Wow. Had so much fun moderating a sold out 500+ person room w/ some of Westport CT’s breakout founders
- Dylan Diamond @joinsaturn
- Jack Sharkey, @whop
- Josh Karol & Max Hammer, @CrowdVolt
Collectively this group has raised more than $100M.. w/ an exclusive huge funding announcement shared from one of them (!!!) ..
This was a super special evening. Quite nostalgic visiting my hometown, celebrating the growing tech scene, & all of the accomplishments from some of the most ambitious entrepreneurs to come out of Staples High School
Thank you to Startup Westport for organizing the evening!
A lot of founders moved to SF for the batch, and we wanted to give them a feel for the city. So we organized a one-day event with 30 small group activities all around SF - from rock climbing to chocolate tasting. We ended with a boat ride under the golden gate bridge.
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