Fall Panel: The Drivers and Barriers of Growth
San FranciscoFree · Guests welcome
"Life is growth. You grow or you die." Phil Knight, Founder, Nike
Join your fellow founders, investors, and partners for an interactive panel discussion with experts from all areas of the ecosystem. You'll learn about key considerations for growing your customer base, scaling your team to match, and scaling your product— all over craft beer, specialty wines, and heavy appetizers. This panel will offer a taste of what will be discussed over 2 days, 3 nights at fnSummit 2018 (10/10-12).
5:30pm-5:50pm: Arrival & Opening Remarks
- Arrive on time to enjoy craft beers and specialty wines alongside heavy appetizers
- Collect your nametag, sign in, and find a seat with fellow founders, investors, and partners
5:50pm-6:50pm: The Drivers and Barriers of Growth
- Selina Tobaccowala: Founder of Gixo
Selina Tobaccowala is an entrepreneur and software product executive. She co-founded Evite and led teams at Ticketmaster and SurveyMonkey as SVP and CTO respectively. She currently works at Gixo, a company she co-founded, and serves on the board of Redfin. - Meetul Shah: Founder of DemandMatrix
Meetul is the founder of DemandMatrix, LookAcross, Knouen and IGCC. He started IGCC at just 18 years old and believes in building products that customers would like to pay for. A majority of Meetul’s companies have been bootstrapped and made profitable. He has also raised Angel rounds from investors such as 500 startups and built $1M in revenue at Knouen over 6 years and the same for DemandMatrix in 1.5 years. DemandMatrix is similarly bootstrapped, but has grown globally to over 100 firms. Meetul has previously sold to and worked for many renowned enterprise companies including Microsoft, DocuSign, Schlumberger, SunLife financials, Dell, Oracle and Yahoo. - Peter Imburg: Founder of Elfster
Peter Imburg is the Founder of everyone's favorite secret santa service. With over 7M registered members, Peter has scaled his company significantly over the past 14 years into a profitable revenue model with no outside funding. He is also a member of Vistage, a peer advisory group for CEOs for several years. - MOD: Kevin Smith: Founder of The Vault
Kevin Smith is a Founder & CEO of The Vault Innovative Startup Ecosystem and their associated investment fund, Seedchange. The collaborative community he built has ranked in the top 100 coworking spaces in the U.S. and was voted San Francisco's #1 co-working space on LinkedIn. The Vault now looks to expand globally and has locations in SF, Chicago, Incheon, and more.
6:50pm-7:30pm: Happy Hour & Relationship Building
- To close the event, grab a drink, get to know our panelists and feel free to check out the gallery's current art selection!
Know a full-time tech founder who wants to learn more about FN? Feel free to invite them to the event!
Many thanks to StackPath and Morrison Foerster for sponsoring the evening, and The Vault for hosting us.
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