Dec 11, 5:30 – 8:00 PM (UTC)
Vortex Ciencias | Coworking Valencia, 7T Carrer de Peris Brell, València, 46022
How do you take a service-based business, scale it globally, and eventually transform it into a self-serve SaaS platform...
How do you take a service-based business, scale it globally, and eventually transform it into a self-serve SaaS platform - all while modernizing an industry as traditional as wine?
Join us for an inspiring evening with Laurie Millotte, the design-driven, non-technical founder behind Outshinery.
Starting with the realization that "no one asked for this," Laurie bootstrapped Outshinery into a global creative-tech powerhouse. Today, thousands of beverage brands worldwide rely on her company for photorealistic product imagery. Most recently, she unveiled Outshinery Lite, a self-serve tool conceived and engineered entirely here in Valencia, proving that you don't need to be in Silicon Valley - or be a software engineer - to build world-class tech.
In a candid fireside chat with Matthias, Laurie will share the reality of outsider thinking, the pivot from agency work to automation, and the art of managing a global team from the sunny coast of Spain.
Come and learn with us:
From “no one asked for this” to industry standard
How a design-led, non-technical founder bootstrapped Outshinery into a global creative-tech company — and why outsider thinking sometimes beats engineering-first.
Remote teams: the good, the painful, and the surprisingly funny
Building a fast, multicultural remote team by hiring people who are smarter than you at what they do, then giving them the trust and tools to run with it.
Lessons from marketing to one of the world’s oldest, most change-resistant industries
Why disrupting wine & spirits imagery taught her how buyers think, what they trust, and how visuals can do the selling long before the copy does.
📍 Vortex Ciencias
📅 December 11th 2025
⏱️ Doors open at 6:30 pm
6:30 PM - 7:00 PM: Welcome
7:00 PM - 7:10 PM: Introduction of Startup Grind Valencia
7:10 PM - 7:40 PM: Fireside Chat with Laurie
7:40 PM - 7:50 PM: Q&A
7:50 PM - 8:00 PM: Outro
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM: Networking (with beer 🍻 and pizza 🍕)
9:00 PM - open-ended: Drinks at a bar nearby
Pre-sale: 25€
At the door: 30€
*Fees apply
Email: vitalii@startupgrind.com
WhatsApp: +34656789091
Outshinery
Founder & CEO
Thursday, December 11, 2025
5:30 PM – 8:00 PM (UTC)
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