October 6 | 11:00 AM
Venture Dock | Palo Alto
Tech Week
A founders brunch by Venture Dock
Come with something you're actually stuck on. Leave with a few people who've dealt with it before, and maybe a few you didn't expect to meet.
Over brunch, you'll talk through real problems with other founders, not pitches. Hiring, a stalled deal, a pricing decision you can't get right, a product call you keep going back and forth on. Everyone brings something. Everyone helps solve someone else's.
And by the end, it's not just the people near you. The whole room ends up in the conversation.
The Format
Keynote
We're opening the morning with a keynote from a speaker we're excited to announce soon.
Brunch & Real Problems
Founders talk through what they're actually stuck on over brunch, not pitches or small talk. Hiring, fundraising, product, whatever's real that week.
The Whole Room
We bring the morning together before it wraps, so the conversation doesn't stay confined to just the people near you.
Agenda
11:00 – 11:30 AM — Arrival & brunch
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM — Keynote (speaker to be announced)
12:00 – 12:45 PM — Founders talk through real problems
12:45 – 1:00 PM — Bringing the room together
What You'll Take Away
A few honest conversations about problems that actually matter, some people worth calling the next time you're stuck, and maybe a connection you didn't see coming.
This event is a part of #SFTechWeek, a week of events hosted by the top founders, funds, and companies to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com.
About Venture Dock
Venture Dock is a founder-first community and fund based in Palo Alto, giving founders the resources and network that usually take years to earn alone.
Members get weekly 1:1 sessions with experts, monthly investor sessions, and a monthly Master Session with operators who've built and sold companies before.
Funding Labs, led directly by investors, walk founders through what it actually takes to raise, and curated Demo Days put you in front of our network when you're ready to show progress.
Behind all of it: a community of 200+ founders building alongside you, sharing what's working and telling you the truth about what isn't.