Illuminate 2026 - Day 3

This October, Coralus and Future of Good are bringing together entrepreneurs who have spent years experimenting with different approaches to do better business. Over four days, hear from real practitioners who have tried things, failed, pivoted, rebelled, and changed both systems and themselves.

This is not a conference about having all the answers. It’s a place to get underneath the old playbook, hear what people are learning on the ground and question your own assumptions about business. Through honest talks, real stories, interactive breakouts, tough questions, and live networking, you will hopefully leave with a new vision for what is possible for your business.

Tue, October 13 — The Old Playbook Meets Reality: What does it actually take to build a viable business now? Raise. Grow. Scale. Hire. Expand. Repeat. That story has shaped a generation of entrepreneurship. But what happens when the economics underneath it stop working — or when growth itself starts getting in the way of the business you actually want to build? Day 3 gets very practical about this question through two different kinds of businesses: products and services.

Illuminate is designed for women and non-binary entrepreneurs, small-business owners, social entrepreneurs and people building solutions for a changing world.