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 »
Panel: Building your path for growth
For many startups, growth is a top priority from day one. In this panel, we’ll discuss the lessons learned from working with some of the most successful high-growth startups on go-to-market, vision, and audacity.
Panel: I’m building an amazing product – why can’t I raise money?
Raising venture money has always been one of the hardest things startups need to do, and it’s especially true today. Apart from building amazing products, venture money looks for amazing outcomes. Join us to discuss how the two are, or are not, connected.
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.
Panel: How to build marketplaces that succeed
Marketplaces are messy – synchronizing supply with demand, and keeping the financials in balance, sometimes across multiple geographies, has proven to be a hard game to play for many startups, including Delivery hero or Wolt and Tier or Voi. Joined by experienced marketplace investors and operators, we discuss what makes the best marketplaces work in… 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: 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.
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 »
Panel: Hot or cold – how has the early stage investment market changed and what lies ahead?
Since 2020, the early-stage investment market has gone through a number of changes – from the highs of 2021 to the lows of 2022. How tough is it now for founders to raise capital, and what are the most often concerns investors raise when evaluating rounds, given the environment?
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 »