Overcoming Adversity: Navigating the Startup Founder Journey with Patrick Campbell - fnGlobal Keynote & Roundtables (January 18, 2023)

Patrick Campbell was a 22-year-old Google employee when he was first diagnosed with cancer. After surgery and chemotherapy, he went into remission. Five years later, nodules started growing in his lymph nodes. At 28, his cancer had come back. He’s cancer-free now, but his diagnoses have indelibly shaped his journey as a founder.

“I wouldn’t have jumped into startups unless I had gotten cancer,” Patrick says.

The serious health issues he experienced in his twenties, while scary, helped him prioritize and inspired him to take risks.

In 2012 at age 24, Patrick founded Profitwell, which provides subscription analytics, retention and pricing solutions. Today, more than 30,000 companies – including Canva and MasterClass – use Profitwell products. ProfitWell was acquired by Paddle in a deal valued at more than $200 million.

On Jan. 18, Patrick will host a Founders Network global keynote where he’ll talk about his 10-year journey growing his company to where it is today – and the challenges he encountered along the way.

In his webinar, Patrick will discuss:

• How cancer changed his priorities
• Building a supportive network
• The key to launching a mission-driven startup
• A founder’s guide to bootstrapping

Opening Remarks @ 10:00am PT

Join us for opening remarks with Dina Fattom, Member Success Manager at Founders Network, to get the latest updates from the Network and opportunities for getting involved.

Keynote Speaker @ 10:10am PT

Patrick Campbell is Chief Strategy Officer at Paddle and former Founder and CEO of ProfitWell. Prior to ProfitWell and Paddle, Patrick led strategic initiatives for Boston-based Gemvara and was an economist at Google and the U.S. intelligence community.

About Profitwell:

Over 30,000 companies including Canva, Autodesk, MasterClass, and Notion use ProfitWell's products to measure and automate their subscription revenue growth. Paddle, a payments infrastructure provider for SaaS companies, acquired ProfitWell in a deal valued at over $200M.

Stage-Based Roundtables @ 11:00am PT

Community Partners:

Jeff Erickson

Jeff leads the Partnerships Team at Forecastr — a leading FP&A software company that helps startups create kick-butt financial models to impress investors, confidently raise capital, and effectively run their businesses better.

Jeff serves on the advisory boards of several startup companies and is an active angel investor. He's passionate about startups and enjoys working with founders and mentoring entrepreneurs.

Jeff is an experienced entrepreneur and was the founder and CEO of a successful consumer goods company that he rapidly grew from $1M in sales its first year to over $40M in annual revenue in its fourth year of operations and was ranked #138 on the Inc. 500 list of fastest growing companies.

Prior to founding his own company, Jeff was a partner at Beanstalk Partners where he led the sales and business development activities. He also served as the National Sales Director for a venture-backed tech startup where he generated over $45M in client contracts and developed the company’s channel partner program.

Jeff has a degree in accounting and graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Utah. After receiving his MBA in Finance from the University of Utah he served as the Vice President of Investments for Sentry Financial Corporation.

Cathy Keeler

Cathy is the Managing Partner at FullScope Growth, a global consortium of elite Fractional Executives and Business Acceleration Partners that provide the exact combination of experts that organizations require.

She has cross-functional experience in sales, management, marketing and business planning, client services, network development and operations. Delivers strong results within highly competitive markets.

Guests Are Welcome!

Please bring a guest! Every member can bring one (1) guest to each event. Each guest must be a full-time tech startup founder so they can bring new perspectives, skillsets, and experience to your chapter.

All guests must be full-time tech startup founders and you can register them directly on this function page. See How to Register a Guest here.

Confidentiality Reminder

All information shared within Founders Network is strictly confidential. We are built on a foundation of trust, and the community takes confidentiality seriously. Investors, members, and staff all share experiences and opinions off the record. In this roundtable forum, we continue to model our fnValues of Reciprocity, Humility, Authenticity and Inclusivity.