Global Conference

Feb 12, 2019, 3:53 PM – Feb 14, 2019, 3:00 AM

Startup Grind's Global Conference is the event for startups everywhere. Over 8,000 entrepreneurs will meet in Silicon Valley for 2 days of sessions led by top CEOs and influencers, dynamic networking events, meetings with investors, access to invaluable resources, and more. Pre-registration will take place on Feb 11. Main conference will take place on Feb 12-13.

In-person event

About this event

The Startup Grind Global Conference provides an environment unlike anything else - where our community of startups, partners, investors, thought leaders, and worldwide directors come together for 2+ days of invaluable education, connection, and inspiration. We will take over the streets of Redwood City, stamped in the middle of Silicon Valley, surrounded by tech giants and startups alike.

With 6 stages of highly educational content provided by a roster of world-class speakers, thousands of entrepreneurs and innovators looking to build relationships, hours of impactful networking and partner opportunities, and of course - parties. Whether you are looking for a co-founder, have just started your company, or are grinding and scaling by the minute, there’s something for everyone at Startup Grind. Join us to see for yourself.

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Speakers

  • Michael Seibel

    Y Combinator

    CEO + Partner

  • Reid Hoffman

    LinkedIn, Greylock Partners

    Co-founder, Partner

  • Arlan Hamilton

    Backstage Capital & Runner

    Managing Partner & Founder

  • Joe Gebbia

    Airbnb

    Co-founder + CPO

  • Emily Chang

    Bloomberg

    Executive Producer & Anchor

  • John Collison

    Stripe

    Co-founder + President

  • Payal Kadakia

    ClassPass

    Founder + Executive Chairman

  • Ryan Smith

    CEO & Co-Founder of Qualtrics

  • Aaron Levie

    Box

    Co-founder + CEO

  • Tina Sharkey

    Brandless

    Co-founder + CEO

  • Chris Dixon

    Andreessen Horowitz

    General Partner

  • Jessica Verrilli

    GV

    General Partner

  • Bryan Meehan

    Blue Bottle Coffee

    CEO

  • Melanie Whelan

    SoulCycle

    CEO

  • Megan Smith

    shift7

    CEO; 3rd U.S. Chief Technology Officer

  • Greg Brockman

    OpenAI

    Co-founder + CTO

  • Ann Miura-Ko

    Floodgate

    Founding Partner

  • Eric Wu

    Opendoor

    Co-founder + CEO

  • Steve Blank

    The Four Steps to the Epiphany

    Author

  • Morgan DeBaun

    Blavity

    Founder + CEO

  • Alfred Lin

    Sequoia

    Partner

  • Mathilde Collin

    Front

    Co-founder + CEO

  • Derek Andersen

    Bevy / Startup Grind

    Co-founder & CEO

  • Garry Tan

    Initialized Capital

    Co-founder + Partner

  • Howie Liu

    Airtable

    Co-founder + CEO

  • Cathy Polinsky

    Stitch Fix

    Chief Technology Officer

  • Rand Fishkin

    SparkToro

    Founder + CEO

  • Adora Cheung

    Y Combinator

    Partner

  • Jyoti Bansal

    Unusual Ventures, AppDynamics

    Founder

  • Eleanor Morgan

    Casper

    Chief Experience Officer

  • Eoghan McCabe

    Intercom

    CEO

  • Steven Sinofsky

    Andreessen Horowitz

    Board Partner

  • Emily Glassberg Sands

    Coursera

    Head of Data Science

  • Sameer Dholakia

    SendGrid

    CEO

  • Alex Chriss

    Intuit QuickBooks

    General Manager

  • Kobie Fuller

    Upfront Ventures

    General Partner

  • Nicole Sanchez

    Vaya Consulting

    Founder + Managing Partner

  • Manish Chandra

    Poshmark

    CEO + Co-founder

  • Edith Yeung

    500 Mobile Collective, 500 Startups (China)

    Partner

  • Charles Hudson

    Precursor Ventures

    Managing Partner

  • Brad Bao

    Lime

    Co-founder + Executive Chairman

  • Ian Siegel

    ZipRecruiter

    Co-founder + CEO

  • Mandela Schumacher-Hodge Dixon

    Founder Gym

    CEO

  • Matt Rissell

    TSheets

    Co-founder

  • Jason McCann

    Varidesk

    Co-founder + CEO

  • Emily Melton

    Threshold

    Co-founder + Partner

  • Raj Sabhlok

    Zoho

    President

  • Amy Sorrells

    Oracle for Startups

    Senior Director, Global Communications

  • Elad Gil

    Coinbase, Pinterest, Square

    Angel/Advisor

  • Cat Lee

    Maveron

    Partner

