Jack Brody is the VP Product @ Snap. Jack joined Snap in 2014 as a Product Designer, and ultimately helped build out the design organization as the Head of Design before taking on his current role overseeing all of Product for the Snapchat application and Hardware. In his 9 years at Snap, he helped create Memories, the Snap Map, and AR Lenses like Face Swap.
2. Product 101: Art vs Science:
3. The SNAP Hiring Process: What Works and What Does Not:
4. SNAP, The Future, and The World Around Us:
Avlok Kohli is the CEO @ AngelList. Under his leadership, Avlok has taken AngelList from an SPV provider to a company that is becoming the software platform for the entire industry. Today, AngelList supports over $15BN in assets and 40% of US unicorns have had a GP invest in them through AngelList. Prior to becoming CEO @ AngelList, Avlok founded 3 companies, all of which were acquired including by the likes of Square and eBay.
1. From 3x Founder to Scaling AngelList to $15BN in AUM:
2. What is Going On in Venture: New Funds, LPs, Secondaries:
3. What is Going on in Startups: Rounds, Valuations, Party Rounds
4. The Business of AngelList and its Future:
Tomasz Tunguz is the Founder and General Partner @ Theory Ventures, just announced last week, Theory is a $230M fund that invests $1-25m in early-stage companies that leverage technology discontinuities into go-to-market advantages. Prior to founding Theory, Tom spent 14 years at Redpoint as a General Partner where he made investments in the likes of Looker, Expensify, Monte Carlo, Dune Analytics, and Kustomer to name a few. Tom also writes one of the best blogs and newsletters in the business which can be found here.
2. From 150 LP Meetings to Closing $230M: Raising a Fund I
3. Where Will Value Accrue in the Next Decade of AI:
4. AI and The World Around It:
Mark Goldberger is Head of Enterprise Sales at Ramp, the fastest-growing corporate card and bill payment software in America, and recently named Most Innovative Company in North America by Fast Company. Prior to joining Ramp, Mark was the first enterprise rep at TripActions (now Navan), where he helped bring in more than $100m of ARR as an IC and sales leader. Before TripActions, Mark worked at Highfive, a video conferencing company since acquired by Dialpad.
1. From Wine Industry to Sales Leader:
2. The Sales Playbook and Why You Should Never Hire a Sales VP First:
3. How to Hire 10x Sales Teams: The Process:
4. Discounting, Champions, Creating Urgency:
5. Building a High-Functioning Sales Org:
From college party promoter to managing global stars to CEO and investor. Scott “Scooter” Braun is one of the most powerful people in media and one of the most multi-faceted entrepreneurs we have ever met. As the founder of media company SB Projects and the co-founder of TQ Ventures, he has backed prominent companies such as Pinterest, Spotify and Uber and managed some of the world’s biggest names in music including Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, and Demi Lovato. Braun’s other accolades include founding Ithaca Ventures (acquired by HYBE for $1BN+) in 2021, and philanthropic efforts such as being a Make-A-Wish board member, raising $55M+ for Hurricane Harvey and Irma relief and continuing to instill the value of social good wherever possible.
1. From College Party Promoter to Managing The World's Biggest Superstars:
2. College Party Promoter Turned Venture Investor:
3. Scooter's Lessons on Success (And How to Deal With It):
4. The Secrets to Being a Better Parent, Child, and Partner:
5. Finding the "Scott" Buried Inside "Scooter":
David Marcus is the co-founder and CEO of Lightspark, building infrastructure that extends the capabilities and utility of Bitcoin. Prior to Lightspark, David led all payment and crypto efforts at Facebook/Meta and scaled Messenger to 1.5BN users. David previously founded three other companies: Zong (acquired by eBay/PayPal for $240M), Echovox (acquired by MBO), and GTN (acquired by World Access).
1. From Losing Everything to Becoming Changing the World of Fintech:
2. The Secret to Building a Great Company from Mark Zuckerberg's ex-Right Hand Man:
3. Crypto & AI's Ripple Effect on The Rest of The World:
4. How The Best Leaders Hire The Best Talent:
Joost De Valk is one of the OGs of SEO. As the Founder of Yoast, he scaled what was a side project plugin into a multi-million dollar business, used by 13 million sites and selling to Newfold Media in 2021. As one of the early SEO pioneers he is also an extremely coveted angel investor and invests through his company, Emilia Capital.
