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Startup Talks - From Chaos To Clarity
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| With Mark Herschberg (CTO, Stynt), Lio Slama (Founder, The Neo Club), Kelly O'Donnell (Founder, Flux), Edward Bridges (VP S/w Engg, Aetion), Crystelle Desnoyer (CoS, Kyndryl), Jesse Landry (Vention), Robert Bertorelli (Data Science & Analytics, Squarespace), Elliana Jin (Head of Investments, TBV). |
| Tempo by Hilton, 1568 Broadway, New York
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Jan 21 (Tue) , 2025 @ 11:30 AM
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Startup Talks: From Chaos to Clarity
Join us for an inspiring & collaborative event with Tavern Community & Lawrence Krubner at Tempo by Hilton, Times Square!
Event Highlights:
Communal Lunch: Meet & connect with fellow entrepreneurs over a relaxed, communal lunch while sharing insights & experiences.
Panel Discussion: Hear from seasoned startup experts, including Lawrence Krubner (Cohost), Mark Herschberg, Crystelle Desnoyer, Lio Slama, Kelly O'Donnell, Thejus Chakravarthy, Edward Bridges, Jesse Landry, Robert Bertorelli & Elliana Jin who will share their journeys, challenges, & strategies for turning chaos into clarity in the startup world.
Coworking Session: A dedicated time for networking, collaboration, & sharing ideas with like-minded professionals.
Happy Hour: Wind down & solidify new connections in a casual happy hour setting.
Join us for the whole day, or just come for the Panel Discussion at 1:30 PM.
Meet the Speakers:
Lawrence Krubner (Cohost)
With 24 years of software development experience, Lawrence Krubner is a seasoned technologist & leader who writes code daily for both work & passion. In 2002 he co-founded Starchive.io, where he served as CTO until 2010. Since then he has served as an advisor to both large corporations & early-stage startups. For different organizations he has played diverse roles. As a software architect he rescued firms that were drowning in tech debt. As a director of revenue technology he has overseen the revamping of large-scale sales processes, for sales teams as large as 400 people, & he re-engineered how those sales processes were managed from Salesforce. As a Fractional CTO he has helped many small startups to hire the right teams, with the right mix of skills, & to put in place the right mix of technologies. An enemy of unnecessary complexity, Krubner steers early stage startups away from over-investing in processes whose values are unproven or abstract, but instead keeps the focus on systems that are practical enough that they deliver real value.
Mark Herschberg is the author of The Career Toolkit: Essential Skills for Success That No One Taught You & creator of the Brain Bump app. From tracking criminals & terrorists on the dark web to creating marketplaces & new authentication systems, Mark has spent his career launching & developing new ventures at startups & Fortune 500s & in academia, with over a dozen patents to his name. He helped to start the Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program, dubbed MIT's career success accelerator, where he teaches annually. At MIT, he received a B.S. in physics, a B.S. in electrical engineering & computer science, & a M.Eng. in electrical engineering & computer science, focusing on cryptography. At Harvard Business School, Mark helped create a platform used to teach finance at prominent business schools. He also works with many non-profits, currently serving on the board of Plant A Million Corals. He was one of the top-ranked ballroom dancers in the country & now lives in New York City, where he is known for his social gatherings, including his annual Halloween party, as well as his diverse cufflink collection.
Crystelle Desnoyer is the former Chief of Staff to the CEO at Techstars & at Kyndryl (Public company spin-off of IBM) to their consulting business. With experience scaling 27 tech firms & in e-commerce, management consulting, & venture capital firms, she brings a multi-layered perspective to teams needing rapid execution & rapid growth. She serves on the Board of La French Tech New York & is active in networks supporting women executives, investors & founders. Passionate about giving back, Crystelle advises early-stage founders & curates programming for global conferences. She also values community & runs the Chief of Staff group (Fortune 1000) within CHIEF as well as an NYC tech community builder group. Having lived in 10 countries, crossed the Atlantic on a sail boat during the pandemic, she is also a certified rescue scuba diver, tango dancer, & speaks five languages.
Lio Slama
Lio Slama is a serial entrepreneur & investor based in New York. He currently serves as the CEO of AskNeo.Media (helping startups go to market & grow), the Neo Club (helping founders escape the matrix), & AskNeo.io (SMS for patient care). Lio holds two Masters Degrees, one from Columbia University & one from the Lyon School of Architecture. He is an alum of Techstars NYC & a mentor at the Columbia Startup Lab. He started his career as the Head Architect for the $300M renovation project of the UN/ILO in Switzerland. He is an avid painter & passionate about abstract expressionism, calisthenics, & anthropology.