  • Marlon Nichols

    Cross Culture Ventures

    Founding Managing Partner

  • Sara Mauskopf

    Winnie

    Co-founder + CEO

  • David Mandelbrot

    Indiegogo

    CEO

  • Niko Bonatsos

    General Catalyst

    Managing Director

  • Mike Volpi

    Index Ventures

    General Partner

  • Iris Choi

    Floodgate

    Partner

  • Daniel Gross

    Pioneer

    Founder

  • Paul Martino

    Bullpen​ Capital​

    Founding Partner

  • Katherine Boyle

    General Catalyst

    Principal

  • Bryan Schreier

    Sequoia Capital

    Partner

  • Holly Liu

    PKO Investments

    Co-Founder & Managing Partner

  • Rachel Lim

    Love, Bonito

    Co-founder

  • Jake Brukhman

    CoinFund

    CEO + Managing Director

  • Rob Coneybeer

    Shasta Ventures

    Co-founder + Managing Director

  • Daniel Yanisse

    Checkr

    CEO + Co-founder

  • Nina Achadjian

    Index Ventures

    Partner

  • David Pakman

    Venrock

    Partner

  • Cristina Scheau

    Facebook

    Senior Engineering Manager

  • Roy Mann

    Monday.com

    Co-founder + CEO

  • SC Moatti

    Mighty Capital

    Founding Partner

  • Jason Williamson

    Oracle Global Startup Ecosystem

    Vice President

  • Bridgette Beam

    Google

    Head of Programs & Operations, Google for Startups

  • Chris Yeh

    Global Scaling Academy

    Co-founder

  • Annie Kadavy

    Redpoint

    General Partner

  • Courtland Allen

    Indie Hackers

    Founder

  • Anne VanderMey

    Bloomberg

    Venture Capital Editor

  • Jake Kassan

    MVMT

    President + Founder

  • Alexandra Wilkis-Wilson

    Allergan; Moonwalker

    SVP of Consumer Strategy + Innovation

  • Erik Huberman

    Hawke Media

    CEO + Founder

  • Mark Bosma

    Toptal

    VP of Sales

  • Christina Sevilla

    Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

    Deputy Assistant, Small Business

  • Frederico Lara

    FedEx Cross Border

    Managing Director of IT + Chief Technologist

  • Grace Francisco

    Roblox

    Vice President, Development

  • Vijay Balasubramaniyan

    Pindrop

    Co-Founder, CEO + CTO

  • Anjelika Temple

    Brit + Co

    Chief Creative Officer + Founding Partner

  • Adam Markel

    Pivot: The Art and Science of Reinventing Your Career and Life

    Author

  • Xuezhao Lan

    Basis Set Ventures

    Founding Partner

  • Luke Voiles

    Intuit

    Business Leader of QuickBooks Capital

  • Emily Zahuta

    Segment

    Head of Recruiting

  • Tim Correia

    Trulia

    Sr. Vice President + General Manager

  • Ting Cui

    Uber Freight

    Senior Product Manager

  • Kyle Lui

    DCM Ventures

    Partner

  • Tara-Nicholle Nelson

    SoulTour

    Founder + CEO

  • JD Schramm

    Stanford University

    Lecturer

  • Lisa Wu

    Norwest Venture Partners

    Partner

  • Stuart Landesberg

    Grove Collaborative

    CEO + Founder

  • Dr. Jacqueline Copeland-Carson

    AnitaB.org

    COO

  • Bob Quillin

    Oracle

    Vice President of Developer Relations for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)

  • Lais De Oliveria

    Startup Genome

    Community Development Director

  • Trae Stephens

    Founders Fund

    Partner

  • Alan Mc Glinchey

    IDA Ireland

    VP of Emerging Technologies

  • Megan Holston-Alexander

    Investor

  • Brad Abrams

    Google

    Group Product Manager

  • Anthony Waller

    CMS

    Partner

  • Steve McElfresh, PhD

    HR Futures

    Principal + Founder

  • Anastasia Sartan

    Maison Me

    Founder + CEO

  • Stewart Rogers

    Grit Daily

    Managing Editor

  • Allyson Letteri

    Handshake

    VP of Marketing and Student Experience

  • Rory O'Driscoll

    Scale Venture Partners

    Partner

  • Bear Douglas

    Slack

    Director of Developer Relations

  • Steve Rochlin

    Impact ROI, LLC

    CEO

  • Fielding Kidd

    Comcast NBC Universal

    Director of Partnerships, LIFT Labs

  • Rodolfo Gonzalez

    Foundation Capital

    Partner

  • Sonal Chokshi

    Andreessen Horowitz

    Partner

  • Mariam Sharangia

    Innovate Georgia

    Project Manager

  • Jason Scott

    ANIM

    Partner

  • Alda Leu Dennis

    Initialized Capital

    General Partner

  • Eli Dawson

    StatMuse Inc.

