Fireside Chat: Andy Dunn, Founder of Bonobos (acq. $310m) & Pie
hot takes on building sh*t
How do founders actually build companies in the AI era: when everything is faster, louder, and more uncertain than ever?
Join us for an unfiltered fireside chat with Andy Dunn, founder of Bonobos, bestselling author, and one of the most candid voices in entrepreneurship.
This won’t be a polished success story. It’s a real conversation about what it actually takes to build—and survive—while building.
We’ll go deep on the parts most people avoid talking about:
Losing your mind while building a company
Mental health and the pressure of being a founder
The hardest moments behind the scenes
The things VCs don’t tell you
The things nobody tells you
The unglamorous reality of scaling
And how to actually build—and exit—for hundreds of millions of dollars
Andy has lived through the full arc: building Bonobos into a category-defining brand, selling it to Walmart for $310M, and navigating the personal and professional challenges that come with that journey. Today, he brings a rare level of honesty about what it really means to be a founder.
In this conversation, we’ll unpack his biggest lessons, his sharpest hot takes, and how he’s thinking about building in this next era.
What You’ll Learn:
What building a company really feels like behind the scenes
How to navigate mental health as a founder
The biggest myths about startups and venture
What actually matters when building a company that lasts
Andy’s perspective on what’s coming next for founders in the AI era
Spots are extremely limited.
About our Hosts & Sponsors:
🎩 Andrew Yeung is the founder of Fibe and The Shortlist NYC. He is also an angel investor and Partner at Next Wave NYC, a pre-seed venture fund. Andrew has hosted over 300 events for 50,000 founders, operators, investors, and tech professionals that were featured by Bloomberg, Business Insider, Fast Company, Fortune Magazine, Axios, Newsweek, and Forbes. Business Insider dubbed him the "Gatsby of Silicon Alley."
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