Inc. Live

Join Inc. Magazine and The UPS Store for cocktails and purposeful networking as three national contestants present at the #SmallBizSalute for a chance to win $25,000. on.inc.com/Cw0Vi7c (Sponsored by @TheUPSStore)

Don't miss powerful networking & a lively pitch contest next week in Detroit! Sign up today, it's free! on.inc.com/yirPggP

Hope everyone had an amazing #GrowCo18! The @inc team sure did. Let us know what your favorite moments were, and we'll see you next year!

Huge thanks to @EricSchurenberg & the whole @Inc team for including me in the #GrowCo2018 conference! Such a thrill!

5 minute warning for #GrowCo18 breakout sessions: don’t miss out!

Take a break now for the #GrowCo18 networking lunch in the @Inc Marketplace--breakout sessions start at 2:15!

From #GrowCo18, @alliwebb of @thedrybar reveals her secret to juggling time commitments: it's all about the support system.

"We realized even if we told everybody everything that we do, it would still be pretty hard to duplicate. So I don't lose too much sleep about it." @alliwebb @theDrybar #GrowCo18

What did @alliwebb look for when hiring a CEO? "We wanted to find somebody who had worked with founders before, and everything that goes along with that--not only founders, but family. And then somebody who shared the vision, didn't want to make big sweeping changes." #GrowCo18

"I felt very early on that I wanted to create my own product line. I felt like we're doing one thing, and I wanted to focus our product on that one thing." @alliwebb @theDrybar #GrowCo18

"I didn't have a business plan (at first) or a fancy biz degree. The best thing I ever did was get my brother & husband involved, to help me crunch #s."- @theDrybar founder @AlliWebb on family support #GrowCo18 #FollowyourNOLA #Entrepreneurship #smallbiz #startup #womeninbusiness

"A lot of people said it just didn't seem like a viable business, and I think that's where ignorance is bliss, a little bit. In my mind, I knew that there were enough women in my community that would love this concept." @alliwebb @theDrybar #GrowCo18

"I don't think that we knew at all that we were onto something so special in those early days. Like with so many businesses, personal necessity was the thing." @alliwebb @theDrybar #GrowCo18

Our last main stage session at #GrowCo18: @theDrybar's @AlliWebb on how to blowout the competition

"When we talk about #AI we tend to think about autonomous robots taking our jobs and killing us. That's years away for sure." --@iamcal, @SlackHQ CTO #GrowCo18 #NOLAbiz #NOLATech #4ID @inc

"Don't hire/build a team based solely on problem they can solve today, but what they can help solve in future"- @iamcal, co-founder & CTO at @SlackHQ re: how critical it is to be discerning re: cofounders & defining values of inclusion #GrowCo18 #smallbiz #followyournola #nolabiz

Ask: "How will we make this a company that we continue to want to work at?" @iamcal @slackHQ #GrowCo18

Slack founder @iamcal at #GrowCo18: "If you're not intentional about building your culture, the unintentional pieces of it will show up in your product and world."

"I want Slack to be a place where I enjoy working at a decade from now." - @iamcal, co-founder and CTO at @SlackHQ re: making company culture / values & how it shapes the way ppl interact with each other. #GrowCo18 #smallbiz #followyournola #nolabiz #nolanow

"The real measure of innovation is changing human behavior. People are set in their ways in everything they do--if you can change the way people behave, you can make a real impact." @iamcal @slackHQ #GrowCo18