Fireside chat: Digitail – Lessons from building a global startup
What better way to hear great growth war stories than coming straight from the founders? Sebastian and Ruxandra share with us their journey from zero to a $11M Atomico-led Series A round, why it’s crucial to have a clear story when you’re fundraising, the challenges so far, expanding to the US and what this meant… Read more »
Talk: Mentoring is broken: How do you build the career support you need
As a senior operator and experienced community founder, James will discuss the role mentorship can have and some of the failure points in connecting with mentors, and suggest ways to tackle this issue in order to build the wide support network that you’ll need to survive one of the toughest but ultimately most satisfying roles… Read more »
Keynote: Building growth into your product – lessons learned at Calendly
Darren will walk us through the hard truths of building a product-led growth business in 2023. You’ll learn secrets behind why Calendly’s been so successful at developing strong growth channels, some common pitfalls and things to be aware of, and how their team is designing and implementing their product-led sales strategies.
Talk: The journey behind building FindMeCure, pivoting lessons, and reaching product-market fit
FindMeCure is a product of passion – after its funding in 2016 and becoming a TechStars alumni, the company has spent a number of years iterating and learning from their customers, until reaching a period of growth. In this talk, Maya shares the ins and outs of this process and the fuel that helps her… Read more »
Keynote: Ship what matters – the right products at the right time
The ‘growth at all costs’ reality has changed – being efficient, profitable and deliver things that work, on time, is more crucial than ever. Ryan will share how his experience with Basecamp, where he spent over 17 years, to quickly develop meaningful products, build common language, and mix-and-match tools to fit your team. If you’re… Read more »
Talk: Five rules for growth: developing products 10 million users love
Current VP of product at DeepL, and previous Director of Product at Booking.com, Christopher is an experienced product leader and manager. Based on his experience, Christopher has distilled 5 key rules you need to take into account when developing your products and growth strategy.
Keynote: The culture playbook – Defining and scaling culture
From high-growth companies to a changing environment due to a global pandemic to a recession – companies have to adapt more than ever. Mada Seghete, Cofounder at Branch, will walk you through what culture is, how you define it at an early stage, and how you measure it and evolve it through both high growth… Read more »
Talk: High-velocity product design
In this talk, Claudiu will share his know-how on how to increase product development velocity and build a highly efficient product team to give you an almost unfair competitive advantage.
Fireside chat: Building a service company – from humble beginnings to listing on the stock exchange
Since its beginnings, Arobs has focused on providing high-quality tech services for global clients. Now one of the biggest players in Eastern Europe, Arobs has become a publicly listed company. In this fireside we ask Voicu, founder and CEO of Arobs, about the lessons learned while building the company and his decision to list the… Read more »
Talk: Gods, Superheroes, and Product Managers
Randy will challenge you to really define the role and mindset of Product people: If you’re not the hero or the CEO, then what role does a PM play?
Talk: From Zero to $350M Revenue: Finding and Scaling Your Go-to-Market Fit
Andrew will cover lessons from his roles as a co-founder of Idio, a B2B personalization innovator, leading brand, demand and digital at Optimizely, a global digital experience SaaS platform, and his current role as CMO of Paddle, a global billing platform for SaaS companies. He will also bring data-backed recommendations from Paddle’s 34,000 customers on… Read more »