Founder Stories

Kevin Systrom, Co-Founder and CEO of Instagram, shares stories from the road, lessons learned along the way and what it's really like working with Mark Zuckerberg

Max Levchin, Co-founder & CEO of Affirm talks about how he has evolved as a founder as the Web has evolved and shares insights of his failures and successes.

Neil Blumenthal, Co-Founder of Warby Parker, shares secrets of building company culture and why startups should think about branding from the get-go.

The Andreessen Horowitz co-founder shares stories of his early years in Silicon Valley, the Loudcloud "IPO from Hell", his partnership with Marc Andreessen, and lists his top five Silicon Valley founders of all time.

Salim Ismail talks about the differences (and benefits) of Linear vs. Exponential Growth, and how using a doubling pattern development with the idea of information enabling is developing ever-adapting human growth.

We chat with Jennifer Justice, President of Corporate Development at Superfly, to discuss why she's such a bad-ass and how she's clawed her way into the inner circles of superstardom.