Going Global - Building Expansion & GTM Engines

Building your Expansion machine from Day 1
Operators & Friends together with Stripe and Accel are bringing together a small group of founders, GTM & growth operators.
Global expansion is not only a technical & distribution problem - it's a systems challenge.
Real lessons on building go-to-market organizations from the ground up and scaling your global expansion machine.
In discussion with:
Jonathan Sanders - CEO & Co-Founder at Light
Jan Philipp Haas - CEO & Co-Founder at Conduct
Ellen (Moeller) McCormack - Head of EMEA Sales at Clay

Agenda
18:30 - doors open
19:00 - fireside with Ellen, Jonathan & Jan
19:30-21:00 - small bites, drinks, and vibes
21:30 - goodbyes, doors close
💙 Juhana & Michelangelo

About Operators & Friends
Operators & Friends accelerates the next generation of builders emerging with access to talent, distribution, and funding.
We've gathered thousands of company builders across Europe and US and backed 22 teams alongside a16z, Index, Google Ventures, CRV, Lightspeed and many more.

About Stripe
Stripe builds programmable financial services. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities.
Headquartered in San Francisco and Dublin, the company aims to increase the GDP of the internet.

About Accel
Accel is a global venture capital firm that is the first partner to exceptional teams everywhere, from inception through all phases of private company growth. Atlassian, Bumble, CrowdStrike, Fiverr, Flipkart, Freshworks, Qualtrics, Scale, Segment, Slack, Spotify, Squarespace, Tenable, and UiPath are among the companies Accel has backed over the past 40+ years.
We help ambitious entrepreneurs build iconic global businesses. For more, visit www.accel.com.