Join us for an inspiring and collaborative event with Tavern Community and Lawrence Krubner at a beautiful venue in Midtown!
Event Highlights:
Communal Lunch: Meet and connect with fellow entrepreneurs over a relaxed, communal lunch while sharing insights and experiences. (Lunch is ordered à la carte, not included in your ticket)
Panel Discussion: Hear from seasoned startup experts, who will share their journeys, challenges, and strategies for turning chaos into clarity while growing a startup.
Happy Hour: Wind down and solidify new connections in a casual happy hour setting. (First drink–house beer or wine–included in your ticket)
Join us for the whole day, or just come for the Panel Discussion at 1:30pm.
Our speakers:
Elliana Jin – Head of Investments & Principal at TBV. TBV (TB Ventures) is a VC fund focused on leading rounds in early-stage Web3 companies in Southeast Asia and North America. TBV is supported by TBE (TB Events) and TBA (TB Advisory), creating a network of services underpinned by a strong and active community. TBE hosts the best Web3 events in the world alongside the leading conferences. TBA works alongside founders to scale their companies from seed-stage to IPO. The TBV ethos: Less deals, more conviction, and an active involvement in its portfolio.
Matthew Titmus – Matthew Titmus is an academic refugee and veteran of the software development industry who can currently be found serving as an engineering team lead at Yext in New York. He's the author of two editions of Cloud Native Go (O’Reilly Media), an organizer for the DevOpsDays NYC Conference, and the founder of NYC CoffeeOps. Since teaching himself to build virtual worlds in LPC, he's earned a surprisingly-relevant degree in molecular biology, written tools to analyze terabyte-sized datasets at a high energy physics laboratory, developed an early web development framework from scratch, wielded distributed computing techniques to analyze cancer genomes, and pioneered machine learning techniques for linked data.
Ben Segal – Ben is a lifelong customer experience (CX) champion who believes that the best brands don’t just serve customers — they move them. From live events to digital platforms, he has spent his career building experiences that are memorable, scalable, and deeply human. He has led CX at Freshly, Pair Eyewear, Thesis, and most recently as the Founder & CEO of The Experience Audit, where he helped brands truly see their customer journeys — not just measure them. Now, he is thrilled to bring that full-circle perspective to Cosm as Head of Customer Experience, the perfect intersection of everything he loves: immersive storytelling, hospitality-grade service, and operational excellence — all in a company that’s redefining the way we experience content, sports, and culture.
David Stenglein – Are your engineering teams struggling to keep up with the demands of the business? David helps enterprise technology leaders build high-performing teams and the platforms that empower them to deliver business value. * Applying Product Thinking to internal platforms * Discovering real user needs through research * Implementing effective prioritization * Delivering incremental value for fast feedback * Effective internal marketing for platforms
Ronald Zhang – Ronald helps founders turn financial complexity into clarity – offering CFO-level insights without the full-time overhead. With 10+ years across investment banking, real estate, venture, and startups, he brings strategic finance expertise that’s built for scale. In his previous life, he led large-scale developments for next generation private schools (400k+ sf), advised on M&A and capital transactions, and built and managed complex long-term financial models of billion-dollar corporations. Now, he arranges capital raise conversations between startups, VCs, and LPs; and he builds and manages simple but effective models for billion-dollar startups, manages cash flow, and monitors their finances.
Timothy Chung – The incredible story of MoonPay. Timothy was educated at Cambridge and Columbia University in Computer Science; worked as a Go and Rails Developer; and built and sold an e-commerce company in High school. He's spent much of the last 4 years building MoonPay.
Let’s turn chaos into clarity and create the future of startups together!
RSVP Required
Schedule:
11:30am: Welcome, mingle, cowork
12:00pm: Communal lunch (Lunch is ordered à la carte, not included in your ticket)
1:30pm: Panel talks, followed by audience conversation
3:00pm: Coworking
4:30pm: Happy hour
RSVP now to secure your spot!
This event is a part of #NYTechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com.
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