TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17th
Money Stage
8:30AM REGISTRATION
10:30AM - 12:00PM Morning Agenda
Investor Outlook Panel
Charles Hudson, Precursor Ventures: What You Need to Be Thinking About as Soon as You Close Your Seed Round
Josh Elman, Greylock Partners: The Only Metric That Matters
Susan Mason, Aligned Partners: Strategies For Capital Efficiency
Jason Lemkin, SaaStr: How to Maximize Revenue -- With What You Have Now
12:00PM - 2:00PM LUNCH
2:00PM - 5:00PM Afternoon Agenda
Chamath Palihapitiya, Social Capital: Fireside Chat
David Skok, Matrix Partners: Get Inside Your Buyer's Head to Increase Funnel Conversion Rates
Kathryn Minshew, The Muse: The New Rules of Work: How to Create & Maintain a Meaningful, Scalable Company Culture
Startup Mentoring Showcase: 5 founders pitch & receive fundraising mentorship from judges
6:00PM Speaker Dinner (VIP Pass holders only)
Growth Stage
8:30AM REGISTRATION
10:30AM - 12:00PM Morning Agenda
Amanda Richardson, Hotel Tonight: Lessons Learned About What to Do (And Not Do) With Data as You Scale
Loic Le Meur, Leade.rs: Extreme Transparency for Maximum Profitability as You Scale
Bobby Brannigan, Mercato: 10 Essentials to Building a Marketplace
Beth Scheer, Homebrew: How to Build a Pre-Series A Team
12:00PM - 2:00PM LUNCH
2:00PM - 5:00PM Afternoon Agenda
Andy Artz, Social Capital: Before You Fire Your Marketer, Read This: An Empirical Approach to CAC/LTV
Mar Hershenson, Pear VC: Metrics & Operating Plan for Seed & Series A
LAUNCH Incubator: 8 founders present
Mick Liubinskas, muru-D: More Focus, More Scale
Sonny Mayugba, Waitr: Pitch Starter Kit: 16 Actionable Tips to Present Your Startup in a Way That's Engaging, Informative and Effective
6:00PM Speaker Dinner (VIP Pass holders only)
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18th
Growth Stage
8:30AM REGISTRATION
10:30AM - 12:00PM Morning Agenda
Jeremy Hitchcock, Dyn: How Your Fridge Broke the Internet: What it Means for IoT, Your Company, and Your Privacy
Shivani Siroya, Tala: Raising Your Series B
Martijn Scheijbeler, Postmates: A/B Testing: Why You're Probably Doing it Wrong
Rob May, Talla: How to Utilize A.I.-Driven Metrics as You Scale
12:00PM - 2:00PM LUNCH
2:00PM - 5:00PM Afternoon Agenda
Mary Fairchild, Uber: How to Create Symbiosis Between Sales & Product Teams
Tucker Max, Book In A Box: How We Got 1000s of People to Apply for Our Jobs
Adam Huda, Essential Capital: How to Build an Engineering Dream Team: Tactics for Hiring, Mentoring & Executing
6:00PM Angel Dinner (VIP Pass holders only)
Money Stage
8:30AM REGISTRATION
10:30AM - 12:00PM Morning Agenda
Investor Outlook Panel
Clara Brenner, Urban Innovation Fund: Eliminating Dealbreakers: How to Avoid Common Pitfalls in the Fundraising Process
Tomasz Tunguz, Redpoint Ventures: Winning with Data: Strategies for Building a Data-Driven Startup
Jalak Jobanputra, Future\Perfect Ventures: The Many Paths of Fundraising: VCs, MicroVCs, ICO's
David Yeom, Hollar: How We Raised $30m Series B
12:00PM - 2:00PM LUNCH
2:00PM - 5:00PM Afternoon Agenda
Monique Woodard, 500 Startups: Emerging U.S. Markets And How They Affect Startups in Every Vertical
Stacey Bishop, Scale Venture Partners: Essential Metrics to Raising Series B
Jenny Lefcourt, Freestyle.vc: The Keys to a Successful Series A: Learn to Love Fundraising
Ryan Carson, Treehouse: How to Make Huge Progress on Hiring Diverse Talent
6:00PM Angel Dinner (VIP Pass holders only)