High School Startup to $500M Exit: What Actually Works
Fri, Jan 16
|Jericho National Golf Course
Catherine Connelly shares her entrepreneurial journey—from building an early social network at 15 to scaling it into a half-billion-dollar company headquartered in New Hope—and the four design principles any solopreneur.
Time & Location
Jan 16, 2026, 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM EST
Jericho National Golf Course , 250 Brownsburg Rd E, New Hope, PA 18938, USA
About this BCBWA Event
In this talk, Catherine Connelly shares her entrepreneurial journey—from building an early social network at 15 to scaling it into a half-billion-dollar company headquartered in New Hope—and the four design principles any solopreneur can use to find clarity, navigate growth, set boundaries, make confident decisions, and stay resilient when business gets hard. Through honest stories of setbacks and successes, Catherine will show you how to design your environment, your support systems, and your opportunities so you leave with practical tools you can use immediately—no matter your industry or business stage.In this talk, you’ll learn how to:
Identify and protect your North Star so you can stay focused on the work—and the life—you actually want.
Design for growth and resilience with simple tools for innovating, navigating change, and making confident decisions as a solopreneur.
Build support systems that expand your opportunities, from cultivating meaningful connections to creating the scaffolding your business needs to…
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