OpenAI's VP / former CPO & Lightspeed's Cofounder Meet Berkeley/Stanford Founders
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Close interaction with speakers (Full agenda):
Operators:
Kevin Weil (VP, OpenAI for Science; former Chief Product Officer at OpenAI)
Tony Jebara (Former VP Engineering, Head of AI/ML at Spotify)
Arvind KC (Chief People and Systems Officer at Roblox)
Alex Mashrabov (Founder & CEO at Higgsfield AI)
Jared Quincy Davis (Founder & CEO at Foundry)
Doug Brien (President at Roofstock; Cofounder & CEO at Mynd; former NFL athlete & Super Bowl champion)
Jessica McKellar (Founder & CEO at Pilot)
Mayank Mehta (Co-founder & CEO at BeHeard)
Nicole Baer (Chief Marketing Officer at Carta)
Katrina Wong (Chief Marketing Officer at New Relic)
Mark Settle (7x Chief Information Officer, including Okta)
Angela Ferrante (Head of Enterprise Marketing, Zapier)
Keith Enright (Partner at Gibson Dunn; former Chief Privacy Officer at Google)
Adam Goldstein (Co-founder & CTO at TeachShare)
Lynn Jiao (Head of Strategy and Growth, JUNOCO)
Investors:
Barry Eggers (Co-Founder of Lightspeed Venture Partners)
Hamet Watt (Founder & CEO at Share Ventures)
Khalil Fuller (Partner & Head of Dorm at Pear VC)
David Jen (Managing Director of Finance at X, Alphabet's Moonshot Factory)
Shuo Chen (General Partner of IOVC)
Joy Chen (Senior Advisor at Stanford Accelerator for Learning & GSV Ventures)
Serephina Ha (Managing Director at Founder Institute)
Advisors:
Rich Lyons (Chancellor at UC Berkeley)
Esther Wojcicki (Godmother of Silicon Valley)
Ben Smith (Former Technical Advisor to the CEO at Google)
Bill Allison (CTO at UC Berkeley)
Sam Angus (Partner at Fenwick & West)
Jerel Lim (CEO at DECODE)
Why attend? (Apply to join the founders dinner with no additional cost)
💬 Get personalized advice to solve problems you are facing from intimate roundtable discussions with speakers
🍽️ Join an invite-only dinner with founders and advisors
💡 Demo your product to top-tier investors
📷 Complimentary mini photoshoot sessions (book here)
Success Stories
Past attendees have ...
Successfully raised pre-seed, seed and series A rounds from top tier investors they met through DECODE roundtables and dinners, including a16z, Sequoia and Y Combinator
Found advisors and mentors to help 10x growth in their startups through DECODE speakers, including experts from Apple, Google and Microsoft
Identified co-founders and early hires for their startups through DECODE community members, representing Databricks ($62bn valuation), Agora (IPO) and FlowGPT (Series A)
What are roundtables (Waitlist only)?
10-15 pax breakout sessions with panelists
Held immediately after each panel session
Invite-only according to application submitted
We will reach out separately to confirm your session and gather your bio to share with panelists beforehand.
What is the dinner (Apply here)?
For founders attending our conference and working on/already have your MVP, apply to attend a post-conference private dinner with other founders, speakers and advisors in your registration.
We will reach out separately to confirm your spot and gather your bio to share with other dinner attendees beforehand.
Complimentary mini photoshoot (Book here)
We’re excited to offer complimentary 15-minute headshot sessions with photographer Natasha Renée from Featured Founders, exclusively for DECODE members.
Captured at UC Berkeley, this is a wonderful opportunity to refresh your LinkedIn profile, update your personal brand, or have a professional photo ready for press and speaking engagements. Each member will receive one complimentary high-resolution image, with the option to purchase additional photos if desired.
Each session includes:
A 15-minute photo session on-site at UC Berkeley
A private, personalized gallery delivered to your inbox
One complimentary downloadable image (high-resolution)
Option to purchase additional images
BOOK YOUR HEADSHOT SESSION
https://featuredfounders.pixieset.com/booking/complimentary-founder-headshot-in-partnership-with-decode
Spots are limited.
Important Note
We have a packed day and will be starting promptly at 12:00pm as some speakers have hard stops. A number of speakers are coming at 11:00am and we highly encourage everyone to come earlier to meet them!
Please have something to eat before our conference. Due to food waste generation policies at the David Brower Center, we are unfortunately unable to provide food for all attendees while keeping ticket prices reasonable.
Also note that there should be no food and drinks consumption in the main theatre. Food and drinks can be consumed at the gallery area or in the roundtable rooms.
About DECODE
DECODE is the largest founder community with roots from Berkeley and Stanford.
As a 501(c)3 non-profit, our mission is to help students and alumni transform their part-time projects into full-time startups.
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Reach out to [email protected] if cost is a barrier. We provide scholarships to those who are serious about their entrepreneurship journey.
About the photographer
Natasha Renée is a San Francisco Bay Area photographer who helps founders elevate their personal brands as they build businesses rooted in purpose, passion, and profit. When she’s not capturing headshots and founder events, she’s creating a new series featuring female entrepreneurs through photoshoots and video interviews that highlight their mission and story.
Website: https://featuredfounders.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/featuredfounders
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/featuredfounders/
About Built By Berkeley
Weekly funding rounds of Berkeley founded businesses
Website: https://built-by-berkeley.beehiiv.com/