

Speed is Your Only Moat
The Whale opens the new year with Dana Maijd ( Ex- CPTO Bird, founder Bigmind), talking all things product development.
On Feb 4th, Dana will share what it takes to build at maximum speed. Think toolkit, development structure and team construction.
As always, we’re gathering a group of ambitious founders & operators to join us.
During the chat, we'll dive into:
What the right development toolkit looks like for an AI- first company
How optimizing for speed changes your product development process
What profiles excel in a lean product team
Agenda:
17:00 - Doors open
17:15 - Fireside chat & Q&A
18:15-19:30 - Drinks and bites
About Dana Maijd
Dana has been CPO and CTO of Bird for five years. in 2025, he founded his second start-up Bigmind, a revenue AI platform to monitor all external and internal information about costumers.
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