​Where Founders Meet the Experts Who Can Change the Game 🤝

​Our speakers:

​Josh Feder — Feder co-founded and, for 21 years, led Altourage, a modern managed IT organization, until finally it was acquired by Evergreen Services Group. He has since shifted his focus to advising and investing. He now partners with founders building in B2B SaaS, AI-driven tooling, and tech-enabled services.

​Kajal Ashar — With almost 2 decades of experience transforming the User Experience of Fortune 500 companies, Ashar will come and teach us about the power of AI to re-shape the design process, as well as warn us of the legal and ethical risks of using AI. 

​Victoria Yampolsky — founded The Startup Station, which has helped more than 100 founders from 15+ industries to get the funding they wanted, raising over $50 million.

​Anthony Calleo — When you strip away the noise, what’s actually slowing your growth right now? Is it you — the beliefs, habits, or defaults you’ve outgrown? Is it your team — alignment, clarity, or accountability gaps Is it your product — market fit, positioning, or prioritization?Or is it your messaging — the story you’re telling and how it lands? Calleo has a long history of building leadership cultures where accountability and belonging coexist.

​Lizzy Palmer — An unstoppable force, every day Palmer wakes up and finds ways to move her startup forward. After years of product research at Meta/Facebook, and working on games at Roblox, she has a deep understanding of what causes users to love a given online experience. And now she has brought all of her talents to SyncN, the fitness app that allows women to understand how their cycles are in sync with their fitness goals. Palmer is a true entrepreneur, she is pure action, she does not let circumstances slow her down. She will teach us how to wake up every day and move closer to our goals.

​Sunitha Ray — Digital, Supply Chain, Technology & Sustainability | CTO CDO AI/ML | Ex-WalmartLabs | Startup Mentor | #BT150 Top Digital Executives 2025 by Constellation

​About Lawrence Krubner:

​If your startup is drowning in tech debt, Krubner can save you. Krubner writes software 7 days a week, either for serious professional work or for fun personal projects. Krubner co-founded Starchive.io in 2002 and served as CTO until 2010. Krubner then worked as software architect helping companies such as Timeout.com handle new levels of scale. Krubner has also lead the tech side of Revenue Operations to re-engineer the sales processes of teams using Salesforce and Hubspot. Krubner has developed algorithms for new forms of Cognitive AI, which have seen applications with both romantic dating apps and also in HR departments, determining who should be hired. In recent years Krubner has organized in-person events to help the leadership of startups in New York City meet the people who they most urgently need to meet. To follow Krubner's events in New York City, subscribe to his newsletter:

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