(Virtual) Building a Lean Startup Team with AI

​How can early-stage founders build strong teams without hiring too quickly or creating unnecessary overhead?

​Join EchoHer for an interactive virtual conversation with Angus Dunn, Founder and CEO of Xcela and a fractional CTO. Drawing on more than two decades of experience building and leading engineering teams at Vlocity, Salesforce, and SAP SuccessFactors, Angus will share practical advice on:

• ​Who your startup should hire first

• ​When to choose a co-founder, engineer, contractor, or fractional CTO

• ​How AI can help small teams build and move faster

• ​What founders should look for when evaluating technical talent

​This will be a conversational session with plenty of time for founders to share their hiring challenges and ask questions.

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Speaker

​Angus Dunn is the Founder and CEO of Xcela and a fractional CTO who helps startups build products, adopt AI, and grow strong technical teams. He has more than 20 years of engineering leadership experience at Salesforce, Vlocity, and SAP SuccessFactors, where he led global teams ranging from early startup hires to organizations of more than 100 engineers.

​Host

​EchoHer is a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering women and non-binary founders and funders by increasing their representation and success in entrepreneurship. We foster a supportive ecosystem that drives meaningful change and creates impactful opportunities through monthly events, co-working opportunities, curated networking sessions, pitch nights, and insightful panel discussions.