01 · ConveningsConvenings
We host gatherings where entrepreneurs, investors, and ecosystem builders show up in the same room, and leave with relationships that didn't exist before.
We add value to the work already being done
We host convenings, make connections, and tell the stories of the people building real businesses, and the people building the systems that support them.
Convenings · Connections · Storytelling
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What we do
Convenings, Connections, and Storytelling
01 · Convenings
02 · ConnectionsConnections
We listen for what founders are actually stuck on, and make the introduction that unsticks them.
03 · StorytellingStorytelling
We document the work: the founders building real businesses, the support organizations doing the unglamorous work, the wins and losses that get lost without a record.
500+
Entrepreneurs and economic developers served through our convenings.
$15,000
In prize money awarded through our CreatorCon Pitch Battle.
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Events
The rooms we put together
From an annual flagship to recurring conversations, every gathering brings entrepreneurs and the people who support them into the same room.
Flagship · Annual
CreatorCon
2027 dates coming soon
An entrepreneurship conference for founders, creators, and the people who support them. Two days, one room, real connections.
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Recurring · Networking
Cocktails with Creators
Next date TBA
An evening of tacos, drinks, and a featured conversation for small business owners, creators, and ecosystem builders to connect, create, and grow.
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Stories from the room
CreatorCon
Meet the CreatorCon Pitch Battle Five
Five Appalachian founders. One stage. One $5,000 check. Here's who's pitching at CreatorCon this year.
By Ryan Jones
CreatorCon
In Two Weeks, I'm Giving $5,000 to an Appalachian Founder
This is our fourth year running the CreatorCon Pitch Battle, and it has gotten better — and more competitive — every single year.
By Ryan Jones
The community
The people we bring together
Every event fills the room with founders, creators, and the people who back them. Here's a look at who's been in the room.
See the photos
Outpost Arcade
Take a break from work
Take a break from work and play in the Woodbooger Outpost Arcade. Every game is set on real Southwest Virginia trails.
Woodbooger Run
1PRun the forest trails of Southwest Virginia in 3D. Dodge, jump and slide past whatever the holler throws at you.
- 3D trail runner
- Swipe or arrows
- Phone or computer
Woodbooger Holler Hop
1P · LIVEHop five real SWVA trails, from the Virginia Creeper to Natural Tunnel. Tap to jump, hold to keep hopping.
- 5 trails
- Tap to jump
- TikTok LIVE mode
Woodbooger Holler Golf
1P · LIVEMini golf through the holler with the Woodbooger as your caddie. Play the front 9 or all 18 and chase the weekly leaderboard.
- 9 or 18 holes
- Pull back to putt
- Leaderboard
Legends of the Holler
1PRun and jump your way across Southwest Virginia. Stomp critters, crack open trail caches, and beat the boss at the end of every trail.
- 4 SWVA trails
- Boss fights
- Phone or computer
Thank you
Read the thank-you CreatorCon 2026 is a wrap
September 23–24, 2026 · UVA Wise
Thank you to everyone who filled the room. Photos and the recap video are on the way.
Thank you to our partners
The folks who make it possible
Presented by
Student Sponsor
With support from
About
Built in Appalachia, for founders across the South
Do Good Foundation was founded by Ryan Jones, a creative technologist who's spent the last decade in the entrepreneurial ecosystem of Appalachia and the broader South: first as Director of Innovation at SOAR, then as the founder of CreatorCon, now in its fourth year.