fnIRL 2018

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

fnIRL Investor Office hour sign-ups have begun! Wave 1 & 2 complete.

Please keep an eye out for an email titled "fnIRL Office Hour Sign-up Wave 3" on Thursday 5/10 @10am PST for the final sign-up opportunity!

If you missed Wave 1 or Wave 2, email asha@foundersnetwork.com to get the sign-up links!

Emails also include legal and travel office hour sign-ups hosted by Morrison Foerster and Travelbank!

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Meet 100+ fellow FN’ers in real life at our New fnIRL Global Conference.

• New 1-Day Global Conference in the Heart of SF
• Best of The Forum '17/18 Keynotes & Panels
• Objectives Based Workshops
• 1-1 Investor Office Hours
• Special Partner Offers for Attendees
• Member Breakfast, Lunch & Wine Tasting

Traveling to fnIRL?

FLIGHT:

• Save 20% on your flight by booking through Travelbank here.
• Email asha@foundersnetwork.com with questions.

ACCOMMODATIONS:

• Save 15% on your hotel if you book at Hotel G here.
• 10 min. walk from the conference site.
• Looking for a roommate? Email asha@foundersnetwork.com to help coordinate.

AGENDA

*Please note that investor office hours will be happening in parallel throughout the day. Sign-ups and time slot assignments will be done prior to the conference. Scroll down to see the represented firms.

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9:00am – 10:00am - Registration & Breakfast
Location: Front Desk
Arrive early for your fnIRL badge, swag bags, and breakfast. Grab a bite with fellow founders and get to know our speakers before the day begins. Vegetarian, pescatarian, vegan, and gluten-free options available.

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10:00am – 10:15am - Welcome & Opening Remarks
Location: Town Hall
Introduction to fnIRL featuring Kevin Holmes, Founder of Founders Network. Learn more about the future of FN, the game plan for the day, and meet our hosts, Morrison Foerster!

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10:15am – 10:45am - What I wish I learned before starting my company ft. Duke Chung
Location: Town Hall
Duke Chung formerly founded and sold Parature to Microsoft for $100M acquisition. Currently working on TravelBank and has raised $35M.

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10:45am – 11:30am - Panel: Empowering and Building a Strong Team
Location: Town Hall
Check out the original forum post that inspired this panel here!

Panelists:

• MODERATOR: Dhaval Bhatt
• John Lyotier, CEO & Director, RightMesh AG: 3 startups and over $20M raised. Founder of Villa (Acquired for $3M). Currently in ICO process. Won Best Workplace at Small Business in BC Awards.
• Shadiah Sigala, Co-Founder & CPO, HoneyBook: Raised $46M and established the best-in-class Concierge support team, to installing a community-first marketing team. Previously, she held roles at Activehours and Aetna, in addition to owning her own farm-to-table catering service.
• LV Jadavji, Founder & CEO, LocoNoco: 2-time serial entrepreneur. Raised $7.8M for 3D printing/ bionic footwear startup Wiivv. Forbes 30 under 30 all-star alumni.

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11:30am - 12:00pm - Grit and Perseverance ft. Beerud Sheth
Location: Town Hall
Beerud Sheth, founder of eLance, raised $95M+ prior to merging with Odesk to form UpWork and pioneer the gig economy. Currently working on GupShup— raised $44M, 30,000 customers including leading companies such as FlipKart, OLA, Facebook, Twitter, ICICI, HDFC and ZeeTV.

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12:00pm - 1:00pm - LUNCH

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1:00pm – 2:00pm - Getting ROI from Social Media Marketing in 2018 ft. Eric Meyerson
Location: Town Hall
In this interactive session, develop your marketing strategy with Eric Meyerson, Former Director/ Head of Marketing at Facebook, Eventbrite, YouTube, and Google prior to joining the startup world at Sensai.

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2:00pm - 2:45pm - Panel: Unicorns vs. Horses
Location: Town Hall B
Check out the original forum post that inspired this panel here!

