District / DECODE Founder Dinner w/ Alex (CEO at Sentiyen) @ Founder Festival
Join us for an intimate founder dinner with two builders reshaping their respective domains: Alex Perelman, Founder Coach.
Alex Perelman brings 26+ years of startup and scale experience. He scaled PeerStreet (backed by a16z) as Co-Founder and CTO into a platform processing $3.5B+ in real estate debt investments. Currently, he's CEO of Sentiyen (YC S21), building AI assistants trained on your content to scale 1:1 conversations with your audience. Beyond building companies, Alex now specializes in solving the costly leadership problems founders face, helping founders develop the deep self-awareness needed to navigate hiring pressure, capital decisions, and the pivot moments that separate sustained growth from burnout.
In this conversation, Alex will share the patterns he’s seen across decades of building and advising - what separates founders who create enduring businesses from those who plateau, spanning product-market fit, organizational culture, and the role of personal leadership in long-term growth.
Chatham House Rule: This dinner will be under Chatham House rule so founders can be fully open with each other, and learnings will be compiled with Chief. Learn more here.
Sponsors:
Orrick: A tech-focused, full-service law firm passionate about entrepreneurship and guiding the success of early ventures. We provide advice on tactical approaches to companies and investors, from incubation to strategic exit and future growth opportunities. Leveraging our global resources, as well as deep-rooted relationships in Silicon Valley, we provide critical insight into this rapidly evolving and increasingly competitive marketplace. Our lawyers work intimately with over 4,500 technology company clients and over 400 investors in the tech ecosystem. Since 2022, we’ve closed over 2,900+ deals raising over US$115 billion for our clients in 60+ countries. We are recognized as leading advisors in the technology space by industry publications such as Law360, Pitchbook, Chambers and Partners and Legal 500.
Thanks to our District member Dan Kim for supporting us through this sponsorship.
HSBC: A leading global bank connecting people and businesses across more than 60 countries. They help customers thrive through expertise, innovation, and trust.
Thank you Rick Tu & Andrew Mo for your support!
DISTRICT: District is a member-owned community for the world’s leading founders, operators, and investors, fostering deep relationships and collective problem-solving for those shaping the future.
Founder Festival: An intimate, pop-up high quality event learning series for venture-backed founders and investors to learn faster and have fun, connection and self-discovery doing it.
Chief: Your AI Chief of Staff
DECODE: Early-stage founder network from Berkeley & Stanford