Event: OCT 16-18 | COSTANOA

Our 8th Annual Fall Conference!

fnSummit 2023

Off-the-record discussion, reflection, and networking

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About Costanoa

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Includes 3 Days of Programming

Real fireside chats with inspirational speakers

Keynote presentations from successful serial entrepreneurs

In-depth panel discussions on startup management topics

Teambuilding activities

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3 DAY EVENT

OCT 16-18 | COSTANOA

What to Expect

Founders Network's 8th Annual Fall Conference

fnSummit encapsulates the Founders Network experience, giving startup founders the opportunity to learn from other tech founders in the startup ecosystem, build deep relationships with investors, and uncover solutions to the challenges they're facing. The annual event provides the perfect setting for off-the-record discussion, reflection, and networking.

About Costanoa

Lodging Options

About Founders Network

Founded in 2011, Founders Network offers lifelong peer mentorship to over 600 tech startup founders globally.

Our platform, programs and high-touch service facilitate authentic experiences sharing, warm introductions and long-term professional relationships. Additional benefits include over $500k in startup discounts and promotion to 2,000 newsletter readers. The membership experience is virtual with members hailing from global tech hubs such as San Francisco, New York City, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Toronto, London & more. Each month our Membership committee admits a new cohort of full-time tech founders who are nominated by an existing member. See if you qualify for membership

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About Costanoa

"I've been involved with a couple other entrepreneur groups before and nothing has truly felt like this one. The connections and learning more than paid for itself. Everyone felt genuine which was a nice feeling. The mix of men and women was also nice to see and everyone was eager to offer support, feedback, and advice. It was far from a 'boys' club which I've seen all too often. It really feels like a collaborative group and I'm glad to be a part of it."
- Joe Deobald, Founder, Full Frame Marketing

"This Summit was EXTREMELY valuable to me and my startup. By far the most worthwhile business event I've ever been to. It was great to meet everyone."
- Carla Riggi, Founder, Band Djiinni

"fnSummit is the start of deeper relationships, friendships, partnerships"
- Rama Veeraragoo, Founder, DocuVision

About Costanoa

Costanoa is an eco-adventure resort where our guests can simply retreat from the chaos of everyday life and discover the pace of nature. We are committed to providing genuine service, unique accommodations, California coastal cuisine, as well as a variety of spa and adventure activities using sustainable methods to create a quality experience for our guests in a natural environment.

Located along the pristine coast of California's scenic Highway 1. We're just 1 hr south of San Francisco. Our lodge and camp overlook a spectacular stretch of rugged bluffs and secluded panoramic beaches.

The Agenda

Breakdown of the day to day events

5:00pm

Sabrage Opening & Icebreaker

7:00pm

Fireside Chat #1

Lodging Options

Bronze

Cypress Tent Bungalow

Ticket Includes Room and Board

Silver

Douglass Fir Cabin

Ticket Includes Room and Board

Gold

Lodge King

Ticket Includes Room and Board

Platinum

Lodge View King

Ticket Includes Room and Board

fnSummit Annual Traditions

Champagne Sabrage Opening Ceremony

Real Fireside Chats

Panels & Office Hours

Keynotes

Spirit Tasting

Leadership Development Workshops & Break-Out Sessions

Meet Our 2024 Speakers

Past Speakers

Partial list of past speakers who share wisdom gained acquiring real world experience over the past years.

Kevin Kinkor

CEO & Co-Founder

Kinkor Consulting

Kevin has more than 20 years of experience as a Talent/HR professional in the Silicon Valley. He started his career on the agency side of recruiting through the Dot Com boom and subsequent bust, managed workforces through the Great Recession and has played a key role with startups during this most recent surge of hiring.

Monty Montgomery

Chairman & CEO

MontPac

Henry “Monty” Montgomery is an innovative Financial Executive Leader and Entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience in financial strategy in start-up companies. Adept in all facets of financial management, Monty has led MontPac, a full scope accounting, financial management, and business process outsourcing service provider. In addition, Monty has assisted entrepreneurs with raising over $700 million in venture capital and completing over 6 successful acquisitions.

