October 4-5, 2025: Atlanta - Gas South Convention Center

Karen Young is the Marketing and Engagement Strategist for The Entrepreneur’s Source®, where she helps drive franchise development and ensures a positive discovery experience for aspiring entrepreneurs. With decades of franchise expertise and a strong background in marketing, project management, and working with leading franchisors, Karen excels at connecting people, processes, and opportunities. She is passionate about guiding candidates on their journey and highlighting the life-changing impact of Career Ownership Coaching®.

Eric Missbrenner, Director of Franchise Development for The Entrepreneur’s Source®, brings decades of expertise in guiding brands toward strategic growth. With a deep understanding of both national and international markets, he helps franchises maximize their potential and position themselves for long-term success. A Chicago native now based in Colorado, Eric is a former semi-professional hockey player, avid traveler, and the eldest of five brothers. Above all, he is passionate about empowering others to reach their full potential and takes pride in being a catalyst for personal and professional success.

Ms. Shelton has been counseling Franchise / Business Opp. clients for over 25 years. She especially enjoys working with small business owners assisting them to "Expand their Brand®". Since starting the law firm, she has been focused on providing the “Missing Piece” with legal services to small and emerging businesses. Her business savviness combined with her belief in mentorship is the backbone of the law firms slogan, “Your Outsourced In-house Counsel”. Ms. Shelton focuses on ensuring clients are offered individualized service while handling Franchise Disclosures, registrations, legal creation and vendor distributions within a clients business. Ms. Shelton has published many articles and has even written a book. She has been married for over 25 yrs. and has one son and a sponsored daughter from Haiti. In her spare time she teaches leadership development in third world countries to future colleagues and volunteers at her church.

Reco McCambry is the founder, president, and CEO of Novae, a fintech company that provides greater access to credit, capital, and entrepreneurship for consumers and small businesses nationwide. Additionally, he is a member of the Forbes Business Council, an industry expert on Forbes.com, and serves on the National Small Business Association Leadership Council out of Washington, DC. Reco was honored with a day named after him in his hometown of McDonough, Georgia. Under his leadership, Novae has been recognized by Inc. 5000 as one of America's fastest-growing companies for five consecutive years, 2021-2025. Reco was also named Bank Customer Experience Innovator of the Year, received the Money2.0 Outstanding Leadership Award, and his grad school’s Graduate of the Last Decade award. Reco is a 3x published author, recently pinning “Fintech is the Future” and founder of the website FreeDebtHelp.com, providing consumers and businesses, no cost upfront, debt relief nationwide.

Lindsay Morgan is a partner in the Franchise Law practice of CM Law PLLC. She is a leading legal strategist on franchise systems, large and small, with nearly 20 years of counseling and transactional experience in the franchise sector. She has a passion for problem-solving in a manner that achieves a client’s business goals within their risk profile. Lindsay has worked in-house and directly with clients in a variety of industries, including restaurant, hotel, fitness, medical, wellness, gaming, moving, retail and consumer brands, and oil and gas, both domestically and internationally. Clients benefit from her command of domestic franchise law, enabling them to go to market quickly and with confidence, with the broadest possible flexibility in a highly regulated industry. Lindsay’s experience encompasses business transactions, licensing, supply and distribution agreements, as well as international work.  She has deal experience in 26 countries on six continents, including Australia, Canada, Indonesia, Mexico, the Philippines, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey.

Steve Adams is a high-performance entrepreneur, award-winning sales leader, and co-founder of SquidPixels, a design-and-print powerhouse he runs alongside his wife and business partner, Alexandra. Together, they’ve grown the company from zero to seven figures, serving thousands of clients nationwide and building a thriving team culture rooted in creativity, systems, and service.

Steve’s career has spanned from dominating sales as a national champion with Cutco Cutlery—where he broke records and earned a Rolex—to launching multiple six-figure print magazines as a franchisee and cold-call coach. Today, he leads SquidPixels with the same grit, vision, and heart that’s defined his journey from kitchen-table start-up to million-dollar enterprise.

A proud husband, father of three, and dog dad to two Great Danes, Steve once traveled to 48 states in 48 weeks with his family in an RV. He’s passionate about masterminds, national parks, and helping others scale without burning out—and when he speaks, you’ll get sharp insights, real talk, and practical takeaways you can use today.

