Greater St. Louis, Inc. forges partnerships that empower growth across the 15-county St. Louis region. We convene and collaborate with business, governmental, and civic leaders to empower economic growth and prosperity in communities across the St. Louis metro area. Together, we act with intention to create a thriving and inclusive St. Louis that attracts and retains investment and talent for generations to come and creates more and better jobs for the region.
Tax incentives have the power to reduce tax liability and improve cash flow. The right partner ensures a smooth, strategic, and stress-free process–but the wrong partner can lead to missed opportunities, frustrating delays, and unnecessary risk. Our deep technical expertise, client-centered approach, and commitment to responsiveness ensure a seamless experience from start to finish. We focus on maximizing opportunity while maintaining compliance, so CFOs, CPAs, and taxpayers can feel confident choosing Capstan.
When growth and value creation matter, companies turn to Chief Outsiders. We help founder-led and private-equity-backed mid-market companies build and run their revenue engine by embedding seasoned fractional and interim CMOs, CSOs, and execution specialists into the business to drive growth from the inside. Our approach is backed by our proven, research-based Growth Gears methodology and our AI-native Growth Gears Operating System. Seventeen years ago, we pioneered the fractional growth executive category. Today, our team of 150+ growth operators has served on the leadership teams of more than 2,500 clients, including 500+ PE-backed companies, earning a world-class 75+ NPS score.
Crowe LLP is a public accounting and consulting firm that uses its deep industry expertise to provide audit, tax, advisory, and consulting services to public and private entities. Crowe is recognized by many organizations as one of the best places to work in the U.S. As an independent member of Crowe Global, one of the largest global accounting networks in the world, Crowe serves clients worldwide. The network consists of more than 200 independent accounting and advisory services firms in more than 130 countries around the world.
For more than 25 years, Oracle NetSuite has helped organizations of all sizes reach their goals faster and more efficiently. NetSuite provides an integrated business system with embedded AI that delivers powerful financial management, supply chain, customer experience, and HR capabilities. Relied on by more than 43,000 customers in 220 countries and dependent territories, NetSuite is the #1 AI cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution.
No matter what industry you are in, your company faces risk every day. That's why Travelers offers a wide range of business insurance options, designed to identify and reduce those risks. Beyond managing claim costs, we help companies prepare for risk and recover faster after an unexpected event. Managing the total cost of risk creates a competitive advantage, helping you protect and grow your business.
Yooz delivers Lean Financial Operations with AI-powered finance automation that eliminates waste, errors, and fraud to accelerate growth and profitability. With insights from 300M+ invoices across 7,000+ customers globally, Yooz offers unmatched financial intelligence. Yooz North America is headquartered in Dallas with offices across Europe.
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1:00 - 5:00 pm
Over 70% of Executives Surveyed Agree: Many Strategic Planning Efforts Lack Systematic Approach Tips for Enhancing Your Strategic Planning Process
Executives expressed frustration with their current strategic planning process. Issues include:
Steve Rutan and Denise Harrison have put together an afternoon workshop that will provide the tools you need to address these concerns. They have worked with hundreds of executives to develop a systematic approach that will enable your team to make better decisions during strategic planning. Steve and Denise will walk you through exercises for prioritizing your lists and steps that will reset and reinvigorate your process. This will be a hands-on workshop that will enable you to think about your business as you use the tools that are being presented. If you are ready for a Strategic Planning tune-up, select this workshop in your registration form. The additional fee of $695 will be added to your total.
2:00 - 5:00 pm
Female leaders face the same issues all leaders do, but they often face additional challenges too. In this peer session, we will facilitate a discussion of best practices and how to overcome common barriers to help women leaders be more effective within and outside their organizations.
Limited space available.
10:30 - 5:00 pm
General’s Retreat at Hermitage Golf Course
Sponsored by UBS
General’s Retreat, built in 1986 with architect Gary Roger Baird, has been voted the “Best Golf Course in Nashville” and is a “must play” when visiting the Nashville, Tennessee area. With the beautiful setting along the Cumberland River, golfers of all capabilities will thoroughly enjoy the golf, scenery and hospitality.
The golf outing fee includes transportation to and from the hotel, greens/cart fees, use of practice facilities, and boxed lunch. The bus will leave the hotel at 10:30 am for a noon shotgun start and return to the hotel after the cocktail reception following the completion of the round.
