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For Our Founders

Some Founders secure funding, strategic partnerships, or client relationships from the operators in the room. All Founders leave with clarity, connections, and actionable guidance that improves their company.

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For Our Funders

As a Funder, you’ll meet high-quality companies, provide strategic feedback, and invest when you see strong alignment. But there’s no obligation to fund a company. Your feedback alone creates tremendous value in and of itself.

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Event Info

For our second event of 2026, we're heading to Protectors Vegas, a new conference built specifically for the life and annuity Agent and Advisor community, and we're proud to support their first year. The Funder room will be larger and more varied than a typical TFC session, and the Founders will have the opportunity to present on the Innovation Showcase Stage.

As a TFC guest, you get access to the entire conference. In addition to the items below, you’ll have the opportunity to network with the producers, carriers, wholesalers, capital, and platforms shaping the future of income and financial security.

Event Agenda

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Protectors brings every major stakeholder in this industry into one room for three days: Carriers, distribution leadership from the largest agencies, strategists, influencers, thought leaders, ex-operators, agents, advisors, and technology providers, all together, all focused on growth, planning, and execution.

As for us? You'll get the same great TFC experience you'd expect, plus a front-row seat to how our Founders perform on the biggest stage of the week.

Day One: Full House

This is TFC’s main event day. Four Founders will be selected to present to our Funders and Special Guests in a TFC Lounge at the Venetian.

Monday, Nov. 9

10:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Day Two: All In

Each Founder will join TFC on the Showcase Stage as Protectors’ official Innovation Sponsor to demo their solution to a live audience of Agents/Advisors.

BONUS: Our top Founder will receive a professionally produced recording of their presentation (11 AM on the Planery Stage), which will become a marketing asset for their use. 

Tuesday, Nov. 10

3:00 - 4:00 PM

Day Three: Dealer's Choice

This day is open for networking and catching sessions from the industry’s leading operators. Be sure to keep an eye out for past TFC Funders and Founders on stage!

Wednesday, Nov. 11

7:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Take a look at past events!

TFC Vegas is the first event of its kind, but we think you'll enjoy seeing what we've done in the past. 

DES MOINES, IA

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GREENWICH, CT

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DETROIT, MI

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IRVINE, CA

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PHILADELPHIA, PA

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DALLAS, TX

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Est. 1919 · Des Moines, Iowa

HOTEL FORT DES MOINES

A century of stories, one remarkable address

Famous Guests
Scandals & Secrets
Firsts & Innovations
The Beginning
1922
1922

Helen Keller rang in the New Year here, staying at the hotel while in Des Moines for performances over New Year’s Eve.

1927
1927

Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig had breakfast here before an exhibition game. Two of baseball’s greatest, at the same table, in Des Moines.

1927
1927

Charles Lindbergh hosted a banquet here after his famous transatlantic flight. The menu featured boneless squab — reportedly a rare Des Moines delicacy at the time.

1933
1933

Amelia Earhart visited the hotel to speak about her solo flight across the Atlantic — a rare chance for Iowans to hear her story firsthand.

1947
1947

Mae West stayed here during her performance of “Come on Up” at the KRNT Radio Theater. One imagines she made an impression on the staff.

1959
1959

Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev occupied the Presidential Suite during the height of the Cold War. This hotel has seen history made.

1960
1960

JFK, LBJ, and Hubert Humphrey all attended dinner here and held a meeting on farm policy — three future or sitting presidents under one roof.

1980
1980

Elizabeth Taylor stayed here during a Des Moines appearance. Hollywood glamour, right here in the heartland.

1980
1980

Elizabeth Taylor stayed here during a Des Moines appearance. Hollywood glamour, right here in the heartland.

2003
2003

Cher requested her own personal mattress be placed in room #1025. The hotel obliged. Room 1025 has never quite been the same.

2008
2008

Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton both stayed here during the Iowa caucuses — rivals for the presidency, sharing the same address for a night.

1939
1939

Police raided the Log Cabin Room on the 11th floor, seizing liquor and gambling equipment. The tip reportedly came from the men’s own wives.

1927
1927

When Lindbergh dined here post-transatlantic flight, he reportedly insisted on serving boneless squab, an extravagance that raised eyebrows across Iowa.

1959
1959

The FBI monitored Khrushchev’s stay closely. Guests on nearby floors reportedly had no idea who was sleeping down the hall.

1971
1971

President Nixon greeted supporters in the lobby during his stay — a reminder that this hotel has always been where Iowa’s political drama plays out.

1919
1919

When it opened, every single room had a bathtub, purified chilled circulating water, and a window. Unheard of luxury for its era.

1938
1938

The hotel announced the first air-conditioned guest room in Des Moines, a genuine technological milestone that made front-page news.

1953
1953

100 rooms received TV sets in what was reportedly the largest single installation of televisions in Iowa at the time. The fee to operate yours? 25 cents.

1982
1982

Governor Terry Branstad nominated the hotel to the National Register of Historic Places, cementing its place in Iowa’s official history.

1919
1919

The hotel opened on July 15, 1919, built for approximately $1.5 million and designed by the architectural firm Proudfoot, Bird & Rawson.

1919
1919

Its opening was a statement of ambition: every room had a private bathtub, purified water, and a window. In 1919, this was genuinely extraordinary.

1974
1974

Ronald Reagan attended WHO Radio’s 50th anniversary celebration at the hotel, proof that Fort Des Moines has always been Iowa’s premier gathering place.

2021
2021

After major renovations, the hotel reopened as part of the Curio Collection by Hilton, a century of history, restored for the next hundred years.