Good Company Venture | Founder & CEO

Mike Zoppo is a host of exceptional ability. Studies show that a vast majority of guests attending events by Mike have been known to leave more elated than visitors to Santa's Workshop, The Lost of Continent of Atlantis, and the Fountain of Youth.

Mark your calendar! StrictlyVC's newest INSIDER Series event takes place Thursday evening, September 29 at the glass-lined SurveyMonkey offices at 101 Lytton Avenue in Palo Alto. If you want to mingle with some of the smartest operators in the tech-investing ecosystem, you won't want to miss it.

 

FEATURED GUESTS:


1.) Entrepreneur-turned venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, in conversation with StrictlyVC founder Connie Loizos on the business, and culture, of Silicon Valley.

2.) CEO Zander Lurie of SurveyMonkey, with an update on the unicorn company, as well as survey results relating to the upcoming U.S. presidential election.

3.) Candor cofounder Kim Malone Scott, in conversation with investor Hunter Walk, about her new startup and upcoming book, "Radical Candor."


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AGENDA:

5:00 PM - 5:45 PM

Check-In/Networking/Drinks/Hors d'Ouevres

 

5:45 PM - 5:50 PM 

Opening comments


5:50 PM - 6:10 PM

Zander Lurie on inheriting a unicorn startup -- and what's next for the company (plus fun election survey stats)

 

6:10 PM - 6:30 PM 

Talking radical candor with author, entrepreneur, and former Google exec Kim Malone Scott.

 

6:30 PM - 7:15 PM 

A deep dive with the inimitable Marc Andreessen

 

7:15 PM - 8:00 PM  

Networking/Eating/More Drinks! 


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 THANKS TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS:


BALLOU PR

Working with leading tech outfits around the world, including Pinterest, Stripe, and Accel Partners.


BOLT

Venture capital designed for hardware.


MATTERMARK

Organizing the world's business information.


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TICKETS:


The StrictlyVC INSIDER Series fee is $100 per person and includes access to the featured interviews, along with the following social gathering. Hope you can make it for a night of top-notch content, great networking, and delicious food!

 

Space is limited. Buy tickets here.

Speakers

Andreesseen Horowitz | co-Founder

Marc Andreessen most recently cofounded the venture firm Andreessen Horowitz. Much earlier in his career, he coauthored Mosaic, the first widely used Web browser. He later cofounded Netscape; Loudcloud/Opsware; and Ning. He sits on the board of directors of Facebook, eBay, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise, among others.

SurveyMOnkey | CEO

Onetime SurveyMonkey chairman Zander Lurie was appointed permanent CEO of the online polling giant in January. Lurie previously ran the entertainment efforts of action-camera company GoPro. Earlier in his career, he was a CFO, then SVP, at CBS; an executive at CNET; and a banker with JP Morgan.

Candor | Co-Founder and CEO

Kim Malone Scott is currently writing a book called "Radical Candor" to be published early next year by St Martin’s Press. She's also the founder and CEO of Candor, Inc., and an advisor at Dropbox, Kurbo, Qualtrics, Rolltape, Shyp, Twitter, and several other Silicon Valley start-ups. She was a member of the faculty at Apple University and before that led AdSense, YouTube, and Doubleclick's online sales and operations at Google.

homebrew | co-founder

Hunter Walk co-founded the early-stage venture firm Homebrew in 2013 after roughly a decade at Google, where he served as the head of product at YouTube after its acquisition by Google. Homebrew is investing its second fund currently, and its bets include the smart cleaning company Managed by Q,  news outlet The Skimm, and the on-demand lawyer platform UpCounsel. Homebrew is also a seed investor in Candor, an online platform that shows managers how their feedback is received and offers regular, specific tips on how to improve.

Strictlyvc| FOUNDER

Connie Loizos is a longtime journalist and the founder of StrictlyVC, a news organization centered around a daily e-mail newsletter that provides readers in the startup industry the news they need to start their day. Loizos got her start in Silicon Valley at the original Red Herring magazine in the late '90s. In addition to running StrictlyVC, she is Silicon Valley Editor at TechCrunch.