Wednesday, June 5th, 2024
from 9:30am to 6:30pm
Bear Mountain Inn
99 Service Rd, Tomkins Cove, NY 10986
*This event is free to attend
After receiving such amazing feedback from our inaugural LFG: NYC Enterprise Operators Retreat in 2022, we're thrilled to be back this year with an incredible lineup!
Join us for a packed day with 125+ of NYC’s top enterprise operators across Sales, Marketing, Product, Developers/Engineering, and more.
Our lineup of speakers who have been through the trenches will dive into the art and science of growing your company from zero to that first product, pivotal customer, $1 million in ARR, and more. They’ll reveal the tactics, challenges, and mindset required to overcome these initial hurdles.
Morning Keynotes
Be inspired by the real-life success stories, decisions, and biggest lessons learned from AssemblyAI and BetterCloud founders on how they transform their company vision into scale and reality.
Afternoon Bean
Bag Sessions
Explore a number of tactical, unconference talks on the real talk tactics that work.
Networking
Enjoy a beautiful day in Bear Mountain State Park with fun lawn games, drinks at a brewery, but most importantly, the opportunity to meet the best enterprise and SaaS operators in NYC!
#LFGNYC2024
The Speakers
David Politis
Co-Founder
Dylan Fox
Founder & CEO
Douglas Hanna
Former COO
Nitzan Shapira
Co-Founder & CEO
Nan Yu
Head of Product
Peggy Rayzis
Senior Director of Developer Experience
Bear Douglas
Director of Developer Relations
Eliot Knudsen
Director, Field Engineering
Jane Kelly
Previous Head of Growth
Rachel Dines
Head of Product & Solutions Marketing
Varun Anand
Head of Ops
Robert Williams
Director of Commercial Sales
Taylor Linton
Enterprise Sales & Partnership
Jake Moshenko
CEO & Co-Founder
Danny Sigurdson
CEO & Founder
Seb Zaborowski
Senior Director of Customer Success
Will Nowak
VP of Americas, Sales Engineering
The Agenda
8:00 AM
Bus Pick Up from Union Square
*See below for more transportation details
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Registration, Breakfast & Welcome from Work-Bench
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Fireside Chat with Dylan Fox, CEO & Founder of AssemblyAI
11:30 PM - 12:30 PM
Keynote from David Politis, Co-Founder of BetterCloud on "20 Years Of Startup Operating Lessons Learned…The Hard Way"
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM
Unconference Breakout Sessions
- Product & Growth Inflection Points: Real Talk
- Does Your Infra Startup Need TO Be Open Source?
- Taylor Linton, Enterprise Sales & Partnerships, Hugging Face
- Rachel Dines, Head of Product & Solutions Marketing, Chronosphere
- Behind the Scenes of Fast-Growth SaaS Sales
- Founder Real Talk: AMA on Challenges from 0 to 1
- David Politis, Founder, BetterCloud
2:15 PM - 2:30 PM
Break
2:30 PM - 3:15 PM
Unconference Breakout Sessions
- Pre-Sales: Scoping Your Way To Successful Customer Engagements
- Eliot Knudsen, Director of Field Engineering, Databricks
- Post-Sales: The Most Important Thing You're Not Doing
- Technical Sales: Bridging the Gap Between Complexity & Customer
- DevRel: Building a Community From Scratch
- Peggy Rayzis, Senior Director Developer Experience, Apollo GraphQL
- Bear Douglas, Director of Developer Relations, Pinecone
- Finding Light In A Dark Forest: Closing Your First 3 Design Partners
- Danny Sigurdson, Founder & CEO, Courier Health
- Jake Moshenko, Co-Founder & CEO, AuthZed
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM
Activities & Networking
5:00 PM
Happy Hour & Dinner at a Local Brewery
6:30 PM
Bus Back to NYC
Transportation
Work-Bench Buses
Work-Bench is providing a complimentary coach bus service to/from NYC and Bear Mountain Inn. If you are spending the entire day with us, we've got your transportation covered!
8am: Buses pick attendees up between 16th & 17th Street on Union Square East Northbound and leave promptly at 8am. Don't be late!
After the conference, buses shuttle those needing to leave early to the Metro North Peekskill Train Station to catch a 5:08pm train. All others will be shuttled to dinner at River Outpost Brewing Company, then back to Union Square. We expect to arrive back in Union Square around 8:30pm.
CAR
If you prefer, you are welcome to drive directly to/from NYC and Bear Mountain Inn.
Sponsored by
About Work-Bench
This event is hosted by Work-Bench, an enterprise venture capital firm based in NYC.
We lead Seed rounds in enterprise software startups throughout the country. We are laser focused on supporting early-stage startups on all things go-to-market and have built a dynamic enterprise tech community in NYC and beyond.
For any questions, please contact hello@work-bench.com.