1. From Side Project to Multi-Million Dollar Business:
2. When, How and Why To Invest in SEO:
3. AI Changes The World of Context:
4. Creating a Developer-Led Brand and Mastering PLG:
Rob Lacher founded Visionaries Club in 2019, in just 3 years he has scaled the firm to $600M AUM and backed some of Europe's best including Xentral, Personio, Miro, and Ledgy. Prior to Visionaries, Rob founded the fashion platform AMAZE in 2014 which he sold to Zalando, and founded the European seed and growth stage venture capital fund La Famiglia in 2016.
1.) From Novice Tennis Player to Investing on a Global Stage:
2.) The Secret to Building a Fund? Hire People With No Experience:
3.) The Red Ocean of European Venture:
4.) Lessons on Investing From a Pro:
Mike Salguero is the Founder and CEO @ ButcherBox, the meat delivery subscription service that he has scaled to $600M in revenue, 215 employees and the national leader in the space. All of this achieved while raising $0 of venture capital. Prior to ButcherBox, Mike was the Founder & CEO @ CustomMade, an online marketplace that, unlike ButcherBox, raised millions in venture funding from prominent VCs.
1.) The Makings of a Great Entrepreneur:
2. Consumer Subscription is Not a VC Backabale Business Model:
3. The Secret to Efficient Marketing:
4. The Economics of a $600M Revenue ButcherBox:
5. Venture Capital: To Raise or Not to Raise:
Tobi Lütke is the CEO and Co-Founder of Shopify, the powerhouse company allowing anyone to start and grow their e-commerce business. Over an incredible 18 years, Tobi has scaled Shopify to 10% of total US e-commerce, millions of merchants in over 170 countries, and a market cap today of over $60BN. Huge thanks to Harley Finkelstein for making this happen.
1. From a Small German Town to One of the World's Most Powerful CEOs:
2. You Can Learn More from World of Warcraft Than You Can Companies:
3. The Best Companies Operate with Many Constraints:
4. Inside the Mind of Tobi Lütke: Decision-Making & Prioritisation:
Jackie Reses is the Chair and CEO of Lead Bank, a community bank in Kansas City. Previously, she was the Executive Chairman of Square Financial Services and Capital Lead and Head of the People Team at Block Inc (Square). Prior, she had leadership positions at Yahoo! and was a Partner at Apax Partners Worldwide. Jackie also spent seven years at Goldman Sachs in mergers and acquisitions and the principal investment area. Jackie is on the board of directors of Endeavor, Affirm and Nubank. Previously, she served on the Board of Directors of Alibaba Group. She has been named one of Forbes' “Self Made Women”, Fast Company’s “Most Creative People in Business,” and American Banker “Most Powerful Woman in Finance”.
1. From Humble Beginnings to "Most Powerful Woman in Finance":
2. Building the Best Teams: Lessons from Square and Yahoo
3. The Best Deal-Maker in the Business: Secret to Negotiating:
4. The Next Wave of Fintech:
Jag Duggal is the CPO @ Nubank where he is responsible for product strategy and roadmap reporting to CEO David Velez. Jag leads over 200 professionals across different functions within his role. Before Nubank, he was the Director of Product Management at Facebook, leading monetization of video and third party content. Before Facebook, Jag spent close to 7 years at Quantcast as a Senior VP of Product Management & Strategy. Finally, pre-Facebook, Jag was at Google for 5 years as a Group Product Manager and Head of Strategy (Display).
1. From Cushy Valley Job to CPO @ Brazilian Startup:
2. Product: The Playbook, Art vs Science:
3. Building the Bench: Hiring the Best Team:
4. Go Time: Build, Manage and Execute:
Dara Khosrowshahi is the CEO of Uber, where he has managed the company’s business in more than 70 countries around the world since 2017. Dara was previously CEO of Expedia, which he grew into one of the world’s largest online travel companies. Dara was promoted to Expedia CEO after serving as the Chief Financial Officer of IAC Travel. Before joining IAC, Dara served as Vice President of Allen & Company and spent a number of years as an analyst. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Expedia and Catalyst.org and was previously on the board of the New York Times Company.
