This event is exclusively for FirstGen members.

​​Join us for a breakfast conversation with David Olk, currently the General Partner at Junction Venture Partners. Prior to co-founding Junction, David co-founded ShopKeep and ran the business day to day while raising close to $200m before it was acquired by Lightspeed. Before ShopKeep, he was Director of Mergers and Acquisitions at IAC and also co-founded Voray, a platform to help people build more authentic networks and grow their careers.

​We'll talk about: 

• ​Building and operating Vertical SaaS companies (ShopKeep)

• ​Lessons learned from running Voray, a community and events marketplace

• ​Tactics for finding product market fit as an early founding team

• ​Sales motions, tactics and advice

• ​The day to day challenges of operating a company

• ​Advice on fundraising in the current market 

​Get ready for a high energy conversation. Here's a quick preview of David, directly from his LinkedIn profile - "Starting a company is the hardest thing anyone can ever do. Primarily because you have to deal with a ton of useless hanger ons with terrible advice and VCs who can be the absolute worst: self important arrogant bros pumped out of ivy league’s schools that normally have opinions about things they know nothing about (ie, your brainchild or building a company themselves — most have never raised capital nor can operate themselves out of a paper bag)."

​Breakfast and coffee will be provided. Thank you to our friends and sponsors at Capchase for hosting us!