​The Bonfire Moment:

​Bring Your Team Together  to Solve the Hardest Problems Startups Face

​Most tech startups fail not because of a bad product, poor timing, or mismanaged cash but because of people problems: conflicts over strategy, decision-making, and team culture.

​To learn more, join Raid The Fridge: The Bonfire Moment on July 31 (Wednesday) at the Kickstart Ventures space in Makati City. Doors open at 5:00 PM for networking, and the talk begins at 7:30 PM.

​This month’s featured speaker is Martin Gonzalez, co-author of the bestselling book, “The Bonfire Moment”; a Google leadership & org development principal; a Stanford University lecturer; and a member of Thinkers50 Radar Class of 2024,  the premier global Ranking of management thinkers.

​Why Attend?

• ​Learn about the state-of-the-art research on the psychology of startup teams;

• ​Discover the common traps startup teams fall into and how to escape them;

• ​The principles behind The Bonfire Moment.

​Who Should Attend?

• ​Founders and leaders from tech startups. If you’re looking for tools and actionable insights so you can manage your toughest leadership moments;

• ​Investors. The more “founder analytics” you know, the better you’re able to spot effective startup founders and leaders and cohesive teams;

• ​Enablers and entrepreneur support organizations. If you’re implementing capability-building programs and creating mentor pools that support tech startups.

​Program Flow

​5:00 PM Doors are opened to guests; networking and raiding the Kickstart Fridge
7:30 PM Start of Program: Welcome Remarks by FridgeMaster
7:35 PM Speaker Talk + Audience Q&A
8:25 PM Closing Remarks
8:30 PM End of Program: Closing Remarks; Networking resumes
10:00 PM End of event.

​​​​​Note: The organizers reserve the right to decline any sign-ups that are out of the scope of the evening’s target audience.

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About the Speaker
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​Martin Gonzalez is the bestselling author of “The Bonfire Moment” and the creator of Google’s Effective Founders Project. This global research program decodes the factors that enable startup founders to succeed. He works closely with Google’s engineering and research leaders on organizational design, leadership, and culture challenges. Martin is a frequent lecturer at Stanford, Wharton, and INSEAD and has advised leaders across the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia. He has been recognized as a Fellow by the Aspen Institute's First Movers Program and as a Thinkers50 Radar awardee, both for his contributions to shaping the future of management and leadership. He studied organizational psychology and behavioral science at Columbia University and the London School of Economics.

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About the Organizer
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​​​Kickstart Ventures owns and organizes Raid The Fridge, the longest-running monthly startup networking and learning mixer for the Philippine startup community of founders, investors, and entrepreneur-enabling organizations since August 2012.

​​Kickstart Ventures manages the Philippines’ largest technology venture capital funds, investing globally in early- and early-stage tech startups via three funds, including the Ayala Corporation Technology Innovation Venture Fund (“ACTIVE Fund”).  Kickstart, one of Southeast Asia’s biggest and most active corporate venture capital (CVC) firms, is a wholly-owned corporate venture capital firm of Globe Telecom, the Philippines’ leading mobile operator.