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Startups cannot be built. The manufacturers stage Techcrunch Disrupt 2025Which takes place from October 27 to 29 at the Moscone West in San Francisco, this is the place where investors, operators and founders come to talk about tactics – the nity -Gritty to take off something and make it work. This year, we are carrying out some of the strongest minds of the game on stage, including the legendary investor Elad Gil, the former CEO of Twitter, Dick Costolo, and the Flexport founder, Ryan Petersen. If you are looking for real ideas of people who have really built and supported companies defining the category, this is where it happens.
Whether you are fighting with your first mandate sheet, you were building a GTM engine that really converts or wondering if AI should be your next hir, the Manufacturers’ stage has answers. Expect frank conversations, new strategies and advice without flows of people who have crossed fire – no more audience questions and answers during each session, so that you can answer your most difficult, live questions.
Smarter scale with exploitable ideas of seated managers before and at the center of the manufacturers’ scene. Register now and save up to $ 675 on your ticket.
A first overview of the manufacturers’ agenda
See below what is locked up so far and listen to. THE Disturbing the 2025 program only becomes greater, with more superior names and daring conversations on the way.
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Before most of the world experienced the Chatppt, Sell gil had already written seed checks to startups such as perplexity, the character. Ai and Harvey. It is in addition to the first bets on companies like Airbnb, AirTable, Andundil, Brex, Checkr, Coinbase, Deel, Figma, Flexport, Gitlab, Gusto, Instacart, Notion, Opendoor, Pinterest, Ocppling, Square, Stripe … You have the idea.
Gil, who has also founded several companies like Mixer Labs (bought by Twitter) and Color Health, always seems to know what is the next step. And he is already working on the next things to come for AI and to invest.
Build what’s going on with minds behind Twitter and Meta
Adam Bain And Dick ribCo-founders and management partners, and David Fischerpartner, at 01 advisers
Join these three powerful investors of 01 Advisors For a conversation by the initiate fire on what it really takes to build, set up and finance startups starting today. From product to growth, including fundraising, you will get frank councils and new perspectives from industry veterans who shape the next wave of technological success.
Secrets of seed money that each founder should know
Gabby CazeauPartner, Harlem Capital; Marlon NicholsCo-founder and general partner, Mac Venture Capital; And Maria PalmaPartner, Freestyle capital
Raising your first round is difficult, but far from being impossible. This panel brings together experienced investors to break down what it really takes to close a seed lap. From the development of the right field to make sure that you are green on the right partners, get usable advice to transform the interests of investors into capital.
How to raise a series A in 2026
Sangeen ZebGeneral partner, GV and more speakers to announce
In this underestimated panel, the best VC reveals what makes them really offer a long -term leaf with a healthy evaluation – metrics that count to pitch errors that kill the agreements. Learn to position your business for its first institutional investment at a price.
What VCs really want to hear in your pitch
HaadeGeneral partner, Defy.VC; Jyoti BansalCEO and co-founder, Harness; And Jennifer NeundorferGeneral partner, January ventures
Investors hear hundreds of land, but only a few stand out. Listen directly to VCs on what they like, which makes them cringe and the subtle signals that the founders often lack. This panel reveals initiate advice to help you develop a land that attracts attention, strengthens confidence and wins the right checks.
Rethink the start -up capital without VCS
Erik bothCo-founder and CEO, Chess.com; Kay MakihiLupoff / Stevens Family Office; And Gale WilkinsonDirector partner, Vitalize Capital-Risque
VCs are not the only game in town. Join us while we explore alternative fund collection paths with a providential investor, a family vice-president and a founder who kicked success. Learn to draw on the capital that aligns on your vision, keeps you in control and brings you to the next step in your terms.
Prepare now for your subsequent stage increase
Lila PrestonHead of equity of growth, management of generation investments; Andrea ThomazCEO and co-founder, Diligent Robotics; And ZeyaPartner, IVP
Raisser the later stadium towers takes more than luck – it is strategy from the first day. Join these two exceptional VCs and an experienced founder when they share how to create measures, a narration and relationships that position your startup for a future funding success. Learn the key movements that have set you up to close the larger rounds with confidence.
