START is our newest event and follows in the footsteps of F.ounders. Since 2010, that event has brought together 150 of the world's leading tech company founders for an intimate annual gathering. Described as "Davos for geeks" by Bloomberg and "the Rolls Royce of technology events" by The Next Web, guests at F.ounders have included Twitter's Jack Dorsey, Skype's Niklas Zennström, YouTube's Chad Hurley and Tumblr's David Karp. Even Bono has dropped by.
The core value of F.ounders has always come from the people in the room and the connections they make with each other. In the memorable words of one attendee: "At F.ounders, it's more about who's off-stage than who's on-stage". With START, we apply that same principle to outstanding early-stage startups, bringing them together with established founders and investors, the media, influencers and decision makers.
On March 15, we launched START in New York, a carefully-curated event combining incredible early-stage startups, with speakers like Troy Carter of Atom Factory, Ben Huh of Cheezburger Inc and Dave McClure of 500Startups. Now it's time for the next chapter – START San Francisco. On June 26th, we're putting together a room that draws upon the best from the West Coast and beyond, mixing exciting new companies with today's most compelling voices, and taking place in Terra Gallery. Once again, it's a private event, by invitation-only.
"Without a doubt it was the best event I've personally experienced for the technology and entrepreneurial community."
Tony Florence, General Partner NEA
"The new hot ticket on the tech conference scene."
Forbes
"This is Davos for Geeks"
Bloomberg
"It was a conference that lived up to, and even exceeded, the hype."
Wall Street Journal
"The best conference we’ve ever attended."
Mashable
"F.ounders – the Rolls Royce of technology events."
The Next Web
"One of the hottest events in tech."
CNN
"An extraordinary gathering of talent & energy with one goal: to help entrepreneurs network."
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