Panel: Growth in uncertain times
This year startups have gone from an environment flushed with capital to one where capital is rather scarce. Join us to discuss how to plan for growth while having a reasonable burn rate, and what the future may hold.
Keynote: Make Everyone Fall in Love with your Plan
You’ve lovingly crafted a winning strategy and you are ready to unveil it to your team, your company, and the world. It’s going to be awesome. Or is it? Bruce will tell you about a time when his brilliant strategy flopped because he hadn’t done the hard work of getting his team and his company… Read more »
Talk: Focusing on developers can help you achieve unicorn status
Building a great developer experience has been fundamental for many amazing companies – both developer-focused companies such as Github, AWS or Docker, but also for developer-focused companies such as Stripe. In this talk, Ivan will share his experience in building a great developer experience as co-founder of Codeanywhere (a SaaS platform for developers), the Shift… Read more »
Talk: Linear vs. Compound Growth Tactics: Which or When?
After gaining initial traction, every startup faces the same question. “Which growth tactics should we prioritize?” A short-term, linear approach would mean customers now. Building a long-term compounding growth engine would mean betting on high results down the line. Which is better? When is it time for long-term planning? What fits each growth stage? Join… Read more »
Panel: Challenges to global scaling
Launching a new product is hard, but building the 1st steps for global distribution is harder. Join us to discuss about the resources and playbooks founders can use to start scalling their startup.
Talk: Great media expectations: How to nurture a healthy relationship with the tech press
Join startup PR and communication expert Cathy White for a session exploring what you can do – and avoid – to build media buzz. The best media stories often take time and patience; you’ll leave this session with a greater understanding of how media operate, what journalists look for when it comes to stories and… Read more »
Talk: How to Run MVP Revenue Operations for Your B2B SaaS
Revenue operations is the process of optimizing and scaling your sales efforts so that you can bring in more customers and generate more revenue. In this talk, we’ll discuss how B2B software companies can set up MVP revenue operations for go-to market with an objective of product market fit.
Talk: Drive Product Strategy with the North Star Metric Framework
The North Star Metric Framework provides a shared model for articulating your product’s strategy. It helps you define a specific metric that best captures the core value your product delivers to customers, as well as encompass the impact for the business. The framework includes a set of key inputs that collectively act as factors that… Read more »
Talk: UiPath’s Journey to Securing #1 Position in RPA Using Peer Review User Generate Content
User-generated content, specifically peer review is critical for SaaS firms as it acts as social proof and impacts purchasing decisions.Peer reviews are a huge factor that helps customers make informed decisions. Though consumers are savvy about marketing strategies nowadays, they are less influenced by branded content. That’s the reason why UGC (reviews) is important. Dana… Read more »
Talk: Building a consumer growth engine in cybersecurity
Cybersecurity is special – not mearly a tech vertical, but one where brand values and deep technical knowledge is fundamental. In this panel, we’ll discuss the in’s and out’s of building a consumer growth engine through product-led sales and marketing, and how it’s impacted by the specifics of the vertical.
Talk: Building communities – The hierarchy of bad actors, reply guys, and keyboard warriors
Developing a practice of strong moderation and culture is essential for community growth and strong bonds. In this talk, we’ll go over the hierarchy of internet and IRL trolls, what they look like, and how to keep the community as a whole and yourself safe. You’ll discover actionable insights and explore real-life use cases on… Read more »