Convening: How to Build an Executive Network That Compounds
About Event
Convening: How to Build an Executive Network That Compounds
An invite-only webinar for venture-backed founders, led by Murray Newlands.
Most networking produces nothing. The relationships that actually move a company forward come from small rooms of senior operators who trust each other enough to share what is working and what is not. Convening those rooms, deliberately and well, is a skill. This is a focused 30-minute session on how to build it.
Murray has spent the past decade running one of the most active private executive networks in Silicon Valley. This is the playbook, straight from the person who built it. Just what actually works when you are trying to convene extraordinarily good people.
You will leave with a clear method for building the network that gets you to the next round, and a specific sense of who you should be convening right now for what you are building.
What Murray covers
How to think about building curated networks
The right strategy for starting one
Whether to build your own or join an existing network
What it actually takes to get a sitting CFO, CISO, or board member to say yes to an invitation from someone they have never met
What to look for in event partners
The difference between a dinner that produces logos and a dinner that produces pipeline
What separates the founders who build real networks from the ones who treat it as a side activity
The format
10:00 – Welcome and framing from Murray
10:05 – The core session: how extraordinary networks get convened, with specifics and war stories
10:25 – Live Q&A
10:30 – Close
Who's in the room
Venture-backed founders, CEOs and CMOs, $3M+ raised from a recognized institutional lead, post-launch with paying customers. Every invite curated directly.
How to attend
Request access below. We will respond within five business days.
Hosted and led by
Murray Newlands, Founder of Open Future Forum
Open Future Forum is a global executive community founded in Silicon Valley. Its network reaches tens of thousands of executives and investors worldwide. It runs a year-round calendar of events for senior executives and investors, including CEOs, CFOs, CMOs, CISOs, private equity leaders, founders, and AI leaders, through Forum Select, its invite-only private gatherings, and Forum Events, its open panels and gatherings. Beyond events, Open Future Forum convenes peer groups and executive boards and publishes original research built on first-party survey and qualitative data from its executive network.