Panelists:

• MODERATOR: Martin Longo
• Richard White, Founder & CEO, UserVoice: Scaled from idea through Series B. Expert in UX design, and the critical importance of putting customers at the center of building products. Customers include Microsoft, Amazon, Yahoo, Intuit, and Google.
• Ben Nader, Founder & CEO, Butterfleye: Raised $4M and was recently acquired by Ooma. Ben has been recognized as a ‘Change Agent’ by USA Today, supported by his background at Texas Instruments, Maxim, Intel, and InFocus.
• Neha Sampat, Founder & CEO, Built.io: Scaled 200+ employees. 15+ years enterprise product marketing at Sun and VMware. San Francisco’s 40 under 40 and 50 Women in Tech Dominating Silicon Valley.

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2:45 pm – 3:00pm - BREAK

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3:00pm - 3:30pm - Keynote: The Founder Advice Everyone (Else) is Afraid to Give You ft. Jon Sadow
Location: Town Hall
Jon Sadow, founder of Scoop, raised $46M+ and scaled to 50+ employees over the course of 3 years. Prior to Scoop, Jon spent 4 ½ years at Google in both Product Management and Business Development.

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3:30pm – 4:15pm - Panel: Ethics in Leadership: How to Have Difficult Conversations With Key Players
Location: Town Hall
Check out the original forum post that inspired this panel here!

Panelists:

• MODERATOR: Michelle Crames
• John Roberts, Founder & CEO, Successly: 4-time serial entrepreneur. Former startup Tech Track acquired by Lasso.io.
• Vivek Bhaskaran, Founder & CEO, QuestionPro: Scaled QuestionPro to $8M ARR and 2,000 users. Seed investor in 3 companies and startup advisor.
• Domingo Guerra, President & Founder, Appthority: Raised $25M+ through Series B funding rounds and grown Fortune 1000 customer base. Google Partner. Former Brocade and Applied Materials. Holds 6 patents.
• Janine Yancey, Founder & CEO, Emtrain: Scaled Emtrain to $10M ARR. Former Partner at Employment Law Partners. Subject matter expert on HR and workplace compliance.

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4:15pm – 4:25pm - Closing Remarks

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4:25pm – 4:30pm - Group Photo

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4:30pm – 6:00pm - Wine Tasting Reception
Location: Town Hall
Sample an array of impressive wines by Viansa Winery while socializing with fellow founders, partners, and investors.

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Investor Office Hours will be running in parallel from 10-12 & 2-4pm in the Alcatraz & Golden Gate Conference rooms.

INVESTMENT FIRMS

1. Sessions will be 20 mins long— please come prepared with questions to receive advice and build investor relationships. One-pagers on your company are recommended, but optional.
2. Some investors will be available in the morning from 10am-12pm while others will be conducting evening sessions 2-4pm.
3. Make sure to review their availability, LinkedIns, and firms in advance to plan accordingly: https://foundersnetwork.com/fnirl-2018/
4. Please also review the fnIRL Agenda, in the description section under "more," to plan around keynotes or panels you don't want to miss: https://members.foundersnetwork.com/function/1776/
5. We recommend selecting office hours near each other, if possible, to avoid missing large parts of the conference.

1. Sign-ups will start 5/3 @10am PST
2. Please check your inbox for an email from Founders Network titled "fnIRL Office Hour Sign-up Wave 1"
3. You will be provided a link to our SignUpGenius with tabs on all the investor and legal office hours.
4. Everyone will only be allowed to sign-up for one slot, during Wave 1.
5. On Monday 5/7@10am PST, we'll send Wave 2 for all attendees to sign-up for a second session.
6. On Thursday 5/10@10am PST, we'll send Wave 3 (final wave) for all attendees to sign-up for a third session, if spots are available.

Please note that this system is to ensure that all attendees have a chance to secure office hours. Most investors will also be available during lunch or the evening reception if you are unable to secure a 1:1 with them.

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View the full speaker/investor list with photos here.

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Questions? Email asha@foundersnetwork.com