SaaS & Tech GROWTH Meetup – Holiday Party: What Are You Willing to Risk? How to Underwrite Your Next Big Bet
Come celebrate an incredible year of growth with Philadelphia's leading community for AI, SaaS & tech!
Our December Holiday Party brings the community together for food, drinks and great conversation. We're also bringing in one talk to help you head into 2027 with a bold plan.
Every founder says they want to do something bold. Then the worst case shows up in the room, and the decision stalls. Antonia Dean is a venture investor who underwrites risk for a living. She'll share the method she uses to decide which deals get her check, and show founders and operators how to apply it to their own growth bets: a market expansion, a key hire, or an AI tool.
What You'll Learn
Why most teams only see two settings, safe and disaster, and the two zones in between where growth happens
How to define your Danger Zone in numbers, not feelings, starting with time and money
How to set a Confidence Threshold that approves the decision before you move
How to turn "no" into "not yet" with a target the whole team can agree on
Agenda
Holiday networking, food & drinks
Welcome & kickoff with Michael C. Bertoni
Remarks from Antonia Dean
Fireside conversation with Antonia and Mike
Audience Q&A
Holiday celebration & networking
Speaker
Antonia Dean, Venture Investor, Speaker & Advisor | Founder & CEO, The Antonia Method
Antonia Dean is a venture investor, speaker, and advisor, and Founder & CEO of The Antonia Method. In the last five years, she's invested $15M in early-stage companies and funds. Her path from FAMU to Harvard Law led to a decade in luxury cosmetics, launching beauty products and brands for Calvin Klein, Michael Kors, and Vera Wang. She then spent ten years in VC, touching nearly every side of the industry: venture philanthropy, corporate investing at Comcast NBCUniversal, and traditional funds, as both a fund manager and an LP. Today she helps leaders underwrite big, uncertain bets the way investors do. She's a top-rated speaker based in Philadelphia.
Ticket Tiers
Free Ticket
Access to the Holiday Party, food, drinks and networking. Ideal for SaaS builders and professionals.
Silver Ticket
Everything in Free, plus:
1 extra drink ticket
5-minute podcast-style interview (VIP)
Edited short- and long-form promo content
Gold Ticket
Everything in Silver, plus:
Private coaching and strategy session with Mike
Optional marketing insights with the SaaS Talent CMO
Hosted By
Michael C. Bertoni, Founder & CEO, SaaS Talent | Founder, SaaS & Tech GROWTH Meetup – Connect on LinkedIn
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