel on doing business in Singapore in September 2024.
Corporate Governance for Early Stage Companies
SagaciousThink founder, LouAnn Conner shared why corporate governance is important and specifically why early stage companies may be missing out if they wait to build boards.
Dr. Conner at the 2023 AOM conference in Boston
SagaciousThink founder, LouAnn Conner presented her research on “Risk Perceptions in the Semiconductor Industry” continuing her interest in corporate governance and risk with an international lens.
LouAnn was MC for this informative event
It was a pleasure to participate and engage with the best and brightest minds on corporate governance and ESG risks gathered in one place
San Francisco
LouAnn Conner had the pleasure of moderating a panel on the Landscape of Fundraising for Start Ups in Silicon Valley for her alma mater, The Johns Hopkins University. The panel included:
Matt Cheney, CEO of Clear Path Ventures, LLC
Cathy Chiu, Founding Partner of Opero Partners and a member of the Berkeley Angel Network
Paul Matteucci, Operating Partner at USVP
Dr. Robert Mittendorf, VP of NVP
Petter Bennett, CEO of Greenville Global
A lively discussion ensured covering a variety of industries and best practices start ups can do to increase their odds. The panel also went out of their way to set realistic expectations of what companies could expect going into the fundraising process.
Johns Hopkins Entrepreneur Panel
San Francisco, California
SagaciousThink founder, LouAnn Conner, spoke at the San Francisco Chapter of Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) on the opportunities and challenges of international expansion. She provided insights into what a company should consider given the impact of such factors as culture, politics, time zones, and logistics can have on international strategy and expansion, along with some timely lessons learned of companies that came up short.