RALLY Innovation, Pitch Power & Retirement Readiness | Sep 28, 2025

Broadcasting from the floor of the 2025 RALLY Innovation Conference, this week’s BE&O spotlights Indiana entrepreneurs, investors, and innovators transforming bold ideas into business breakthroughs.

🎨 Getting Started: Chris Yen, Founding General Partner, Blitzscaling Ventures — The keynote speaker shares insights from Silicon Valley to Indianapolis on how “blitzscaling” principles accelerate growth and inspire the next generation of startup founders.
💰 Access to Capital: Karl C. Linne, Founder & CEO, Photon IDs — Fresh off his pitch at RALLY, Linne reveals how his tech startup is reimagining identification security and finding support through Indiana’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.
📈 This Week in Business: Evan Walker, Simply Salt & Cruz Weidner, Weidner Landscape LLC — Two standout high school entrepreneurs — and RALLY Pitch Competition winners — share what they learned about innovation, risk, and leadership.
📊 Accounting & Bookkeeping: Kristle Brooks, Founder, Kristle Brooks Investments LLC — The small business owner and investor discusses how financial literacy and networking can help entrepreneurs grow their portfolios and their confidence.
👩‍💼 Running Your Business: Ed Wright, Partner, Golden Reserve — Retirement isn’t just about saving; it’s about strategy. Wright offers crucial advice on how small business owners can plan for financial freedom after years of hard work.
💻 Industry Focus: Rockland Paige, Entrepreneur — From networking to partnership-building, Paige shares how attending RALLY helped him make the connections needed to scale his business vision.
🌟 Success Story: Christopher “Toph” Day, Founder, Elevate Ventures & Emil Ekiyor, Founder, InnoPower Indy — The co-founders of RALLY reflect on this year’s record-breaking event and how collaboration fuels Indiana’s innovation economy.

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