INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
In a little less than three months, A Technology News Room will bring its Early Stage event to SF for the very first time
Early Stage is meant to bring together more than 50 experts across startup core competencies, from funding to marketing to operation.Today,
the Norwest Venture Partners consumer internet team
Before Facebook, Choksi spent six years at Google in strategic partnership roles
She was one of the people responsible for setting up the search partnerships with Apple and Mozilla, with top-line revenue from these deals
growing from $0 to $4 billion on her watch.How To Get Your Company Acquired, Not SoldLearn how to think about M-A as a possible exit
opportunity from a former Facebook corporate development executive turned investor
Understand what acquirers are looking for and what questions you should be asking
Create optionality for yourself as you build and grow your company.Brooke HammerlingBrooke Hammerling is the founder of The New New Thing,
a strategic communications advisory that works with founders to shape the brand narrative
She also founded Brew Media Relations, which was acquired by Freuds in 2016 for a reported $15 million
She has 20 years of experience in the communications field, with a focus on authenticity and relationships at the core of her business
The StoriesThe news never sleeps
driven by press releases and announcements.Ethan SmithEthan Smith is the founder and CEO of Graphite, an SEO and growth marketing agency
based out of San Francisco
Before Graphite, Smith held several executive roles in product management and marketing, and has been tapped by organizations like
VenturebBeat, MarketWatch and INC to speak and write about SEO and growth marketing.How To Build A High-Performance SEO EngineHear from
Ethan Smith, who has worked with brands like MasterClass, Ticketmaster and Thumbtack, as he shares some of the most effective modern SEO
Starting with a deep understanding of the user and their intent, the most successful modern SEO strategies focus on building a data-driven
approach to drive user experience, content and conversion to ultimately beat the competition.Susan SuSusan Su is a startup growth advisor
and EIR at Sound Ventures
Su has led startup growth at Stripe, served as an in-house growth advisor at 500 startups and led the growth marketing as a founding team
After a career that spanned both product and marketing, Su has combined the two to take advantage of the rise of scaled distribution
platforms.Minimum Viable EmailLove it or hate it, email is here to stay
But understanding where it fits into the conversion funnel, and how to maximize its impact, can be arduous
Learn from Sound Ventures advisor and EIR Susan Su how to optimize open rates, deliverability, unsubscribes and conversions for consumer and
enterprise products alike.There will be about 50+ breakout sessions at the show, and attendees will have an opportunity to attend at least
capital to building a team to growth
breakout session, because transcripts from each will be available to show attendees
And most of the folks leading the breakout sessions have agreed to hang at the show for at least half the day and participate in
Each of the 50+ breakout sessions is limited to around 100 attendees
We expect a lot more attendees, of course, so signups for each session are on a first-come, first-serve basis
Buy your ticket today and you can sign up for the breakouts we are announcing today
Pass holders will also receive 24-hour advance notice before we announce the next batch
this event, and we hope you are, too
Buy a pass to Early Stage SF 2020 right here!Interested in sponsoring Early Stage? Hit us up here.
