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April 20, 2022 @ 9:30 am - 11:30 am PDT
FreeMaking Your Mark as a Tech Startup with Jeff Pulver (Acquired $6.2B)
Entrepreneur Jeff Pulver wears many hats. The internet pioneer, investor and tech startup founder has launched several companies and invested in more than 400 startups since 1998.
Last year, cloud communications company Vonage, which was co-founded by Pulver, was acquired for $6.2 billion. Three months ago, he co-founded his latest endeavor, Web3 startup, AgreeWe.
“I’ve done many things. At any given point in time there’s not a noun or adverb that accurately describes who I am or what I do,” Pulver says. “I helped change the way the world communicates. I also changed telecom policy in America. Not only did I help create the voice over IP industry and help it grow, I also created a few companies in the space and protected its future. It’s a story of how when you don’t know you can’t do something, anything becomes possible.”
On April 20, Pulver will share that story at a Founders Network event. As part of next month’s global keynote, he’ll take Founders Network members and guests through his journey as a tech startup founder and share lessons he’s learned along the way.
He’ll also discuss:
- His journey as a tech startup founder and investor
- How he shaped the telecom industry
- What investors really want to see in your pitch deck
- How to standout as a tech startup
Opening Remarks & Chapter Launch @ 9:30am PT
Join us for opening remarks with Kevin Holmes, Founder & CEO @ Founders Network, to get the latest updates from the Network and opportunities for getting involved.
Keynote Speaker @ 9:40am PT
Jeff Pulver helped change the way the world communicates. The passing of The Pulver Order by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 2004 helped set the stage for a world where today’s consumers can communicate openly and freely.
Jeff is an internet pioneer in the field of VoIP: founder pulver.com, co-founder Vonage, a number of other companies including most recently ZULAconnect. Jeff is an entrepreneur, investor, oracle, futurist, advisor, and astrophotographer. During 2020 Jeff launched a number of internet TV talk shows including: The Conversation, The Soundtrack, and Ask The Oracles. Jeff also hosts real-time passion-based networking communities known as Zula.
You can “hear” Jeff on his podcast The Almost Daily Jeff.
Stage-Based Roundtables @ 10:30 am PT
Community Partners
Dec’13 Cohort Blake Caldwell is the CEO & Founder of FoundersBoost. He has 350 alumni, 100 new startups a year, 8k newsletter readers. He’s driven by his passions to create and build community. He’s also the founder of 2332 Collective (music production & festivals with the goal of bringing music to West LA) & The MoGuard (consumer product cup attachment protecting glorious mustaches).
FoundersBoost is a free pre-seed & seed stage mentorship driven pre-accelerator helping promising tech-startups with accelerators, investment, and revenue.
Attendees will get a deadline extension if they (1) simply start an application by 11:59pm PST tonight tonight, and (2) email Aldo@FoundersBoost.com requesting the extension.
Max Shapiro founded PeopleConnect in 2000 to help early-stage high-tech companies find the talent they need to succeed. PeopleConnect’s clients are in technology, biotech, cleantech, apps, services, medical devices, and consumer products.
Their team of outstanding recruiters finds C-level executives, talented managers and experienced leaders who will bring their client companies to the next level. They provide traditional contingency searches as well as their one-of-a-kind ‘Employees Without Paychecks’ program, which he created after the dotcom bust to help promising companies find top-level talent willing to work for equity only until the company gets their funding.
As you can tell by the name of his company, Max likes to connect people and would love to know if there is any way that he and his team can help you add some fantastic, startup experienced people to your team, like PeopleConnect has been doing for 20 years.
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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 experience sharing, warm introductions and long-term professional relationships. Additional benefits include over $500k in startup discounts and promotion to 2,000 newsletter readers. Members are located in San Francisco, New York City, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Toronto, London and other tech hubs. Each month our Membership Committee admits a new cohort of full-time tech founders who are nominated by an existing member. Learn more about us here
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