#1 startup conference as rated by visitors
10,000 global founders in Silicon Valley
Investor Q&As, hands-on workshops etc.
Great people working the event! Some disorganizatuon but also helpful volunteers
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Having a great time at startupgrind 2018
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The event is amazing. Everything is very well managed. The timings for each event is too great that here it's easy to follow the agenda. And the startup grind application is amazing which is helpin...
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Lively event!
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Should improve direct interation between speakers and people
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This was an amazing event whefe you can learn from other like minxed idividuals
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Woild be nice to meet more investors!
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Its great for students who are going to get graduated
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Great event
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The core values of Startup grind encourage lot of interaction, so amazing for networking
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Everythink was ok, it was just hard to find right people using bages. They are similar and you can't know who are who
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Need to make networking far mlre seamless
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Join 10,000 global founders in Silicon Valley for 3-days of nonstop content - 200+ speakers, fireside chats, Investor Q&As, hands-on workshops, educational sessions; plus invaluable networking opportunities with your fellow attendees, 300+ exhibiting startups, and our great partners.
Don't miss out. It will be the biggest Startup Grind Conference ever. Check out the agenda! We hope to see you there this year!
Event Advisor is official marketing partner of Startup Grind.
Should improve direct interation between speakers and people
Great people working the event! Some disorganizatuon but also helpful volunteers
Everythink was ok, it was just hard to find right people using bages. They are similar and you can't know who are who
The event is amazing. Everything is very well managed. The timings for each event is too great that here it's easy to follow the agenda. And the startup grind application is amazing which is helping in saving the contacts. It's been amazing being here
Lively event!
Having a great time at startupgrind 2018
This was an amazing event whefe you can learn from other like minxed idividuals
The core values of Startup grind encourage lot of interaction, so amazing for networking
Need to make networking far mlre seamless
Its great for students who are going to get graduated
Great event
Woild be nice to meet more investors!
Love all the interaction here. Venue and navigation could be better.
More startup compNies
Fix check in process
Create more break up session for women in tech, more bathroom, more social media interaction especially for international people. Scanning app for storing business contacts is great. Didn't know there is a lunch.
Great venue, great crowd.
Audience capacity was inadequate. Should have more volunteers to usher and help.
Great opportunities to support social causes.
Thumbs up guys! Amazing event
Atmoshere here is awesome
I love the way how people are interacting here
This is a great opportunity to explore the worldwide great researches and connect networking.
As a firsf time attendee, i thought this event was well organized and very informatíve
Probably a better venue and tips on the speakers that will be most intersting to me
An amazing experience.
Awesome speakers n people!
Energt is significant. I love it.
Crowd control needs to be a priority. A simple "everyone move to the center so empty seats are at the end" would have saved a lot of heart ache.
Very well organized the best start up program!
Amazing people all around
Great connections, valued time.
What a great event, meet a tons of people
Overall I am happy with the conference
No investors at all. Couldn't find any
Good conference with great opportunity
Great speakers and awesome location
Great conference. Feedback to improve _Not enoigh space for sessions venue too small morning check in could have been well organized
Overal a good event. Could have been organized better.
Really awesome first time experience.
Great conference with good people.
More details in the apresentations.
This conference hasbeen unreal! The friends made here will lasta lifetimeand the biz opportunities are tremendous
No water day one, narrow entry in tve cinema
Thumbs up guys but egistration was horrible
Great conference but too expensive.
Pl great business connecting
Awesome speakers but small venue
Good networking but few biz opp
Very insightful conference!!!
great place to meet new people, definitely worth attending
Very interesting talks. I highly recommend all speakers for the next years.
One of the best conferences in my life, really amazing atmosphere, great experts, and nice place. Definitely better value for money than other similar conferences.
Huge opportunity to meet new people, see you the next year!!!
Perfect place to learn from the most successful founders and entrepreneurs.
