Founder Stories One : Building Bold Ideas from the Ground Up

​Founder Stories: Real Journeys, Honest Lessons

​Skip the elevator pitches. This is an evening of unfiltered founder stories the kind you don’t usually hear. Three entrepreneurs share how they stumbled, pivoted, and kept going anyway. It’s going to be honest, useful, and refreshingly jargon-free.

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​📅 Agenda

​🍺 5:30 PM - Doors Open & Meet people

​🎙️ 6:00 PM - Founder Conversation + Q&A

​🛜 6:45 PM - More chats, connections & wrap

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​🎤 Speakers

​Cindy Dingo-Kociuba - Founder & CEO, ConSoul

​Cindy builds a platform that helps organizations support employees who are also caregivers. With a background in HR and lived caregiver experience, she's making care visible and supported at work.

​Sandeep Giri - Founder & CEO, Terno AI

​A three-time founder, researcher, and speaker in AI/ML and distributed systems, Sandeep is now building Terno.AI, an innovative AI-driven solution.

​Abdelaziz Gouda, Ph.D. - Co-founder & CEO, HyC Light

​A materials scientist turning light-driven technology into global impact by converting methane into clean hydrogen and carbon nanotubes. He'll share his journey bridging the lab to the market, which has earned recognition from top cleantech accelerators.

​Facilitator

​Areeb Salsabil

​Data and AI professional and the founder of Second Plate, an innovative platform for surplus food.

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​One + One (Curated & Powered)

​The Harmony Café (Venue Partner - Kensington Market)