Startup Solidarity: Fundamentals of Team Formation [Workshop]

​How Founders can be Great Teammates

​The session will examine one of the most important relationship in a startup venture, that of the co-founders. It'll explore some of the challenges unique to operating in a startup environment, the uniqueness of the co-founder working relationship. We will explore different strategies that founders have used to establish a successful founder relationship and prepare for conflict. Beyond the co-founder dynamic, we'll discuss different frameworks for working in teams (broadly speaking) and building strong, collaborative working relationships in pursuit of building a successful company.

While we will be focusing on the co-founder relationship, the case-studies, the examples, and the proposed frameworks are broadly applicable to navigating working relationships throughout your career.

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About Paula Judge (B.A. '89) - Talent Partner, Accel
Paula Judge sits at the intersection of technology and entrepreneurship as the Talent Partner at Accel, a global venture capital firm that was the first investor in some of today’s most important companies, including Facebook, Slack, Dropbox, and more. Her role is to offer a global community of founders and entrepreneurs strategic advice on talent attraction, retention, and development. Prior to joining Accel, Paula led go-to-market recruiting efforts at Palo Alto Networks as that company scaled to the #1 market position in network security. Earlier, she was with Heidrick and Struggles, a retained executive search firm, where she conducted executive level searches for the technology practice, focusing her work on early and growth-stage technology companies. She began her career in the non-profit sector, holding a number of fundraising and programmatic roles with San Francisco Ballet and the Toigo Foundation. Paula earned her BA in History from UCLA. She currently serves as Chair of the UCLA Chancellor’s Society [2024-2026] and as a member of the History Board of Advisors. She lives in Northern California with her family, and enjoys spending time in the great outdoors, rooting for Bay Area sports teams, and working on her pickleball skills.