Thanks to the SG team for a great conference!
very informative and fun too, good job guys
well organized
great event for sharing thoughts and inspirative ideas, definitely worth the money
interesting talks, venue & food
inspiring and motivating speakers
I was here with my colleagues, and we really enjoyed the event. Never seen anything like that...huge number of interesting talks.
Thrilling atmosphere as always. I've been here also last year and this conference is getting better and better each year. Well done SG, see you in 2018.
What the f***? How can I missed this conference last year. Many, many interesting speakers, lot of startupists willing to chat. This was totally mind blowing conference. I came there from Italy and I will come there again.
The atmosphere there was incredible. I never met so many interesting people and all willing to help. See you next year definitely.
Startup Grind is one of the best startup events I have every been. A must attend for every startupist
EPIC TIMES! Though it was my "1st" Global Conference, #SGglobal was "Dope" beyond belief for this "Rookie"! Thank You
Living this startup adventure we've gained great friends and collaborators. Thanks for your support!
Great conference in San Francisco with our StartupGrind partner. Can't wait for London in June.
We had fun and made incredible connections. Thanks StartupGrind!
Thank you so much for the opportunity to pitch and exhibit this week! We met so many awesome people
Thank you for the great conference and looking forward for the next year.
We've met many amazing people and other startups.
Many great speakers and ideas, very educational...thank you! Definitely worth money.
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Please do this in Europe more often
I learnt a lot, see ya the next year.
I attended Startup Grind 2016, and I will be back for Startup Grind 2017 in a big way!
Well, startup grind was awesome
The Startup Grind conference was exceptional.
Made a lot of new friends, got stimulated in my pursuits, gained insights & had loads of fun. Thanks
Really enjoyed meeting amazing valley startups & investors this week at Startup Grind Global
8 : 30 – Doors Open
8:45 – Welcome to the 2018 Global ConferenceDerek Andersen, Founder + CEO, Startup Grind; Bevy
Marc Tarpenning, Co-founder, Tesla
9:20 – Fitbit: From Tech Startup to Global Digital Health LeaderJames Park, Co-founder + CEO, FitBit; Jeff Claiver, Managing Partner, Uncork Ventures
9:45 – Quickfire PitchesGuy Kawasaki, Chief Evangelist, Canva; Simon Hudson, Founder + CEO, Cheeze
10:30 – Morning BreakMihir Desai, Professor, Harvard Business School + Harvard Law School
11:15 – Questions Left Unasked: A Founder and her VC's Unique Perspectives on Shared MomentsLeah Busque, General Partner, Fuel Capital; Founder + Executive Chairwoman, TaskRabbit Ann Miura-Ko, Co-founder + Partner, Floodgate
11:35 – Path to Product: Five Steps to Nailing the Customer ProblemAlex Chriss, SVP & Chief Product Officer, Intuit
11:55 – Navigating the Fast-Changing VC LandscapeReggie Bradford, SVP Startup Ecosystem + Accelerator, Oracle; Neil Sequeira, Co-founder + Managing Director, Defy Partners; Stacey Curry Bishop, Partner, Scale Venture Partners
