SOUTHBOUND
The Growth Summit for Revenue Leaders
Wednesday | May 21st, 2025
Atlanta Tech Village
Buckhead, GA
A One-Day Event Centered Around Growth & Authenticity.
In a World of Change, Trust Still Wins.
Modern buyers hold the power, and loyalty isn’t won through automation or efficiency alone. At Southbound 2025, we challenge Go-To-Market leaders to rethink growth in an age where AI is everywhere but authentic connection is rare.
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Get to know the Speakers
Growth that Lasts Start with Trust.
Southbound 2025 is a community-led movement that challenges conventional thinking and commits to building businesses that customers can’t imagine leaving.
2025 Speakers & Panelists
In-Person Agenda
Arrival • 9:00 - 10:00AM
Breakfast & Mingle
Speaker Session • 10:00 - 10:45AM
Dr. Tim Elmore
Redefining Customer Engagement in the AI Era
Prioritizing human connection and humanization with the advent of technology.
Fireside Chat • 11:00 - 11:45AM
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Dan T. Cathy & Horst Schulze | Hosted by Michael Lage
Moving from Transaction to Relationship
How to transform the way you see and serve your customers to achieve your company’s purpose.
Speaker Session • 12:00 - 12:45PM
Donald Miller
If You Confuse, You Lose
How to win more customers with clearer messaging.
Break • 1:00 - 2:00PM
Catered Lunch & Mingle
Lunch provided by Chick-fil-A.
Speaker Session • 2:00 - 2:45PM
Rachel Downey
Stop Selling Like It's 2015
How to build community for your B2B brand through the story you tell and the trust you create
Investor Panel • 3:00 - 3:45PM
Michelle Benfer, John Coleman & Pablo Dominguez | Hosted by Stephanie Valenti
What Investors Are Looking For?
What top performing portfolio companies are getting right.
Speaker Session • 4:00 - 4:45PM
Sangram Vajre
8 Questions to Simplify Your GTM Strategy
How to build your entire GTM strategy (in only one slide)
Entertainment • 5:00 - 7:00PM
Rooftop Happy Hour featuring local Atlanta fare
Optional Dinners • 7:30 - 10:00PM
Sponsor dinners with fellow Southbounders
Presented by
Sponsors
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Experience Forward
Great food
Plenty of swag
Software raffles
An “always on” sponsor area
World-class speakers and live entertainment
Your very own digital “gift bag”, courtesy of RevPartners.
