The Impactful Art of the Pivot: Startup Grind feat. Lauren Salz (Sealed)

If you're a startup founder, you probably have a story that goes something like this:

You: "I'm pretty confident I know what I want to do with my life."

The Universe: "That's cute. Hold my beer."

And you're not alone. The same was true for Lauren Salz, the CEO and Co-founder of Sealed, as she embarked on a journey through a decade of entrepreneurship in home electrification. Prior to her start as an entrepreneur, she was a competitive athlete and musician before joining the ranks at McKinsey & Co where she guided clients on capitalizing on market inefficiencies.

It was there that she got inspired to address a particular gap in the market: to create value in the home energy efficiency space by making electrification and efficiency easier to access for homeowners.

And so Sealed was born. But it wasn't all roses and rainbows along the way...

Sealed itself has undergone pivotal moments, most recently as it made public its transformation from B2C to B2B — accompanied by a recent $30M funding round — capitalizing on the incentives provided by the Inflation Reduction Act and culminating in the launch of its Sealed Pro app and platform.

Join us on Tuesday, May 21 to hear directly from Lauren on the power of societal impact to drive motivation and resilience -- and how she raised $80M total and still managed to be flexibile and adaptable in building a successful startup, even when the path forward was unclear.

Tickets for this event include food and drinks, as well as exclusive access to this founder who will open up about the realities of building a startup and the valuable lessons she learned along the way.

You'll also meet dozens of other high-performing entrepreneurs who are creating their next big thing. Seriously, it's some of the best founder networking in the city.

We're meeting LIVE AND IN-PERSON at The Yard, a coworking space at the intersection of innovation, creativity, design, & play -- with locations in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Philly, and DC -- with a variety of shared and private workspace options. If you are interested in learning more or scheduling a visit, you can do so here.

Getting a ticket guarantees admission. No long lines outside. No waitlist. No wondering if you'll even get in.

And don't miss our recurring founder social events over coffee or cocktails. It's a great opportunity for operators to network with each other to share best practices and find new resources to build your startup the right way. See the full event lineup here.

Agenda

6:00 PM: Networking with food and drinks

7:00 PM: Conversation with Lauren Salz

7:45 PM: Community shoutouts

8:00 PM: More networking

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Speaker

Lauren Salz - Sealed (Co-founder and CEO)

Lauren Salz is the co-founder and CEO of Sealed, a home wellness company that modernizes home heating and cooling to deliver clean air and comfort with less energy.
A Forbes 30 Under 30 alum, Lauren co-founded Sealed in 2012 after seeing an unmet opportunity to lead the movement towards home electrification and to mitigate the impact from climate change. Lauren helped develop its innovat…

Hosted By

Joshua Ness, Director, Startup Grind NYC

Joshua Ness is the Director at Startup Grind NYC and is a Director of Emerging Technologies with IEEE. He works with enterprise, startups, and academic teams to drive innovation. He also works to educate, inspire, and connect the dots for businesses interested in moving forward with emerging technology.

Tova Feldheim, Cofounder

Adrian Plesca, CEO

Based in Manhattan, with a unique global experience. Tech founder with one exit; Freelance Management Consultant; Early believer and enabler with 10+ success stories (Bili, Bloomcoding, Renter). Startup mentor across tech acceleration programs (Dreamups & Meander). Currently building a workflow generic startup aimed at enhancing enterprise productivity.

Previously developed: a GreenTech startup that recycles & upcycles waste plastics to cool sustainable products - https://bit.ly/3LfzUE6; foodtech platform in Istanbul, Turkey; consulting tech product; Traveltech product; market research agency and other cool products. Enabled: ridesharing, edtech, insurtech, HRtech.

Jenny Sumeragi, CEO & Founder, JS Global Investment

Ami Berger, VP of Happy Hours

Valencia Tong, Global Board Member and Marketing Lead

Alex Koshykov, Events Team

Journeying back to 2016, I planted a pioneering seed as a co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of BeKey LLC. Over these years, BeKey evolved into a dynamic entity, deeply rooted in the domains of software and hardware development. It's an American-registered company, headquartered in Israel and a development center in Ukraine.

Also, actively working on building a few products on my own.
Have a blog on YouTube about digital health: https://www.youtube.com/c/BeKey-Hub

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Global Partner

Dell Technologies (https://partners.startupgrind.com/dell-technologies/)
Partnering with Dell from the start will allow you to save money in the short and long-term. Dell can provide any product you need, from one computer to an entire enterprise solution, allowing you to get all your hardware and software needs without having to switch from company to company.

Partner

The Yard (https://theyard.com/)
The Yard is a coworking space at the intersection of innovation, creativity, design, & play -- with locations in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Philly, and DC -- with a variety of shared and private workspace options.

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Startup Grind is a global startup community designed to educate, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs. We host monthly events in more than 600 cities and 125+ countries featuring successful local founders, innovators, educators and investors who share personal stories and lessons learned on the road to building great companies. Our monthly fireside chat interviews, startup mixers and annual conferences provide ample opportunities to connect with amazing startups and the people behind them, tap into a strong support network, form meaningful connections and gain inspiration for the startup journey ahead. For more information visit StartupGrind.com or follow us on twitter @StartupGrind.

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