Our Speakers

We'll be frequently updating speakers. Previous speakers at our events include: Chamath Palihapitiya, Cyan Banister, David Sacks, Jenny Lefcourt, Craig Newmark, David Cohen, Anne Wojeski, Tony Hsieh, Hunter Walk, Mark Cuban, and more.

Aileen Lee

Investor

Managing Partner, Cowboy Ventures

Aileen Lee

Investor

Ben Seidl

Founder

Founder & CEO, Neyborly

Ben Seidl

Founder

Mei Siauw

Founder

Co-founder & CEO, LeadIQ

Mei Siauw

Founder

Phil Libin

Founder & Investor

Co-Founder & CEO, All Turtles

Phil Libin

Founder & Investor

Rahul Vohra

Founder

Founder & CEO, Superhuman

Rahul Vohra

Founder

Rebecca Lynn

Investor

General Partner, Canvas Ventures

Rebecca Lynn

Investor

Roland Ligtenberg

Founder

Co-Founder & SVP of Growth

Roland Ligtenberg

Founder

Zander Lurie

Executive

CEO, Survey Monkey

Zander Lurie

Executive

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The AGENDA

LAUNCH Scale is a 2-day event in San Francisco. Check out the agenda below.

8:00 am

Breakfast (VIP Ticket Holders)

8:00 am

Registration Opens

9:30 am

#StartupTuneup

Founders pitch to Jason

10:00 am

The Future of Angel Investing

Jeff Clavier (Uncork Capital), Clara Brenner (Urban Innovation Fund), Ben Ling (Bling Capital)

10:30 am

The State Machine that Answers All Startup Growth Questions

Phil Libin, Co-founder, All Turtles (previously Co-founder, Evernote and Partner, General Catalyst)

11:00 am

Rocks, Pebbles, and Pixie Dust: A Recipe for Scaling Roadmap

Donna Boyer, VP of Product, Stitch Fix

11:30 am

The Bootstrappers Guide to Hitting $10m in Revenue — and $15m in Funding

Crystal Etienne, Founder, Ruby Love

12:00 pm

LUNCH

Meal Included for VIP Ticket Holders

2:00 pm

Million Daily Questions & 17 Million Active Users Can't Be Wrong

Fireside Chat: Jason sits down with Zander Lurie, Survey Monkey

2:30 pm

SeedInvest Startup Competition

Startups: GrowSquares, DietID, Epilog, Politiscope, BabyQuip, MARKET Protocol ---- Judges: Ryan Feit (SeedInvest), Julie Lein (Urban Innovation Fund), Mark Reinstra, WSGR

3:20 pm

Customer Service: The Overlooked Factor of Growth

Partner Lightning Talk presented by: Tim Thyne, VP of Sales at Help Scout

3:27 pm

Scaling Customer Success Super Strategies

Mei Siauw, LeadIQ; Ben Seidl, Neyborly; Kirsten Wiley, Statusphere

4:05 pm

Founder Navigation Instructions for the Ever-changing Sea of Seed Funding

Mar Hershenson, Managing Partner, Pear Ventures

4:35 pm

Scaling Up Sales in an Early Stage Company

Brandon Brown, Co-Founder & CEO of Grin

5:00 pm

#StartupTuneup

Founders pitch to Jason

10:00 am

The Future of Early Stage VC

Rebecca Lynn (Canvas Ventures), Dave Samuel (Freestyle Capital), Pete Flint (NFX)

10:30 am

Scale Talk: Product Market Fit

Rahul Vohra, Founder & CEO of Superhuman

11:00 am

How Integration Enables Scalability

Partner Lightning Talk presented by: Yosiat Gimbernard, Head of Product Communications at Odoo

11:07 am

Creating & Scaling a Viral Evangelism Loop

Roland Lightenberg, Co-Founder and SVP Growth & Innovation at Housecall Pro

11:37 am

Fundraising through Syndicates

Ashley Whitehurst, Managing Director, Syndicates, LAUNCH

12:00 pm

LUNCH

Meal Included for VIP Ticket Holders

2:00 pm

Fireside Chat with Aileen Lee, Cowboy Ventures

Aileen Lee, Cowboy Ventures

2:30 pm

"Series A Ready?" Startup Competition Presented by The Hartford: Best of LAUNCH Scale

Startups: Goldilock, Partner Tap, Tribal Photo, Integem, Make.Toys, Vivoo, Pluto Pillow . ---- Judges: Jenny Lefcourt (Freestyle), Chris Lowell (The Hartford), Sara Deshpande (Maven)

3:20 pm

Crushing Competition with Growth & Customer Acquisition

Guillaume Cabane, Growth Advisor (prev. Segment, Drift, Apple)

3:45 pm

Steal this Hiring Process

Partner Lightning Talk presented by: Nate Smith, Founder & CTO at Lever

3:52 pm

Optimizing Your Funding Round

Sara Deshpande, Maven Ventures

4:17 pm

LAUNCH Accelerator 15 Demo Day

Judges: Todd Carpenter (Latham), Andrea Zurek (XG Ventures), Meredith Finn (March Capital)

5:00 pm

Networking

08:00
Robot and Human Interactive Communication
Length: 60 minutes
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William Johnson
Speaker
11:00
The possible use of robot interactive communication
Length: 60 minutes
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Tom River
Speaker
12:30
Robot and Human Interactive Communication
Length: 60 minutes
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Robert Downey
Speaker
15:45
How robot and human already find use in each other
Length: 60 minutes
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William Johnson
Speaker

LAUNCH SCALE 2019

Startup growth conference

Learn from the best founders & investors from Silicon Valley.

Our Speakers

We'll be frequently updating speakers. Previous speakers at our events include: Chamath Palihapitiya, Cyan Banister, David Sacks, Jenny Lefcourt, Craig Newmark, David Cohen, Anne Wojeski, Tony Hsieh, Hunter Walk, Mark Cuban, and more.

The AGENDA