Ashlee Ammons
Co-founder of Mixtroz and Award Winning Entrepreneur
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Ashlee Ammons
Biography
Ashlee Ammons is an experiential marketing maven, tech leader, and professional keynote speaker. She is the 38th Black female to raise over $1M in funding for a technology startup in the United States. Today, her work as a founder has changed the face of entrepreneurship in the Southeast and beyond. She has been invited to speak at the Kauffman Foundation's ESHIP Summit, Google, Capital One, VentureBeat, Babson College, Georgia Tech, and Ole Miss, among others, and her startup has been featured in: Forbes, Business Insider, Inc., Entrepreneur, and CNN to name a few. In 2022, Ashlee was named by Inc. as a Female Founder 100 Honoree.
Ashlee holds a BA in mass communications and public relations from Baldwin-Wallace University in Cleveland, Ohio. Early in her events career, she worked with talent like Oprah, LeBron James, Leonardo Dicaprio, and Jay-Z, as well as brands like Coca-Cola, Nike, and LVMH.
Ashlee enjoys supporting the next generation of entrepreneurs through her past service on the Tech Birmingham and Nashville Entrepreneur Center boards, her current advisory position with the NEC, and her volunteer work within culturally diverse k-12 school systems.
Ashlee resides in Atlanta, GA. You can catch her most weeknights at Orangetheory Fitness and exploring art, culture, coffee, and culinary scenes with her fiance in her free time.
Ashlee Ammons
Featured Keynote Programs
Use What You Have to Build What You Want
In this inspiring and practical session, Ashlee shares her journey as an unlikely tech entrepreneur and how she leveraged her non-technical experiences to build a startup. Drawing from her communication, experiential marketing, and community-building expertise, Ashlee provides insight and actionable tips on how to derive value from your existing skills.
Key Takeaways:
- Intro to the Design Thinking Process
- Detail on each stage of the startup journey (ideation-establishing)
- Fundraising tips
- Using difference as a superpower
A great fit for:
- Young Entrepreneurs
- University/MBA Students
- Intrapreneurs
- Womens Groups
- Diverse Groups
Overall, this session provides practical advice and inspiration for anyone pursuing their entrepreneurial dreams. By using what you have and taking action, you can build what you want and make a meaningful impact on the world.
Connecting Your Dots
The Journey from Classmate to Colleague to Creator and Beyond
In this session, Ashlee shares how she learned to connect her dots to create success. Starting with a personal failure, Ashlee shares how being cut from 8th-grade cheerleading shaped her approach to life personally and professionally, leading to great success in her journey.
Key Takeaways:
- Failure to action
- Reinventing yourself
- Building relationships
- Approaching anything like it's everything
- Taking calculated risks
- Blending out
- Vulnerability (mental health)
A great fit for:
- Young Entrepreneurs
- University/MBA Students
- Intrapreneurs
- Womens Groups
- Diverse Groups
In this session, Ashlee demonstrates that anyone can find success and fulfillment in their career and personal life by embracing failure, taking risks, and connecting the dots.
Blending Out
Ashlee shares her unfiltered journey as a "Quad Outsider," a black, female, non-technical, tech founder. She details how she and her Mom/co-founder moved their business forward by embracing the discomfort of entrepreneurship while leaning authentically into themselves as they brought their software to market. From Nashville to Birmingham to sharing a full-size mattress for 14 weeks for the opportunity to pitch Steve Case (AOL Founder), Ashlee (hilariously) shares it all.
Key Takeaways:
- Recognizing and reducing bias
- The power of prep
- The art of authenticity
- Blending out
- Working within a multi-generational team
A great fit for:
- Womens Groups
- Diverse Groups
Pitch Perfect
You present how you prepare. Ashlee shares how she learned to deliver presentations for her audience rather than her business. First, she details her methodical storytelling process, which has enabled her to raise millions in funding. Then, she shares her actual pitches with the audience, soliciting feedback to maximize audience engagement.
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This presentation can be made into a breakout session. Ashlee offers attendees real-time pitch feedback and easy tweaks to give anyone more confidence in their ability to captivate an audience.
Key Takeaways:
- How to structure a pitch or presentation
- How to build strong supporting visuals
- How to practice for perfection
- How to hack your prep
A great fit for:
- Young Entrepreneurs
- University/MBA Students
- Intrapreneurs
- Womens Groups
- Diverse Groups