Baiju Bhatt; Co-founder & Co-CEO, Robinhood
12:35 – LunchKatherine Power, Co-founder + CEO, Clique // Nicole Quinn, Partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners
Joe Kraus, Partner, Google Ventures // Connie Loizos, Silicon Valley Editor, TechCrunch; Founder, StrictlyVC
2:35 – Fireside ChatJeff Schumacher, Founder + CEO, BCG Digital Ventures // John Rampton, Contributor, Entrepreneur; Inc.; CEO, Due.com
2:55 – How I Did It: Building global teams, products, and businesses at GoogleJoe Kraus, Partner, Google Ventures
Kyle Vogt, Founder & CEO, Cruise; Nabeel Hyatt, Partner, Spark Capital
3:35 – Afternoon BreakVinny Lingham, Co-founder + CEO, Civic; Shark Tank South Africa
4:20 – Quickfire Pitches 4:35 – Making Reddit the Home of Community OnlineSteve Huffman, Co-founder + CEO, Reddit
4:55 – Fireside ChatGillian Tans, CEO, Booking.com // Michal Lev-Ram, Senior Writer, Fortune
Walt Mossberg, Co-founder, Recode; All Things D; Derek Andersen, Founder & CEO, Startup Grind;
5:40 – Autonomous Vehicles and AI: Future of TransportationReid Hoffman, Partner, Greylock; Exeuctive Chairman + Co-founder, LinkedIn; Stefan Heck, Co-Founder & CEO, Nauto
Derek Andersen, Founder + CEO, Startup Grind
John Foreman, VP of Product Management, MailChimp
Matin Movassate, Co-founder + CEO, Heap
11:30 – Happier Dev Teams and Faster Time to Market with 12-Factor ApplicationJonan Sche er, Developer Advocate, Heroku
Dr. Rao Mulpuri, CEO, View
12:30 – How Developers are Making DNA DigitalJustin Kao, Co-founder + SVP of Business Development and Partnerships, Helix
Tomas Gorny, CEO, Nextiva + Unitedweb
1:30 – Adapting Culture to Enable High Performance Remote WorkMark Bosma, VP of Sales, Toptal
Federico Lara, Chief Technologist, FedEx CrossBorder
2:30 – Successful Scaling in Europe & Beyond - How to Build a Global CompanyTadhg Bourke, Director of Global Employee Services, Netflix;
Marty Reaume, Chief People Officer, Twilio;
Jordan Van Horn, Head of EMEA, Segment; Deirdre Moran, VP of Emerging Technologies, IDA Ireland
Julia Grace, Head of Infrastructure Engineering, Slack
3:30 – Blockchain in the EnterpriseSheila Warren, Head of Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology, World Economic Forum
Thorsten Zube, Head of Blockchain, SAP Innovation Center Network
Shwetha Shetty, Sr. Director Corporate Strategy, SAP
Faizan Buzdar, Senior Director, Box
4:30 – How Your Startup Can Acquire Enterprise FreeConferenceCall.com CustomersKarl Sun, Co-founder & CEO, Lucid Software
Jon Lee, Co-founder + CEO, ProsperWorks // Balaji Gopinath, Global VP, SAP.iO Fund
Christina Kehoe, Chapter Director, Startup Grind Phoenix; Community Operations, Bevy
6-9 pm - Redwood City Pub Crawl
James Park, Co-founder + CEO, FitBit
Jay Srinivasan, Co-founder + CEO, Spoke // Jerry Chen, Partner, Greylock
Laura Wright Teclemariam, Lead Senior Product Manager, Electronic Arts
11:30 – The Field Guide to Working with Smart RobotsGeorge Babu, Co-founder + Head of Product, Kindred
John Boitnott, Contributor, Entrepreneur; Inc.