Where the VC place their bets in 2026
Nina AchadjianPartner, Ventures index; Jerry ChenGeneral partner, Graylock; And Viviana FagaGeneral partner, Felix
Curious to know where the intelligent money then heads? This panel brings together the best VCs to share their investment priorities in 2026, its emerging sectors and what innovations draw their attention. Founders at an early stage, it is for you! Get a rare overview of trends and technologies that could shape your business during the coming year.
Smart scale
Build in times of uncertainty
Ryan Petersen, founder and CEO of Flexport
Uncertainty is the new normal, but it is also an opportunity. In this cat by the fireside, Ryan PetersenCEO of Global Logistics Unicorn FlexportShare his hard -won ideas. With 2.3 billion dollars collected, flexort shipping technology crossed international affairs and policies, giving Petersen almost premonitory economic information. He expressed everything, from pricing policy to AI. He also experienced personal volatility, leaving his role as CEO, then returning less than a year later. Founders, take notes: this is how you build when the rules continue to change.
How to nail the adjustment of the product market
Rajat Bhagariafounder and CEO of Robotics chief; Ann Tableetskypartner, nea; And Murali joshi. Partner, iconiq
The construction of a product is difficult. Building one that customers are preparing for the bit to obtain, it is the price of the right price, and which keeps its promises is even more difficult, and it is always messy. But once you have struck the Holy Grail in the adjustment of the product market, your startup is on a fast lane towards growth, financing and traction. Listen to a founder who lived it and two investors who helped many others get there. This panel breaks down how to test more intelligently and iteration with intention so that you can stop guessing and start to grow.
How much wages and equity should you really offer to the first employees?
Randa Jakubowzchief of operations and talents, 645 ventures; Rebecca Lee WhitingFractional general lawyer for early stage startups, Epigram Legal PC; And Yin wuCEO and founder, Pulle
Early hires shape the future of your startup, but only if you can attract and keep them. This panel plunges into the equity and benefits packages that compete with Big Tech without breaking your burning rate. Listen to real strategies to align incentives, stimulate retention and build a team that is evolving.
With an ambient coding, do startups in startup still need to hire 10x engineers?
David CramerCo-founder and CPO, Sentry; LariorePartner, Bessemer Venture Partners; and a speaker to announce
Ambient coding products have completely changed the speed, cost and technical skills necessary to create products, prototypes to shipping. This is particularly true for startups in startup. Some manufacturers of these products have even said that no one needs to learn to code. If this is the case, this means that startups do not need to fill their first lists with the famous 10x coders. But what part is the media threshing and what is the reality? Our panelists will dive into the way the developer’s World World is changing and what comes next.
Should you hire AI as the first employees?
Caleb pepperco-founder and CEO, Firecrawl, and more speakers to announce
Most startups today use AI to certain capacities: room coding prototypes or new features, deep search via their favorite cat before sales calls. Many also build AI products, or at least including the options and features of AI. So, should you integrate AI into the fundamental operations of your businesses, such as hiring AI agents instead of humans for sales? For customer support? To automate your invoicing? Learn to choose the right use cases, build smarter workflows and get the biggest impact with limited resources.
Do startups still need Silicon Valley?
Anh-Tho ChuongCEO and co-founder, Lago; Heather DoshayPartner, talent manager, signalfire; And David HallDirector partner, Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, Revolution
While Silicon Valley is still starting capital, what is the importance of access? This panel gets rid if the founders must plant roots in the valley to succeed or if the opportunity is so strong elsewhere that they do not need it. Listen to the prospects of investors and founders to redefine what it means to build, to scale and finance a business in the decentralized technological world today.
Build a GTM engine that actually works
Max Altschulalerfounder and general partner, GTMFund, and more speakers to announce
A killer product needs a strategy for placing the killer on the market. This panel breaks down the way startups at an early stage can build a GTM function that stimulates growth, wins customers and evolves effectively. Listen to founders and GTM experts on hiring, messaging, sales tactics and key measures that prove that your approach works.
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Not only will you get invaluable ideas from these technology giants live at Disrupt 2025 alongside more than 10,000 Startup, Technology and VC leaders in October, but you can also save up to $ 675 on your collar today. Register here to lock your savings.
