Join us for a high-impact evening as Startup Grind Princeton and the NJ AI Hub team up to explore how AI is changing the world of startups. We'll have a fireside chat with Joe Watson on AI x Leadership.

Every founder, executive, and investor in the room is quietly asking the same question: if AI can think faster, analyze deeper, and process more than any human then what exactly is left for me to do?

The answer isn’t less leadership. It’s a different kind. In this fireside conversation, Joe Watson introduces AI-Amplified Leadership™ - a framework for how the best leaders use AI to think better so they can lead better. He’ll explore The Last Skill™ - the capability that becomes more valuable, not less, as everything else gets automated. The session will also explore why the ability to make high-consequence decisions under uncertainty is the one competency AI can surface options for but never own. Whether you’re a founder seeking to build and lead a thriving company, an investor evaluating teams and, most importantly, their judgment, or a leader deciding what to automate, how to lead, and what to protect - this conversation is about what remains yours.

Joe Watson is a former business operator turned Managing Director at a leadership consulting firm, Professor of Practice and Senior Advisor for Strategy and Innovation at a leading research university, and two-time author of business books on talent and leadership (St. Martin’s Press, McGraw Hill). He advises talented business builders, F500 senior executives, PE firms/portfolio company leaders and senior university/college administrators on high-consequence decisions where revenue, risk, and reputation collide. His frameworks: The Last Skill™, AI-Amplified Leadership™, and Playground Rules™ draw on 30 years of grounded practice and applied experience. 

• 🍷 6:00 PM: Networking Mixer – Meet founders, VCs & innovators

• 🔥 6:45 PM: Fireside Chat

• ❓ 7:30 PM: Interactive Q&A

💡 Why You Should Come:

• Discover how NJ is becoming an AI innovation powerhouse

• Get insider insights on AI’s disruption on technology infrastructure

• Connect with top-tier minds shaping the startup landscape

👉 Spots are limited — RSVP now!

David Stengle 🚀 🤖