Join us for a full day of hands-on workshops, deep dives, and candid stories with incredible founders in in our ecosystem.

This block of events will all take place at the Four Seasons, including a delicious lunch overlooking the courtyard.

• 10 am: Welcome Founders!
  
  
• 10:30-11:45: Writing for Founders Workshop
  • Tyler Tringas [Calm Company Fund]
  • Dru Riley [Trends.VC]
  • Michele Hansen [Geocod.io, Deploy Empathy]
    
    
• 11:45-12:45: Founder Life/Work Balance Workshop
  • Kevin McArdle [SureSwift Capital]
  • Alexa Meyer [Coa]
    
    
• 12:45-1: Mexico City: a brief introduction
  • Sofia M. Provencio [Cultural Commission of Mexico's Congress]
    
    
• 1-2: Lunch onsite
  
  
• 2:15-3:15: Modern Employment Deep Dive
  • Sahil Lavingia [Gumroad]
  • Natalie Nagle [Postmark, Wildbit]
    
    
• 3:15-4:15: Bootstrap, Raise, Sell: Inside Stories
  • Janessa White [Simply Eloped]
  • Ben Kellie [The Launch Company]
  • Nick Zadrozny [Bonsai]
    
    
• 4:15-4:45: Final thoughts
  • Sahil Lavingia [Gumroad]

Tuesday's programming is decentralized—multiple conversations flowing across a few exquisite cafes in the heart of Mexico City, minutes apart.

Each location will feature morning + afternoon programming along a particular themed track, and will include a delicious Mexican lunch.

Track 1: Founder Personal Development

Hosted by: Tyler Tringas [Founder, Calm Company Fund]

AM Session:

• Founder Coaching: how to find it + what it can do for you  w/ David Sherry [Founder, Death To Stock & Startup Coach]
• Personal user manual writing workshop w/ Steph Smith [Director of Marketing, Hubspot + Author, Doing Content Right ] 

PM Session:

• Sales for founders w/ Ben Orenstein [Founder, Tuple]
• How to sell what doesn't exist w/ Jimmy Hayes [Founder, Minaal]

** Please pick ONE Track for Tuesday—whatever topic is most exciting for you.  We need a rough headcount per track to make sure venue capacity + lunches are accounted for.

More details on speakers + exact topics to be announced next week.

You're not locked into it—locations are close enough to move between. **

Tuesday's programming is decentralized—multiple conversations flowing across a few exquisite cafes in the heart of Mexico City, minutes apart.

Each location will feature morning + afternoon programming along a particular themed track, and will include a delicious Mexican lunch.

Track 2: Grow + Scale

Hosted by: Kevin McArdle [Founder + CEO, SureSwift Capital]

AM Session:

• Building a Resilient Company w/ Chris Reedy [VP of Acquisitions, SureSwift Capital], Moritz Dausinger [Founder, Mailparser, Docparser & Refiner], and Reilly Chase [Founder, HostiFi]
  
  
• SaaS Acquisition + Building to Sell w/ Chris Reedy [VP of Acquisitions, SureSwift Capital] 

We’ll discuss and workshop around building resilience into your business as you scale, and what it means if and when you come to an exit.

PM Session:

• Personal Finances for Founders  discussion and  workshop w/ Travis Woods [Co-founder, Maybe Finance] and w/ Kevin McArdle [Founder + CEO, SureSwift Capital]

As you scale your business, you should also be keeping an eye on your personal finances and how your business fits into your plans. In this session we’ll talk through common questions and tips specifically for Founders, plus lead you through a workshop to create a personal vision for your financial future.

** Please pick ONE Track for Tuesday—whatever topic is most exciting for you.  We need a rough headcount per track to make sure venue capacity + lunches are accounted for.

More details on speakers + exact topics to be announced next week.

You're not locked into it—locations are close enough to move between. **

Tuesday's programming is decentralized—multiple conversations flowing across a few exquisite cafes in the heart of Mexico City, minutes apart.

Each location will feature morning + afternoon programming along a particular themed track, and will include a delicious Mexican lunch.

Track 2: Future of Work

Hosted by: Najva Sol [Head of Product + Marketing, Calm Company Fund]

AM Session:

• Doing Remote Work Right
  • Expert tips on founder productivity w/ Jeremy Redleaf [Founder, Caveday]
  • Remote hiring + lean/async team ops w/ Caro Griffin [VP of Ops, Tech Ladies]
  • Fighting loneliness + building community w/ Anthony Castrio [Founder, Indie Worldwide]
  • Remote team culture (beyond zoom happy hours) w/ Brooke Hurford [Founder, Workfrom]

PM Session:

• Are emerging tech trends relevant for your startup? (Lightning chats + expert-led conversation)
  • Web 3/NFTs w/ Mark Magnuson [Founder, Bildr]
  • AI + Machine learning w/ Giorgio Ballardin [Senior Data Scientist, Amazon]
  • No-code w/ Dan Fellars [Founder @ On2Air]

** Please pick ONE Track for Tuesday—whatever topic is most exciting for you.  We need a rough headcount per track to make sure venue capacity + lunches are accounted for.

You're not locked into it—locations are close enough to move between. **