    Co-founder + CEO

  • Jillian Richardson

    The Joy List

    Founder

  • Matt Clifford

    Entrepreneur First

    Co-founder + CEO

  • Lisa Q. Fetterman

    Nomiku

    Founder + CEO

  • Jeff Abbott

    Global Scaling Academy

    Managing Partner

  • Becky Peterson

    Business Insider

    Tech Deals Reporter

  • Lida Tohidi

    Pidari

    Managing Director

  • Yuting Su

    Thinker-Tinker

    Founder + CEO

  • Dr. Kris Naudts

    Culture Trip

    CEO + Founder

  • Karlie Valine

    Startup Grind

    CMO

  • Benjamin Black

    Akkadian Ventures

    Co-founder + Managing Director

  • Alexa von Tobel

    Inspired Capital

    Founder + Managing Partner

  • Jayni Shah

    Accomplice

    Principal

  • Ashlee Vance

    Bloomberg Businessweek

    Reporter

  • Higinio O. (HO) Maycotte

    Pilosa

    CEO

  • Gary Little

    Canvas Ventures

    Co-founder + General Partner

  • Nicole Froker

    Google for Startups

    Partner Engagement Manager

  • Sirish Raghuram

    Platform9

    Co-founder + CEO

  • Michael Ross

    Altitude 7 Group

    Founder + Managing Partner

  • Karyl Fowler

    Transmute

    CEO

  • David Scanlon

    NDRC

    Venture Investment Leader

  • Chris Stutzman

    BCG Digital Ventures

    Partner

  • Mollie Glick

    Creative Artists Agency

    Agent

  • Zach Bratun-Glennon

    Gradient Ventures

    Partner

  • Blessing Abeng

    Einsteinette / The Afropreneur

    Founder

  • Kian Mirhshahi

    mayday.ai

    Founder + CEO

  • Jon Swartz

    Barron's

    Senior Writer

  • Mada Seghete

    Branch

    Founder & Head of Strategy

  • Sue Kwon

    Comcast Ventures

    Head of Marketing + Communications

  • Ilya Fushman

    Kleiner Perkins

    Partner

  • Hayley Leibson

    Lunchclub

    Co-founder + COO

  • Priya Anand

    The Information

    Reporter

  • Michael Gasiorek

    Truth Cartel

    CEO

  • Austin Walker

    Innovein

    CEO

  • David Light

    Valisure

    Co-founder + CEO

  • John Boitnott

    Entrepreneur.com

    Contributer

  • Jonathan Chou

    Beenest

    Co-founder + CEO

  • Sce Pike

    IOTAS

    Founder + CEO

  • Dan Rasmuson

    Labelbox

    Co-founder + CTO

Facilitators

  • Jan Koum

    WhatsApp

  • Stewart Butterfield

    Slack

  • Katrina Lake

    Stitch Fix

  • MC Hammer

    Artist, Producer

  • Clayton Christensen

    Innovators Dilemma; HBS

  • Marc Andreessen

    Andreessen Horowitz

Organizers

  • Derek Andersen

    Startup Grind

    Chapter Organizer

  • Startup Grind

    Silicon Valley

    The world’s largest startup community

  • Karlie Valine

    Startup Grind

    CMO

Presenting

Google logo

Google

Intuit Quickbooks logo

Intuit Quickbooks

Oracle Global Startup Ecosystem logo

Oracle Global Startup Ecosystem

Gold

Comcast LIFT Labs logo

Comcast LIFT Labs

Intercom logo

Intercom

Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) logo

Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO)

Enterprise Greece logo

Enterprise Greece

Zoho logo

Zoho

Varidesk logo

Varidesk

FedEx Cross Border logo

FedEx Cross Border

Verisign logo

Verisign

CMS logo

CMS

Toptal logo

Toptal

Silver

Oracle Cloud logo

Oracle Cloud

Flywheel logo

Flywheel

Bevy logo

Bevy

Georgia Innovation & Technology Agency logo

Georgia Innovation & Technology Agency

IDA Ireland logo

IDA Ireland

SendGrid logo

SendGrid

Startup League logo

Startup League

Industrious logo

Industrious

West Agile Labs logo

West Agile Labs

DCMN logo

DCMN

Managed by Q logo

Managed by Q

Elaniin logo

Elaniin

Indeed Prime logo

Indeed Prime

Santa Clara University, Leavey School of Business logo

Santa Clara University, Leavey School of Business

AnitaB.Org logo

AnitaB.Org

Redwood City logo

Redwood City

Everthere logo

Everthere

About Startup Grind

This is Startup Grind. We are the world’s largest startup community.

Our Mission

To give startups everywhere the education and opportunities they need to build, grow, and scale their companies.

Our Values

We believe in making friends, not contacts. We believe in giving first, not taking. We believe in helping others before helping yourself.

Tools & Discounts for Startups

Take advantage of resources and offers provided by organizations we know and love, designed to help you navigate the startup journey.

Global Conference

Our annual flagship event in Silicon Valley brings together thousands of startup teams, investors and organizations from all over the world.

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