THE ROOM: WHO OWNS THE ATTENTION LAYER
THE ROOM: WHO OWNS THE ATTENTION LAYER
An intimate conversation series for founders, creators, VCs, and operators who are ready to stop treating platforms like a résumé and start treating them like leverage.
#1 edition : the flagship launch, in San Francisco.
Two conversations. Off the record, in the room.
Schedule
6:00 – 6:10 PM Doors open · Check-in & welcome
6:10 – 7:00 PM - Fireside chat ( John Kraski x Monica Khan )
The Creators Economy Partnerships, Platforms, and What Works
John Kraski - Host & Speaker
Head of Partnerships for Dhar Mann and Snoop Dogg, and a LinkedIn Top Voice with 120K+ followers. He's hosted 50+ events globally and brings a creator-partnerships and brand-relationship lens how to turn visibility into revenue, not just reach.
Monica Khan - Speaker
Advisor to McKinsey on creator economy strategy, and co-founder of Creator Gold and Bay Area Creator Economy. She brings the systems view how companies build creator-led GTM and turn personal brand into organizational capability, not just a founder's side hustle.
7:05 – 7:50 PM - Panel 2: ( Navneet Kaur × Aashna Doshi )
Content Market Fit Is Becoming as Important as Product Market Fit
Navneet Kaur - Host & Moderator
Global voice in women's health. Podcast host. First-ever author of a femtech industry book. She's hosted 2,000+ people through her event series worldwide, signed a podcast collaboration with UNESCO on ethical AI, and is now building a fund bringing a founder-turned-investor lens to the room.
Aashna Doshi - Speaker Founder of Bounty, a marketplace where AI agents compete for tasks and earn. Previously a Software Engineer at Google on the Security & AI Infrastructure team, she's also the host of the "0 to 1" Podcast, where she breaks down how people build careers, companies, and ideas from scratch with 93K+ followers on LinkedIn and 40K+ on Instagram.
7:50 - 8:30 PM - Tesla Experience & Networking
Explore the newest Tesla vehicles in the showroom
Witness Tesla’s signature light show
Supervised demo drives available during or after the event
Optional Full Self-Driving (Supervised) experience guided by a Tesla Advisor
The Experience
While connecting with industry leaders, attendees will immerse themselves in Tesla’s latest innovations:
Full Self-Driving (Supervised) Demos: Experience Tesla’s most advanced driver assistance system as it navigates routes, lane changes, and parking all under your supervision.
Why Attend
This isn't a panel you watch, it's a room you're in. Off the record, small enough to actually talk to the people on stage, built for founders and creators who are past the "should I post more" question and onto "how do I turn this into leverage."
You should be here if you're:
A founder trying to figure out whether your next unlock is a better product or a better story
A creator looking to turn an audience into partnerships, equity, or a company
A VC or operator who wants to understand how attention is becoming a real asset class, not a vanity metric
What You'll Learn
How top creators and operators structure partnerships with brands and platforms and what actually gets paid
Why content market fit is starting to gate product market fit, not follow it.
What investors and partners are really evaluating when they look at your online presence
How to think about an audience as a durable asset instead of a marketing channel
Real, unfiltered lessons from people who've built both the audience and the company not just one or the other.
See you :)