🚀 Startup Luncheon: A Lawrence Krubner Production
Where Founders Meet the Experts Who Can Change the Game 🤝
Every month, Krubner’s Startup Luncheon convenes some of the sharpest minds shaping New York City’s startup ecosystem, from operators and investors to legal, HR, and tech experts, for a power-packed lunch of insight, connection, and tactical takeaways.
This session will feature:
• Katie Dunn — Angel Investor, Board Director, Due Diligence Pro
• Brooke Smarsh — Legal Counsel to High-Growth Tech Startups
• Victoria Yampolsky — Strategic CFO & Fundraising Expert
• Beth Granger — Accelerating Your LinkedIn® & Networking Learning Curve; Finding the gems in your database.
• Barry Marshall — Ex-JP Morgan COO, Scaling Strategist
• Leigh Higgins — Ex-BGC Partners, Leadership Coach
• Stefan Pagacik — CEO and co-founder, Ampresta, turning climate risk into actionable business intelligence.
Come for the insights, stay for the community.
Food is served promptly at 12 PM. Talks begin promptly as 12:30 PM.
What to expect:
A rapid-fire panel where each expert delivers a focused 7-minute lightning talk covering what every startup leader needs to scale smarter:
💸 Fundraising & Due Diligence
⚖️ Legal Landmines & Must-Haves
🧠 People Strategy & HR Red Flags
🚀 Sales, Marketing & Growth
💡 Tech & AI Trends to Watch
This isn’t theory—it’s actionable advice from people in the trenches.
🙏 A Special Thank You to Avital Tzubeli whose operational and social networking expertise help make these events exceptional.
About Lawrence Krubner:
Over the last 24 years I have been the co-founder and CTO of 2 different startups. I've been the software architect who has designed systems that scale to many millions of users. I've lead teams to success. More recently I've helped troubled startups turn around and achieve growth. I've also worked closely with RevOps leadership to re-engineer the sales processes of teams using Salesforce and Hubspot. I host a once-a-month in-person event for startups in New York City, and one of the most important things I do is that I introduce entrepreneurs to the kinds of people who they need to meet.
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