Kelly O'Donnell
Kelly is an award-winning theatre director, educator, & trained actor based in New York City. She's passionate about women's stories, re-imagined classics, mischievous satires, bilingual theatre, intergenerational theatre, & stories that examine the nuances of gender dynamics & class struggles. As a director she combines rigorous text analysis, tightly-crafted devised movement, & a true ensemble-based rehearsal process to create a highly theatrical experience on stage. As a leader she is nimble, actively committed to collaboration, & very cool under pressure. A co-founder of the critically acclaimed & nationally recognized Flux Theatre Ensemble, she has directed throughout the downtown New York City theatre scene as well as regionally. She has assisted Tina Landau, Anne Bogart, & John Rando. She received her MFA in Directing from Columbia University.
Thejus Chakravarthy
Thejus is an operational consultant based in New York, specializing in business process optimization & process improvement. With experience in industries from pre-seed tech startups to the United States Coast Guard, Thejus has helped streamline operations, adopt new technologies, & drive growth, by leveraging people, process, & technology. Thejus has helped organizations like Climatebase & the U.S. Coast Guard streamline operations, adopt new technologies, & drive growth.
Ed Bridges
Edward Bridges is a seasoned Product Engineering Leader with over 15 years of experience driving innovation in high-growth FinTech, HealthTech, & digital media companies. Known for his ability to build & lead globally distributed teams, Edward has successfully developed scalable systems, spearheaded transformative technology initiatives, & launched impactful products. At Squarespace, he expanded mobile engineering from a small team to a global operation, delivering pioneering apps & enhancing user engagement. Most recently serving as Vice President of Engineering at Aetion, he leads efforts to modernize data platforms & streamline software delivery processes. Edward combines technical expertise with a passion for fostering collaborative cultures that thrive on solving complex challenges.
Jesse Landry
Jesse Landry a powerhouse of expertise & energy in the tech world, blending sharp intellect with an authentic, no-nonsense style. Known for his smart sarcasm & underground cool, Jesse brings a self-made perspective to every piece of content he crafts, making the tech ecosystem accessible, insightful, & fresh. With 13 years of experience, he's deeply in tune with both the beats of innovation & the voices that truly matter, much like the musical artists he admires-voices that educate & resonate. At Vention, Jesse's role is multifaceted. He's not only responsible for building remote software development teams but also personally manages all engagements & every individual involved, from developers to clients. His hands-on approach fosters a collaborative atmosphere where remote doesn't mean disconnected, & innovation isn't limited by geography.
Robert Bertorelli
Rob has over a decade of experience working in engineering, data science, & analytics at various pre & post-IPO tech companies in New York. At his best, he combines a deep, technical understanding of data with a sharp product & business acumen to produce transformative insights. Chaos to clarity, if you will. He currently works as a Staff Analyst at Squarespace.
Elliana Jin
Elliana is the Head of Investments & a Principal at TB Ventures, where she develops investment strategies & sources, conducts due diligence on potential investments, and, during that process, works alongside many aspiring founders & entrepreneurs at pre-seed & seed stages. Previously, she was a founding member of MoonPay Ventures, a corporate venture arm of MoonPay, where she was involved in many of MoonPay's strategic acquisitions & helped build out MoonPay Ventures' portfolio. She appeared as a panelist at a major industry conference, ABC Conclave, in Bangkok last year. She serves as a mentor for the QUBIC Labs Accelerator Program, a non-profit blockchain, web3, fintech, & AI accelerator program in the Greater Boston area, & a pitching coach for the AI Web3 Accelerator for the CryptoOracle Collective Accelerator in New York City. She will also be a featured guest speaker for the Blockchain Revolution course at Suffolk University in Boston. Before MoonPay, she worked at Celsius, Goldman Sachs, Solomon Partners, & EY. Coming from a traditional finance background, she was an investment banker who focused on M&A, financial due diligence, & portfolio management.
Let's turn chaos into clarity & create the future of startups together!
Date: January 21
Start Time: 11:30 AM
Location: Tempo by Hilton, Times Square
RSVP Required
Schedule:
11:30 AM: Welcome & mingle
12:30 PM: Communal lunch
1:30 PM: Panel discussion
2:30 PM: Coworking & networking
4:30 PM: Happy hour
RSVP now to secure your spot!
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