Max Shapiro

Founder

PeopleConnect

I founded PeopleConnect in 2000 to help early-stage high-tech companies find the talent they need to succeed. Our clients are in technology, biotech, cleantech, apps, services, medical devices, and consumer products. Our team of outstanding recruiters finds C-level executives, talented managers and experienced leaders who will bring our client companies to the next level.

Jonathan Weston

Regional VP - ISV

Salesforce

Jonathan Weston is an accomplished entrepreneur, sales leader, and camping extraordinaire who splits his time between building tech partnerships at Salesforce and building primitive campgrounds for Wanderland, a destination campground he founded for campers of all skill levels. As RVP of Salesforce’s Business Builders program, Jonathan leads a founder-focused team that helps high-potential entrepreneurs rapidly accelerate their growth.

Dave Renz

Co-Founder and Partner

Tanooki Labs

Dave is an entrepreneur with a diverse background and process driven approach to solving technology and business challenges. He has a degree in Computer Science, worked in enterprise IT, venture capital, corporate innovation and many startups. Today, he is the co-founder of Tanooki Labs, a software design and development firm that focuses on helping founders bring their products and services to market and supporting growth.

Tyler Welch

Founder & CEO

Tyler’s Mystery Tours

Tyler is the founder & CEO at Meet I2I and Tyler’s Mystery Tours, which offers high quality, fully customizable social events, mixing games, sports, community service, adventure and collaborative learning.

Narisa Chauvidul-Aw

CEO and Founder

KogoPAY Group

PhD in compliance and Information system from LSE. I've worked in both academia and businesses. Interest in cross border payments, AI, Big Data, DLT, CBDC, Digital Currencies.

Pam Marrone

Founder & CEO

Marrone Bio Innovations

Pam Marrone spent her 30+ year career focused on biological products for pest management and plant health, having started and led three bioag companies (one of only 32 women founders to have taken her company public). She serves on the boards of 180 Life Sciences (NASDAQ:ATNF), Stem Express and Pheronym and advises several agtech/agbio startups, most founded or led by women.

Benny Buller

Founder & CEO

Velo3D

Benny Buller is Velo3D’s founder and has served as Velo3D’s Chief Executive Officer and a member of Velo3D’s board of directors since June 2014. From April 2012 to June 2014, Mr. Buller was an investor at Khosla Ventures, a venture capital firm. Earlier in his career, Mr. Buller worked at Applied Materials, a semiconductor company, Solyndra, Inc., an energy company, and First Solar, a solar company, where he founded the device physics team.

Chris Young

Founder

Like YOU!

Chris Young is a tech entrepreneur and a passionate advocate for people excessively punished under America's draconian drug laws, an injustice he has experienced first hand. Surrounded by poverty, incarceration, and depression all of his life, Chris found a way to use his experience as the foundation to build an empowerment app called "Like YOU!". His tech start up company helps remove the isolating effects of trauma and encourages people to journey towards a lifestyle of positive mental health.

Dave Berry

Founder & CEO

Valo Health

David Berry, MD, PhD is Founder and CEO of Valo Health and General Partner at Flagship Pioneering, where he founded more than 20 companies across life sciences, technology and sustainability. David helped create Flagship Labs, where 100+ companies - worth over $30B in aggregate value - have launched. He serves on the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network and co-authored the Sustainable Development Goals adopted globally in 2015.

Aaron White

Technical Co-founder

Vendr

Serial technology entrepreneur, CTO, indie board-game aficionado. Last few companies include: - Firetower (Creator), Boundless (Founder, ProfitWell (formerly Price Intelligently) (Board-member), Blissfully (Co-Founder) (Acquired by Vendr) - We help growing companies that leverage hundreds of vendors & app take control of their "SaaS sprawl".

Daren Trousdell

Founder & CEO

NowVertical Group

Daren is the Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at NowVertical Group, a big data, analytics, vertical intelligence (VI) software and solutions company helping organizations make bold, immediate data-driven decisions. Daren is a serial entrepreneur and founder with a proven track record of launching and exiting multiple early stage start-ups and scale-ups.