Omar Tawakol, CEO, Voicera // Je Richards, Managing Partner, GGV Capital
12:30 – Create Your Own Opportunity by Nailing Product Market FitShan-Lyn Ma, Co-founder + CEO, Zola; Paul Hsiao, Partner, Canvas Ventures
Patrick Mullane, Executive Director, HBX
1:30 – The Tech Talent Shortage: Finding and Retaining Top TalentShawn Bose, GM, Indeed Prime
David Barret, Founder + CEO, Expensify
2:30 – The Future of Investment: FintechRyan Williams, Co-founder + CEO, Cadre; Samir Kaul, Founding General Partner, Khosla Ventures
Alex Barnett, Director of Developer and Partner Platforms, Intuit
3:30 – PolicyGenius’ Journey from Unfundable Idea to Insurtech StarJennifer Fitzgerald, Co-Founder + CEO, PolicyGenius; Parker Barrile, Partner, Norwest Venture Partners
Jeremy Gardner, Founder + General Partner, Ausum Ventures
4:30 – Fireside ChatBalaji Srinivasan, Co-founder, Earn.com; Board Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Àlex Rodríguez Bacardit, Startup Grind Barcelona; Co-founder, MarsBased
6-9 pm - Redwood City Pub Crawl
David Brown, Co-founder + Co-CEO, Techstars // Isaac Saldana, Co-founder, SendGrid
10:30 – Is Data the New Oil? Investing in the Data EconomyShankar Chandran, Managing Director + Head, Samsung Catalyst Fund
Pete Flint, Managing Partner, NFX; Founder, Trulia
11:30 – Starting Google's New AI Venture FundAnna Patterson, Founder + Managing Partner, Gradient Ventures
Connie Loizos, Silicon Valley Editor, TechCrunch; Founder, StrictlyVC
Leah Busque, General Partner, Fuel Capital; Founder + Executive Chairwoman, TaskRabbit;
Ann Miura-Ko, Co-founder + Partner, Floodgate
12:30 - Investing in BlockchainRahul Sood, CEO, Unikrn
Baiju Bhatt; Co-founder & Co-CEO, Robinhood
1:30 - 2:30 - STARTUP PITCH SESSION
Eurie Kim, General Partner, Forerunner Ventures
Jason Williamson, VP, Startup Ecosystem, Oracle Startup Cloud Accelerator
Henry Kaestner, Managing Partner, Sovereign’s Capital
3:30 - Why Startups and Businesses Need Each OtherJonathan Hammond, Global Marketing Director + Head, Unilever Foundry
Connie Loizos, Silicon Valley Editor, TechCrunch; Founder, StrictlyVC
David Erickson, Founder + CEO, 4:30 - How Your Startup Can Acquire Enterprise FreeConferenceCall.com
4:30 - Q+A with Vinny LinghamVinny Lingham, Co-founder + CEO, Civic
6-9 pm - Redwood City Pub Crawl
8 : 30 – Doors Open
8:45 - Welcome Remarks, Day TwoDerek Andersen, Founder + CEO, Startup Grind
Kamran Elahian, Co-founder + Chairman, Global Catalyst Partners
9:20 – The Journey of Headspace: From Two to Twenty MillionRich Pierson, Co-founder & CEO, Headspace // Kathleen Chaykowski, Reporter, Forbes
9:40 – Quickfire Pitches 9:50 – The Zapier Story: How We Bootstrapped an Automation Company to $35M ARRWade Foster, Co-founder + CEO, Zapier // Ceci Stallsmith, Platform & Partner Manager, Slack
Daniel Pink, Best-Selling Author, Drive
10:30 – Morning BreakMikkel Svane, Founder + CEO, Zendesk
11:15 – Quickfire Pitches 11:30 – Media and Social Engagement – What’s Coming Next 11:50 – I Am a 13-Year Old EntrepreneurIan Brock, Co-founder, Beyond The Cookie
11:55 – - From Aborted IPO to Biggest Exit of 2017Jyoti Bansal, Founder, AppDynamics
Catherine Hoke, Founder & CEO, Defy Ventures
12:30 – LunchDan Price, Founder & CEO, Gravity Payments
Max Levchin, Founder + CEO, Affirm; Co-founder, PayPal // Jeremy Liew, Managing Director, Lightspeed Venture Partners
2:20 – Quickfire Pitches 2:30 – From Side Project to Global Disruptor 2:50 – AI is the New ElectricityDr. Andrew Ng, Founder + CEO, deeplearning.ai; Co-founder, Coursera; Adjunct Professor, Stanford
