From Traction to Scale: Fireside Chat with Chris Yeh + Mixer

​Growth creates opportunity, but it also changes the questions founders and investors need to ask.

​Join Chris Yeh, entrepreneur, investor, and co-author of Blitzscaling with Reid Hoffman, for a conversation about what happens when early traction becomes real scale.

​We’ll explore how leadership, capital, hiring, organizational structure, and competitive strategy change as companies grow, and how founders can tell when they have actually earned the right to prioritize speed.

​For founders, the conversation is about knowing when and how to scale.

​For investors, it is about recognizing which companies have the conditions to turn early momentum into durable growth.

​Following the fireside chat, stay for a Founder & Investor Mixer with the Tech Founders SF 2026 cohort, bringing together 20 Saudi founders, investors, operators, and members of the Bay Area startup ecosystem.

​A chance to continue the conversation off stage, meet the companies behind the cohort, and make new founder-investor connections.

​September 28 | 3:00–6:00 PM PT | San Francisco

​3:00–5:00 PM Fireside Chat + Q&A
5:00–6:00 PM Founder & Investor Mixer

​Hosted by SparkLabs as part of Tech Founders SF 2026, in partnership with CODE, MCIT and UC Berkeley.