Steve, a Texas native and Baylor graduate with a Business degree, brings 12 years of experience in the insurance industry, encompassing investments, sales, and claims. In 2011, he co-founded a business specializing in children's shoes. In 2014, Steve joined The Dwyer Group (now Neighborly), the world's largest parent company of 27 home service brands with 5000+ franchise owners across nine countries, as a consultant. There, he coached business owners in various aspects, including contracts, budgets, and marketing trends. After three years in financing, and assisting entrepreneurs with SBA loans, Steve joined Tenet Financial Group in September as a Senior Consultant, focusing on growing the SBA and vehicle/equipment lease program and enhancing the ROBS program. Outside of work, Steve is passionate about outdoor activities, construction, farming, and gardening. He also dedicates time to church, volunteering, and mission work, including providing medical services in Peru and participating in local prison ministry and aid efforts. Steve, married with two children, finds pride in his family and their achievements.

Widely accepted as one of the top franchise consultants in the United States, Britton helps you figure out how to do what most people only dream about. ​Britt has spent more than 25 years as a franchisee, entrepreneur, franchise executive, and franchise consultant working for and owning franchises such as Kiddie Academy® Childcare Learning Centers, Molly Maid®, Sylvan Learning(SM) Centers, and SYNERGY® HomeCare.

​Britt has captured her franchise expertise as author of a top-selling book on entrepreneurship titled, The Franchisee Workbook. Britton will teach you the tools and techniques to help you find your ideal match far beyond your expectations.

Chris Conner has spent the last twenty years working in the franchise development field working primarily with startup and emerging franchise systems. Mr. Conner's work covers a variety of franchise categories including strategic planning, franchise operations, franchise training system development, franchise marketing and franchise sales. In 2009, Mr. Conner founded Franchise Marketing Systems based out of Atlanta, Georgia which today has grown to a team of 34 team members located in markets across the United States and Canada. Franchise Marketing Systems has developed over 700 franchise brands and supported clients in selling over 8,000 franchise units in North and South America, Asia, the Middle East, Canada and Southeast Asia. Franchise Marketing Systems has worked with a variety of well known brands and significant franchise systems including Baxter Healthcare, Anytime Fitness, Costco, Ford Motor Company, Delta Airlines, UPS Stores, European Wax Center, Junk King and others.

Mr. Conner’s vision was to develop a model that allowed for efficient, effective and performance based franchise development work to be completed for new and emerging franchisors. The combination of providing consulting and franchise development support along with the franchise sales and marketing model for new brands created more opportunities to more brands to scale and grow through franchising. Chris Conner holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing from Miami of Ohio and an MBA in Finance from DePaul University in Chicago. He is married to an amazing wife, Dr. Alaina Conner and has two great kids, Ashton and Jameson.

Steve Beagelman is a franchise industry veteran, with over 35 years of experience holding various positions from entrepreneur to senior level executive, giving him a unique insight and perspective in growing, operating, and building brands. In 2009, Steve established SMB Franchise Advisors, a franchise consulting company specializing in advising franchise start-ups and existing franchise concepts of ways to drive business growth. Now almost 15 years later, the company has helped over 450 brands launch into franchising. Steve specializes in private equity transactions and in helping SMB clients expand their brands. He also invests in franchise brands across several different industries.

Outside of SMB, Steve regularly writes for Forbes as an expert in the franchise industry and has been quoted numerous times in the Wall Street Journal, Franchising World and Franchise Times and recently contributed to a book, “Franchising Strategies.” Steve sits on several boards in the franchise industry and is a frequent guest speaker at colleges and franchise conferences.

Steve’s career began in a family packaging business back in 1986. By the time he was 21 years old, he spearheaded his own franchise operation as the co-founder of Black Tie Express, a start-up multi-restaurant delivery service. The company grew to a successful 30-unit operation, and Steve completed the title sale to Takeout Taxi, the market leader. He has also held top-level positions at popular franchise brands Hollywood Tans, Saladworks, Rita’s Water Ice, and Restaurant Systems International.

In 2006, Steve received his Certified Franchise Executive (CFE) from the International Franchise Association (IFA). He is a graduate of Pace University, holding a Bachelor’s degree in business, with a concentration in business management.