Events
Hosting, attending, speaking, or exhibiting… events are a big part of my life.
Swissnex, Cheese, and Extroverts
Familiar people mean a lot to me, so it was a fun surprise, seeing alumni from my Swiss business school at an NYC event.
Early-Stage Seed and VC Funding
Three early-stage investors gave advice for how and when to raise initial capital.
Swiss-American Foundation
Observations from meeting the Swiss Ambassador at a lunch hosted by NYSE (New York Stock Exchange)
B2B Sales Pipeline Panel
Three successful B2B startup founders discussed the sales and marketing strategies that got them off the ground.
Distressed Investing
I rescue companies with technical liabilities, but what happens when there is financial distress? I went to a legal conference to find out.
Making Tech Attractive to Investors
ff Venture Capital hosted a chat about what VCs want to see in tech before they invest.
Union Square Ventures: PR & CTOs
It’s important to keep in touch with the gatekeepers of an industry.
Grow an Agency, by AIGA NY
AIGA NY hosted a two-day workshop about how to grow a design agency.
Raising Your First Venture Round
Stacklist hosted an event for three VCs to discuss what they’re looking for in 2023.
Cereal Entrepreneurs
My monthly breakfast for founders and investors.
TED Salon June 2019
In the NYC HQ of TED Conferences, occasionally they host small private events — an opportunity to meet incredibly interesting people, and also to get a mid-week jolt of ideas and energy from a handful of fresh speakers.
AIGA NY Summer Soirée 2019
The AIGA NY had a wonderful cocktail party at the Museum of Art and Design — where I got to have conversations with several design legends. #humbled
TEDxFultonStreet Live 2019: “Bigger Than Us”
It was my pleasure to host a private screening party for TED2019, just for the TEDxFultonStreet community.
TED World Theatre
Proud to be included in this discussion about the upcoming TED2019 conference. On the video wall were some of my fellow TEDx producers from around the world, participating in realtime.
Inside Risk
What would you do if you discovered that an employee was being held hostage by kidnappers? This incredible leadership training program recreated a real case with just that circumstance.
Founders’ Roundtable Holiday Party
I look forward to this event every year… a time to relax with “my people”, a well-curated community of entrepreneurs.
Bennington College Board of Trustees
Honored to be invited to participate in a discussion among stakeholders at my alma mater.
Date Night at the UN
It’s not every night we meet a Head of State when we go out in NYC… this experience at the United Nations was pretty special!
CUNY IT Conference
It was fun discussing the benefits and challenges of 360º video, contrasted with VR, across a range of industries: storytelling, advertising, gaming, and fine art.
TEDxFultonStreet 2018: “Why People Say Yes or No”
In the fifth year of TEDxFultonStreet, we had 16 speakers explore how decisions are made, and what influences positive or negative reactions.