We're hosting a fireside chat with none other than the founder and CEO of Startup Grind, Derek Andersen. Derek is in Auckland for one night only and we get to hear from the man himself about the crazy journey Startup Grind has been on since starting back in 2012.
We'll hear from Derek about how he managed to scale a global community that has now held over 5,000 events for more than 200,000 entrepreneurs in 115 cities, how he has become one of the most connected people in silicon valley and why he loves New Zealand so much.
The usual drinks and food are included in your ticket.
Startup Grind + Bevy Labs
CEO
Derek is the founder and CEO of Startup Grind, a community of over 300 Chapters in 120 countries designed to educate, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs. Since 2012 Startup Grind has hosted 5,000 events for more than 200,000 entrepreneurs. He's also Co-founder of Bevy, the platform that powers Startup Grind.
Derek Andersen is the founder and CEO of Startup Grind, a community of over 300 Chapters in 120 countries designed to educate, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs. Startup Grind's values of giving, helping others, and making friends have spread across the world. Since 2012 Startup Grind has hosted 5,000 events for more than 200,000 entrepreneurs.
In 2009 Derek founded Vaporware Labs, incubating many products including Startup Grind and professional social network Commonred, which was acquired by Income.com in 2012. Before that, he worked at Electronic Arts in product marketing helping launch games like The Godfather, Burnout, Mirror's Edge, and The Sims 3.
In 2017 he co-founded Bevy, a community management software platform used by Atlassian, Docker, Duolingo and others to grow their communities. He lives in Palo Alto with his wife and children.
