Startup Lessons Hard-Learned

Hey everyone — a blast from the past here. What’s old is new again: Nate is back helping organize. Lucky you.

And, through a combination of horse trading, arm twisting, and making a few promises I may have to keep, I was able to convince the highly esteemed and dynamic Christopher Franks to come and present.
Yes, we are truly blessed.

Seriously, Chris has an awesome idea for a talk. He’s interviewed hundreds — okay, nearly 1,000,000,000 — founders. Through those conversations, he’s started to crack the code and uncover the patterns, lessons, and hard-earned wisdom that founders have learned along the way.

How do you start a company?

How do you grow it?

What do founders wish they had known earlier?

And ultimately, how do you build a company that is positioned for a successful exit?

Chris is going to share the lessons he’s learned from all those conversations — the successes, the mistakes, and the things he’s seen repeatedly across the startup journey.

Chris Franks: Lessons Learned — How to Start, Grow & Ultimately Exit Your Startup.

And there's a little extra significance to this one: Joe B and D will be hosting us, and it will be the last event at their space after 16 years.
Sixteen years is a long time. There have been a lot of memories, milestones, companies launched, deals made, friendships formed, and I'm sure a few stories that are better left untold.

So let's make the last one a good one.

Come hear Chris, catch up with old friends, meet some new ones, and help us send off the space properly..