I am so excited about Wednesday night. Steve Blank told me a few months ago "you have to have Ann Miura-Ko (Partner at FLOODGATE) speak at Startup Grind" and as I have prepared and done more and more research, it's clear that Ann will be one of our most honest and insightful speakers we've had.
We will be talking about why you should never flip your company, how not to mess with VCs, a super hidden secret of successful founders and companies, where founders should set their company goals, Silicon Valley startups versus San Francisco. There are a few more seats so get one before they're gone or get a Black Card and attend all of our upcoming events.
Also a big thanks to Scoutzie and Greenberg Traurig LLP for helping us put on the event.
For the past 15 years Derek has been building communities. He is the co-founder/CEO of Bevy, a SaaS product that helps companies like Salesforce, Atlassian, Google, Snowflake, and Adobe build virtual and in-person communities. Bevy has raised $60M from Accel, Upfront Ventures, and others. He co-founded Startup Grind, a community of 600 Chapters in 125 countries educating, inspiring, and connecting startup people. Since 2012 Startup Grind has hosted 20,000 events. In 2010 he co-founded Commonred which was acquired by Income.com. Derek also previously worked as a product manager at Electronic Arts. He currently lives in Palo Alto CA with his wife and four children.
I am so excited about Wednesday night. Steve Blank told me a few months ago "you have to have Ann Miura-Ko (Partner at FLOODGATE) speak at Startup Grind" and as I have prepared and done more and more research, it's clear that Ann will be one of our most honest and insightful speakers we've had.