Cal Henderson, Co-founder + CTO, Slack
3:30 – Session Coming Soon 3:50 – BIG - Business Inside the GameBaron Davis, NBA All-Star; Founder, Baron Davis Enterprises; Derek Andersen, Founder & CEO, Startup Grind
Jeff Jordan, Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
4:30 - Session Coming SoonRich Pierson, Co-founder + CEO, Headspace
Mariam Naficy, Founder + CEO, Minted // Alex Rosen, Managing Director, Ridge Ventures
Alexandra Watkins, Founder + Chief Innovation Officer, Eat My Words
11:30 – From Launch to Best App of 2017 In Under One YearShreyans Bhansali, Co-founder + CTO, Socratic // Karolis Balciunas, VC + Startup Business Development Lead, Google Play
Zach Coelius, Early Stage Investor, Zeitgeist Partners
12:30 – How to Grow Into a CEONate Weiner, Founder + CEO, Pocket; Steve Vassalo, General Partner, Foundation Capital
Tara Reed, CEO, Apps Without Code
1:30 – How to be a Great LeaderSylvana Rochet, Founder + Holistic Intelligence Advisor, The Insightful Executive
Ryan Leslie, Founder + CEO, SuperPhone
2:30 – The Power of Influence: Influencer Marketing & User AcquisitionHeidi Yu, Founder + CEO, BoostInsider
Heidi Yu, Founder + CEO, BoostInsider // Josh Fechter, Co-founder + CEO, BAMF Media // Stephanie Horbaczewski, President + CEO, StyleHaul // John Rampton, Founder, Due; Contributor, Entrepreneur.com
3:30 – How to Grow Your Business With SnapchatInna Semenyuk, Founder, Snapchat Daily
Ryan Popple, CEO, Proterra
10:30 – The Coming SEA (Sharing, Electrification, Autonomy) Change in the Automotive SectorAndre Haddad, CEO, Turo Kindred; Brook Porter, Partner, KPCB
Vikas Gupta, Co-founder & CEO, Wonder Workshop
11:30 – Q+A with ZendeskMikkel Svane, Founder + CEO, Zendesk
Nick Huzar, Co-founder + CEO, O erUp
12:30 – Building Entrepreneurship in Extreme SettingsDr. Jukka-Pekka Heikkilä, Aalto University School of Business, Finland
Connie Chan, Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
1:30 – What the World Can Learn from AsiaRenee Wang, Founder + CEO, CastBox // Tracy Wang, CEO & Managing Director, ZZ Ventures // Edith Yeung, Partner, 500 Startups Greater China
Linda Xie, Co-founder + Managing Director, ScalarCapital
2:30 – Q+A with Dan PriceDan Price, Founder + CEO, Gravity Payments
Amanda Gutterman, CMO, ConsenSys // Michael Gasiorek, Co-director, Startup Grind San Francisco
3:30 – Fireside ChatLlew Claasen, Executive Director, Bitcoin Foundation // Guillaume De Smedt, Global Community Director, Startup Grind
Kamran Elahian, Co-founder + Chairman, Global Catalyst Partners
10:30 - VC Logic: What Investors Really Want to See and Hear in a PitchNiko Bonatsos, Managing Director, General Catalyst
Aniyia Williams, Founder + CEO, Tinsel // Mandela SH Dixon, Founder + CEO, FounderGym // Frederik Groce, Investor, Storm Ventures
11:30 - Repeatable Genius: Designing Systems for Continued SuccessSteve Vassalo, General Partner, Foundation Capital
12:00 - 1:00 - STARTUP PITCH SESSION
Catherine Hoke, Founder + CEO, Defy Ventures
1:30 - Reducing Bias with Data-Driven InvestingAshley Carroll, Partner, Social Capital
Jess Lee, Partner, Sequoia Capital; Co-founder + CEO, Polyvore // Gené Teare, Head of Content, Crunchbase
2:30 - Investing in the Next-Generation of Space StartupsFrançois Chopard, CEO, Starburst Ventures
Valery Komissarova, Principal, Grishin Robotics
3:30- Q+A with Dr. Andrew NgDr. Andrew Ng, Founder + CEO, deeplearning.ai; Co-founder, Coursera; Adjunct Professor, Stanford
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