Wednesday, May 15, 2019 - 06:00 PM - 09:00 PM, PDT
Alpha is hosting a roundtable discussion in Chicago led by Ecommerce & Digital Leader, Jennifer Carr-Smith. Carr-Smith is a seasoned operating executive formerly with Groupon as GM, SVP of North America and led critical growth and transformation at Peapod as CEO/President. Jennifer will be leading a discussion for 20 executives in the Chicago area on hiring and scaling teams at different stages in a company lifespan. The roundtable will be a collaborative discussion covering common pain-points such as how to tackle the first three hires, effective hiring strategies for when your company crosses 50 employees, hiring your next senior executive, and how and when to transition out of the CEO role.
Stifel is a diversified global wealth management, investment bank, and commercial banking company. Our Venture Banking group provides commercial banking and debt capital financing solutions to venture capital-backed technology companies and their investors. Committed to supporting the innovation community, our entrepreneurial culture and long-term vision make Stifel Bank the right banking partner for Founders and Companies.
Crosslink Capital is a leading early-stage investor based in the San Francisco Bay Area investing in emerging growth companies since 1989. They are a proven team of early stage business builders investing out of their ninth fund ($350M). Crosslink partners with ambitious entrepreneurs who are reshaping massive markets with disruptive technology.
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True is the global platform redefining executive talent management. True Search helps businesses build for the future by delivering high-impact leaders, with our proprietary data, advanced AI, and the deep intuition of our world-class team.
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Fenwick provides comprehensive legal services to leading technology and life sciences companies — at every stage of their lifecycle — and the investors that partner with them. For more than four decades, Fenwick has helped some of the world's most recognized companies become and remain market leaders. For more information, please visit fenwick.com
Burkland provides strategic financial services for venture-back startups to help them scale. They offer Fractional CFO, Startup Accounting & Bookkeeping, Tax Services, People Ops, and Financial Due Diligence.
SAP is the leading enterprise application and business AI company. We stand at the intersection of business and technology, where our innovations are designed to directly address real business challenges and produce real-world impacts.
We exist to amplify stories that change the world by creating content that drives innovation.