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Fireside Chat with Michael Houck (entrepreneur, operator, investor)

Sep 30, 10:00 PM – Oct 1, 12:00 AM (UTC)

Charleston

TBD, TBD, Charleston, SC

After raising $23M from a16z, Balaji Srinivasan, and others for his hacker-house-turned-venture-fund, Michael Houck has built a 300,000+ person audience and bootstrapped a personal holding company to $3M in revenue. He's an early investor in startups like Figure.ai and Beehiiv who started his career as part of the early team that built Uber Eats, and a product manager at Airbnb.

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About this event

After raising $23M from a16z, Balaji Srinivasan, and others for his hacker-house-turned-venture-fund, Michael Houck has built a 300,000+ person audience and bootstrapped a personal holding company to $3M in revenue. He's an early investor in startups like Figure.ai and Beehiiv who started his career as part of the early team that built Uber Eats, and a product manager at Airbnb.

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Speaker

  • Michael Houck

    Founding Journey

    Founder

When

When

September 30 – October 1, 2025
10:00 PM – 12:00 AM (UTC)

Where

Where

TBD
TBD
Charleston, SC

Agenda

10:00 PMCheck-In and Networking
10:30 PMFireside Chat
11:15 PMAudience Q&A
11:45 PMWrap Up

Host

  • Jeremy Berman

    GoodUnited

    Founder

Organizers

  • Jeremy Berman

    GoodUnited

    Director

  • Robert Huffman

    Marketing

  • Mike McGee

    Mugsy Jeans

    Marketing

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