Wine & Wisdom Fireside Chat & Happy Hour w/ Dave Hersh - Reignition - Transforming Stuck Startups Into Breakout Winners
Join us for an exclusive fireside chat at Werqwise with Dave Hersh, startup expert and author, and Gordon Fallone, seasoned investor from OPAC Partners. This insightful conversation will explore key themes from Dave’s book, Reignition: Transforming Stuck Startups into Breakout Winners. Dave and Gordon will share their expertise on the often-overlooked challenges that startups face and offer a path forward for founders seeking success without succumbing to the pressures of rapid scaling and the pursuit of unicorn status.
Following the discussion, enjoy a happy hour and wine tasting from Sonoma Coast Vineyards. This event is a great opportunity to network with fellow entrepreneurs, investors, and industry leaders while gaining valuable insights into scaling your startup the right way. Don’t miss out!
In Reignition: Transforming Stuck Startups into Breakout Winners, Dave Hersh skillfully outlines how to transform a stuck startup into a lean, disciplined, focused organization with the time, space, and market position to find a breakout move.
Schedule of the evening:
5:30pm: Event opens! Food available and wine tasting from Sonoma Coast Vineyards
6pm: Fireside Chat
6:45pm: Q&A
7:15pm: Networking & wine
Dave is the author of Reignition (Inc. Originals Press, April 2024), a practical and deeply-researched playbook for helping startups and growth companies get “unstuck” and find their breakaway path. He is a general partner at Metamorph Partners, was the founding CEO of Jive Software (NASDAQ IPO in 2011), served as a board partner at Andreessen Horowitz, and has advised hundreds of startups over three decades.
Gordon embarked on his career on the infamous "Black Monday" of October 19th, 1987, as part of the Merrill Lynch training program in New York City. Over the next decade, he honed his skills in equity trading on Wall St. before making a pivotal move to San Francisco. In the past 26 years in the Bay Area, Gordon shifted his focus to advising wealthy Individuals and Family Offices in private technology company investments. Co-founding OPAC alongside Jim Kozak and Dr. Gordon Rausser, Gordon has dedicated his efforts to identifying and pursuing direct investment opportunities aligned with the preferences of his Individual and Family Office Investor Network. His expertise lies in deal structuring and providing governance at the Board level. Throughout his career, Gordon has held, or currently holds, Director or Observer seats on the Boards of notable companies such as Liquidspace, Task Rabbit, Amaze, Revel Systems, Werqwise, Swyft, Sunbasket, Linqia, Connected Data, Sellpoints, and Knowi.