STARTUP GRIND
GLOBAL
CONFERENCE

22 — 25 FEBRUARY

2021

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Nothing can replace human interaction, but the power of online allows us to bring the education, access, opportunities and inspiration of Startup Grind’s Global Conference to startups around the world. Our new virtual and choose-what-you-pay model makes this year’s event more accessible for startups globally than ever before. Join us and 15,000 others for conversation and collaboration around tech, startups, and the future of innovation.

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Speakers

Stacey Abrams

Board Chair,
Fair Fight Action

Stacey Abrams is the two-time New York Times bestselling author of Our Time is Now and Lead from the Outside, an entrepreneur, and political leader.

Biz Stone

Co-founder,
Twitter + Future Positive

Biz is a co-founder of Twitter, Medium, and Jelly. Biz has been recognized as one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People and is a Fellow at the University of Oxford.

Tamar Yehoshua

Chief Product Officer,
Slack

Tamar Yehoshua oversees product strategy and development, design and research at Slack. Previously, Tamar was a Vice President at Google.

Geoff Ralston

President,
Y Combinator

Geoff Ralston is the President of Y Combinator and has been with YC since 2011. Prior to YC, he built one of the first web mail services, RocketMail, which became Yahoo Mail in 1997.

Jeff Lawson

Founder + CEO,
Twilio

Jeff Lawson is the founder and CEO of Twilio. A serial entrepreneur and a software developer, Jeff co-founded Twilio in 2008.

Michelle Zatlyn

Co-founder, President + COO, Cloudflare

Michelle Zatlyn is co-founder, President and COO of Cloudflare, the Internet security, performance, and reliability company on a mission to help build a better Internet.

Henry Ward

CEO,
Carta

Henry Ward is the CEO and co-founder of Carta, a company that continues to revolutionize the way founders, investors, and employees manage equity and ownership.

Benoit Dageville

Co-founder + President of Product, Snowflake

Benoit co-founded Snowflake and currently serves as President of the Product division.

Lucy Liu

Co-founder + President,
Airwallex

Lucy Liu is President and Co-founder at Airwallex. She is responsible for the company’s branding and operations.

Parker Conrad

Co-founder + CEO,
Rippling

Parker Conrad launched Zenefits in 2013, the first all-in-one HR platform that allowed businesses to sign up and manage payroll and benefits online.

Melissa Alvarado

CMO,
Chime

Melissa serves as chief marketing officer of Chime, overseeing analytics, brand and growth marketing. Prior to joining Chime, Melissa held senior-level roles at mobile banking app PageOnce (now part of Intuit), and advertising technology firm Adchemy.

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Past Speakers

Lorraine Twohill ^(Google)

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Michael Seibel ^(YC)

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Marc Andreessen ^{(Andreessen Horowitz)}

Katrina Lake ^{(Stitch Fix)}

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Jay Williams ^{(NBA / ESPN)}

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Anne Wojcicki ^(23andMe)

Reid Hoffman ^{(Greylock Partners)}

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Stewart Butterfield ^(Slack)

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Aileen Lee ^{(Cowboy Ventures)}

Joe Gebbia ^(Airbnb)

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Eric Yuan ^(Zoom)

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Gillian Tans ^{(Booking.com)}

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Jan Koum ^(WhatsApp)

Patrick Collison ^(Stripe)

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Arlan Hamilton ^{(Backstage Capital)}

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Jennifer Hyman ^{(Rent the Runway)}

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What we'll talk about

4 days, 7 key themes, over 100 workshops, roundtables, keynotes, and fireside chats focused on helping startups and innovative teams learn, grow, and scale in today's evolving tech ecosystem.