ADHD & Entrepreneurship Panel
ADHD & Entrepreneurship Panel
How ADHD entrepreneurs build businesses on their own terms
Being a founder with ADHD isn't a liability, it's a completely different operating system. The hyperfocus that built your product, the pattern recognition that spotted the gap, the bias toward action that made you start when everyone else was still planning. That's not despite your ADHD. That's because of it.
But let's be honest about the other side too: the half-finished systems, the avoidance spirals, the weeks where you were everywhere and nowhere, the moments you almost quit.
Join us for a live online panel with four ADHD founders who've built real companies, and lived all of it. We're getting into the unglamorous truth of what it actually looks like to build a business with an ADHD brain: what works, what's failed spectacularly, and what they wish someone had told them at the start.
Here's what we'll get into:
🧠 The founder origin story: how ADHD shaped the problem they decided to solve
⚡ Hyperfocus as a superpower (and a trap): building in bursts and what happens after
🔧 Systems that actually work: and the ones they burned to the ground first
💸 Running a business with an ADHD brain: cash flow, hiring, decision-making, the real stuff
🤝 What they know now: the advice they'd give their earlier selves
This is a casual honest conversation. Just founders who get it, talking honestly about how they built something. So bring all the questions you have!
Recording will be sent out to registrants.
Meet the Panelists
Chris Wang is the co-founder & CEO of Shimmer and Indy, the leading ADHD coaching platform with over 90,000 coaching sessions delivered. Diagnosed with ADHD as an adult, Chris built Shimmer because she couldn't find support that was affordable, evidence-based, and designed for how her brain actually works. She's a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree and ICF-credentialed coach. IG: @adhd.christal @shimmer.care @adhd.indy
Ari Scott is the founder & CEO of The ADHD Entrepreneur, a community and resource hub built for neurodivergent business owners. Ari has built one of the most recognized voices in the ADHD entrepreneurship space, creating content and community that makes founders feel less alone in the chaos.
Sharon Pope is co-founder and CEO of Shelpful, an AI accountability app that helps people actually get things done; with a $3 Million investment from Sam Altman (via Apollo Projects). Previously, Sharon spent 15 years in startup leadership, including advising at Y Combinator and serving as CMO of ZeroDown, Green Dot, GoBank, and Loopt. IG: @shelpful // TT: @automaticallyadhd
Marie Ng is the CEO of Llama Life, a task management app designed specifically for people who struggle with time and transitions — built, unsurprisingly, by someone who knows exactly what that feels like. Llama Life has become a beloved tool in the ADHD community for making the hard parts of executive function just a little bit easier.
About the organizers
Shimmer is the leading ADHD coaching platform, an all-in-one space for 1:1 coaching, community, body doubling, and learning resources built specifically for ADHDers. Over 90,000 coaching sessions and counting. shimmer.care for coaching or Shimmer Community for 7 day free trial of body doubling
Indy by Shimmer is a free AI-powered ADHD support app, your always-available support tool in your pocket, built from the insights of Shimmer's real coaching sessions. Download free at shimmer.care/indy
The ADHD Entrepreneur is a community, accelerator and content platform for neurodivergent founders, helping ADHD business owners build companies that work for their brains.
Shelpful is an AI-powered accountability buddy — a to-do list that talks back. It helps you actually follow through by breaking things down, nudging you at the right moment, and celebrating small wins along the way. Try shelpful (super+helpful) free for 2 weeks in the App Store or Google Play. shelpful.com
Llama Life is a task and time management app loved by the ADHD community for making transitions, focus, and follow-through actually feel doable.