1. From the Iranian Revolution to One of the Most Powerful CEOs:
2. Dara Khosrowshahi: The Foundations of Great Leadership:
3. Investments and Acquisitions: The Scorecard:
4. The Future: Food Delivery, Parenting, Marriage:
Mike Maples is one of the OGs of seed investing. As the Co-Founder of Floodgate, he has backed the likes of Twitch, Okta, Lyft, Twitter and more. Mike has been on the Forbes Midas List eight times in the last decade and was also named a “Rising Star” by FORTUNE and profiled by Harvard Business School for his lifetime contributions to entrepreneurship.
1.) Lesson from SVB #1: The Importance of Scenario Planning:
2.) Lesson from SVB #2: The Importance of Financial Agility:
3.) Lesson from SVB #3: How to Master Crisis Communications:
4.) Lessons from SVB: The Wider World:
Frank Fillman is CRO/Country Leader Australia for Salesforce where he is responsible for responsible for the overall strategy, execution, success, and growth of the $1B+ Australian market across all industries. Prior to Salesforce, Frank was SVP/GM @ Tableau where he was responsible for the strategy, execution, and growth of Tableau's Top Accounts. Over the last 10 years at Salesforce, Frank's accomplishments include $500M+ new revenue closed in 5 years and $1B+ revenue managed. As a result, Frank has been awarded #1 Sales VP of the Year, North America, 3 times! Huge thanks to Zhenya Loginov @ Miro for the intro to Frank today.
1.) From Selling Kitchen Utensils to Leading $1BN Revenue Line for Salesforce:
2.) Build and Execute the Sales Playbook:
3.) Enterprise Deal Dynamics 101:
4.) Building the Bench:
5.) Setting Quota and Deal Reviews:
Frank's Most Recent Book: The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea
Bill Ackman is the CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P., an SEC-registered investment adviser founded in 2003. Pershing Square is a concentrated research-intensive fundamental value investor in long and occasionally short investments in the public markets. Bill is also a member of the board of Universal Music Group N.V. He serves as a member of the Investor Advisory Committee on Financial Markets for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and a member of the Board of Dean’s Advisors of the Harvard Business School. Prior to forming Pershing Square, Mr. Ackman co-founded Gotham Partners Management Co., LLC.
1.) From HBS to Starting Your First Fund:
2.) Bill Ackman: A Winner's Mindset: How To Deal with the Highs and Lows:
3.) Bill Ackman: SVB + Bank Runs and The Future of our Financial System:
4.) Bill Ackman: The World Around Us & Potential Politician
Ophelia Brown is the Founder of Blossom Capital, one of Europe's newest but leading early-stage venture firms. Ophelia and the Blossom team have invested in stand-outs including Checkout, Duffel, Tines, and Moonpay. Prior to Blossom, Ophelia was a GP at LocalGlobe and a Principal at Index Ventures where her investments included Robinhood and Typeform.
1.) From Restaurant-Owning DJ to Leading European VC:
2.) Venture Capital: The Market:
3.) Ophelia Brown: The Investor and Fund Manager:
4.) Europe: Is Now Really The Right Time?
Adam Grenier is an OG of the growth world. His first role in growth, was none other than Uber where he was Head of Growth Marketing and Innovation building the global marketing growth infrastructure and team from the ground up. He then enjoyed successful spells at Lambda School and Masterclass as VP Growth and VP of Marketing, respectively. If that was not enough, Adam is also a prolific angel having made investments in Superhuman, Table22, and FitXR to name a few.
1.) Entry into the World of Growth with Uber:
2.) Growth: What it is? Why You Do Not Need a Team for it?
3.) Hiring Growth Mindsets: How to Ask the Right Question:
4.) Uber: Scaling a Monster and Spending $1BN on Ads:
Jackie Reses is the CEO of Lead Bank and previous Exec Chair of Square Financial Services and Head of Lending and Banking. One of only people to have started a bank as a de no; Only tech company to get approved for a de novo. Chair Economic Advisory Council of SF Federal Reserve.
Kris Dickson is the CFO of Lead Bank and previously the CAO / CFO of post-BK Lehman Brothers parent co-estate for 10 years. Lehman Holdco estate has liquidated and distributed $129 billion to unsecured creditors through the end of 2022.
What Happened?
What Now?
