Jeff Baldassari, The Competitive Edge Group - Scale & Lead Smarter, Grow Faster

IN-PERSON, Doors open at 8 AM for informal networking.

8:30 AM Presentation and Q&A moderated by Marsha Swallow, followed by meet-the-speaker and informal networking until 10 AM.

Location: FoundrSpace, our generous event host

Parking: Street parking is generally free until 11 AM; check street signs.

Presented by Echo-Factory and Innovate Pasadena and co-hosted by CALE at Caltech.

Jeff Baldassari from The Competitive Edge Group - Scaling Roadblocks: Identifying and Overcoming the Top Three

As a founder or CEO of a business, it can feel like there are times when the business has stalled despite the fact that your teams are sprinting. In this candid and practical session, Jeff Baldassari, Founder & CEO of The Competitive Edge Group, possesses 21 years of CEO experience. He will identify the three most common challenges entrepreneurs face. These challenges eventually cause businesses to veer off course. Having navigated turnaround situations and built scalable systems firsthand, Jeff outlines:

• The Accountability Abyss: Occurs when roles are unclear, metrics are missing, performance suffers.
• Reactive Overload: How “firefighting mode” stifles strategic growth and burns out teams.
• Surface-Level Fixes: Why treating symptoms—rather than root causes—keeps you stuck.

You’ll walk away with a process to consistently create systems that will accelerate your growth trajectory and build the internal framework to support it.

Please join our lively, fun, and friendly in-person event in the comfortable environment of FoundrSpace!

You can also watch the livestream starting at 8:30 AM and ending after the Q&A at approximately 9:30 AM by connecting with Christy Conner on LinkedIn.

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Disability Notice: Please note that our venue FoundrSpace is located in a historical building in Pasadena and does not have elevator access. As a historic property, it is exempt from ADA compliance per city regulations. If you require any assistance or special accommodations, please let us know two weeks in advance of the event by emailing BOTH pasadena@foundrspace.com and admin@innovatepasadena.org and providing your name and contact information, and we will do our best to support your needs. We appreciate your understanding and look forward to hosting you.