​📣 Calling All Pre-Seed Enterprise, SaaS, & Infra Founders in NYC

​Struggling to get your early go-to-market and sales in motion? We’ve got you. Join us in NYC for a packed half-day summit designed to arm you with the exact sales and marketing playbooks you need to land customers and scale fast.

​💡 Hard Lessons of GTM as a Technical Founder

​Hear the real talk and lessons learned as a technical founder on all things GTM, scaling Chainguard from 0 to Series C.

• ​How as a SWE he learned enterprise sales

• ​What he thinks they did right in the early days (and what he would do differently)

• ​The 3 things that every founder needs to know about distribution

​📌 Fireside chat with Dan Lorenc, Founder & CEO of Chainguard with over a decade of SWE experience at companies like Google and Microsoft. Chainguard has raised $256M from Lightspeed, Redpoint, and others.

​🤝 Sales That Close Deals

​Cut through the noise and turn outreach into revenue. This session will break down:

• ​Outbound messages that get replies

• ​Discovery call questions that uncover real pain points

• ​Sales deck secrets that get enterprise buyers to lean in

​📌 Led by Work-Bench sales advisor Kiran Narsu, a 25-year sales veteran who's helped startups and global tech giants alike close game-changing deals.

​🎯 Marketing That Builds Demand

​How do you get to prospects with limited brand awareness and budget? Walk away knowing:

• ​Automated GTM plays you should be doing (and not doing)

• ​4 essential B2B marketing channels and which to prioritize

• ​Must knows when bringing on your 1st BDR

​📌 Led by Ryan Narod, VP, Corporate and Integrated Marketing at Rippling and previously Chief Growth Officer at Mutiny.

​And we’ll wrap the day with a happy hour to connect and swap more notes 🍻

​This is a curated event for Pre-Seed enterprise, vertical SaaS and infra founders, so spots are limited. Apply now to lock in your seat!

​🚀 Why This Summit Is Different

​✔ No fluff. No theory. Just battle-tested tactics you can apply immediately.
✔ A room of Pre-Seed enterprise founders. Because connections matter.
✔ Expert-led sessions from operators who’ve been in your shoes.

​Hosted by Work-Bench: Work-Bench invests in Seed founders with enterprise ambitions. Based in NYC, we lead $3-5M Seed rounds in SaaS and infrastructure companies throughout the country, and we are obsessed with accelerating 0-1 GTM engines.

In partnership with Rho: The banking platform with everything businesses need to manage cash, control spend, and automate finance busywork. Rho offers corporate cards, banking, treasury, expense management, AP, accounting automation, and more in one integrated platform backed by award-winning support.