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.

Finding Alchemy Security
Alchemy Security is on Santa Fe Drive, just a couple of doors down from Middle State Coffee. Look for the black door and the signs posted on it.
Parking: Street parking right on Santa Fe can be tricky, but there's plenty of free parking in the neighborhood directly behind Alchemy.