Amjad Masad is the Founder and CEO @ Replit, whose mission is to bring the next billion software creators online. With Replit, Amjad has raised over $100M from the likes of Peter Thiel, a16z, Coatue and Addition, to name a few. Before founding Replit, Amjad was a tech lead on the JavaScript infrastructure team at Facebook. Before Facebook, Amjad was #1 employee at Codecademy.
1.) From Troublemaker Child in Iran to Silicon Valley Founder:
2.) The Future: A New World with AI at the Centre:
3.) The Future of Society, Employment and Wages:
4.) Building the Replit Army:
Glen Coates is the VP of Product @ Shopify, leading the development of Shopify’s core commerce platform. He also oversees the core developer platform and Shopify’s partner ecosystem, which includes over 10,000 publicly available apps in the Shopify App Store. Originally a CompSci grad, Glen moved from Sydney to San Diego in 2008 to run US distribution and e-commerce for an Australian eco-products company. In 2010, he attended Columbia Business School for one whole day before quitting to start Handshake, a SaaS B2B e-commerce platform. Glen joined Shopify in May 2019 when the company acquired Handshake. Glen has been in the Vice President role since October 2020.
1. From Game Developer in Sydney to Running E-Commerce Warehouse in NYC:
2. The Art of Product and Product Management:
3. The Art of Product Marketing:
4. Shopify and The Future of Shopify:
Alex Schultz is the Chief Marketing Officer and VP of Analytics for Meta (formerly Facebook), leading Marketing, Analytics, and Internationalization. Previously, Mark Zuckerberg stood up and said, "Facebook would not be a BN user company without Alex". At Meta, Alex has pioneered the integration of product and direct response marketing at Meta and helped launch many of the company’s most impactful products and initiatives. Alex is gay and is the executive sponsor of Facebook’s LGBTQ+ Employee Resource Group.
1. From Paper Planes to CMO of Facebook:
2. The Secret to Scaling to 1 Billion Users:
3. Crucible Moments in Facebook History:
Facebook Messenger Split:
Rebrand to Meta:
Reels vs TikTok vs SNAP:
4. Alex Schultz: The Person and Leader:
Hunter Somerville is a Partner @ Stepstone, one of the largest secondary buyers, fund investors and players in our ecosystem with over $600BN in capital responsibility and over $100BN AUM. Additionally, Hunter serves on the LP Advisory Boards for Felix Capital, Foundry Group, Imaginary Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, Boldstart Ventures, Ludlow Ventures, and more. Prior to StepStone, Hunter was a general partner with Greenspring Associates, a venture capital and growth equity investment firm that merged with StepStone in 2021. Before that, he worked as an associate for Camden Private Capital.
1. Three Types of Secondaries:
2. LPs Today and Moving Forward Investing in Funds:
3. Liquidity: When Does the Cash Hit:
4. AMA with One of the Largest Secondary Buyers:
Jamie Siminoff is the Founder and Chief Inventor @ Ring, with Ring Jamie, created the world’s first Wi-Fi video doorbell while working in his garage in 2011. Since Ring’s launch in 2013, Ring has helped make thousands of neighborhoods safer all around the world. As part of the journey, Jamie raised over $385M from the likes of True Ventures, Felicis, First Round, CRV, Upfront and more. In 2018, Amazon acquired Ring for a reported $1BN. Prior to Ring, Jamie founded several successful ventures including PhoneTag, the world’s first voicemail-to-text company, and Unsubscribe.com, a service that helped email users clean commercial email from their inboxes. He successfully sold both companies in 2009 and 2011 respectively.
1.) From Creating the First Wi-Fi Doorbell to $BN Acquisition:
2.) Crucible Moments: From Lawsuits and Near-Death to $22M in Sales in a Day:
3.) Jamie Siminoff: The Leader:
4.) Selling for $1BN to Amazon:
David Tisch is the Managing Partner of BoxGroup, one of the leading seed-stage investment firms of the last decade having invested in over 500 seed-stage startups, including Plaid, Ro, Ramp, PillPack, Amplitude, Flatiron Health, Stripe, Warby Parker, Harry’s, Oscar, Flexport, Classpass, Vine, GroupMe, Airtable and more. David is also the Chairman of GoodDog, a marketplace to find pets online.
1.) From Techstars To Founding BoxGroup:
2.) The Debate: The Math Does Not Work: Portfolio Construction:
3.) Advice to Founders Raising Rounds:
4.) David Tisch: AMA: