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opportunities for founders to tap experts in the core startup disciplines, starting with early-stage investors (lots of investors), legal
whizzes, growth gurus, product-market fit wallahs, tech stack experts, recruiting aces and much more, including workshops on pitch
subscription-based editorial offering that focuses on deep analysis and advice around the big topics facing founders
In October this year at Disrupt SF, we brought Extra Crunch to life on its own stage and featured experts on dozens of topics, including:How
to Raise My First Dollars (Russ Heddleston, DocSend, Charles Hudson, Precursor Ventures and Annie Kadavy, Redpoint Ventures)How to Hire at
Breakneck Speed (Scott Cutler, StockX, Harjeet Taggar, TripleByte and Liz Wessel, WayUp)How to Evaluate Talent and Make Decisions (Ray
Dalio, Bridgewater Capital)How to Get into Y Combinator (Michael Siebel, Y Combinator)How to Decide Between Bootstrapping and Raising
Venture (Ben Chestnut, Mailchimp and Kathryn Petralia, Kabbage)The sessions were mobbed
The TechCrunch team knows a winner when they see one, and the result is this new event series
The first of three TC Early Stage events next year will be in San Francisco on April 28, with one in Paris on October 28 and another in New
York City (date TBA).TC Early Stage is designed for founders who are in their early innings, anywhere from pre-seed through Series A, when
entrepreneurs need all the guidance they can get
The breakouts will be long on attendee questions and conversation, and the event is structured so that attendees can easily get to six to
eight different breakouts over the course of the day
In addition, TechCrunch editors will hold a handful of interviews on a main stage with notable founders and investors in time slots that
will not conflict with the breakouts.Here is a sampling of the types of breakout sessions TechCrunch Early Stage will feature:Raising a
first seed roundLanding a Series ARaising early-stage investment for a SaaS company (also consumer and other major categories)Considering
connects like-minded attendees and arranges a meeting time and place.The TechCrunch team is already busy building an all-star lineup for
experts for the breakout sessions and memorable interviews for the main stage
The response from the expert community around TechCrunch has been resoundingly clear
interactive event that brings together early-stage founders with an unprecedented collection of experts from across the startup
ecosystem.Tickets for the San Francisco event are available now, so jump in and grab yours to secure your seat while they last.Not an
Later-stage founders, investors or just general startup enthusiasts are welcome to attend
has many sponsorship opportunities, including breakout sessions
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