Tavern Community Presents: Thought Leadership: From Chaos to Clarity
Thought Leadership: From Chaos to Clarity
Join us for an inspiring and collaborative event with Tavern Community and Lawrence Krubner at Virgin Hotels Midtown!
See photos of one of our previous events. (Credit to Fabio García)
Event Highlights:
Communal Lunch: Meet and connect with fellow entrepreneurs over a relaxed, communal lunch while sharing insights and experiences. Lunch is not included in your ticket.
Panel Discussion: Hear from seasoned startup experts, including and who will share their journeys, challenges, and strategies for turning chaos into clarity while funding a startup.
Happy Hour: Wind down and solidify new connections in a casual happy hour setting. First drink (house beer or wine) included in your ticket.
Join us for the whole day, or just come for the Panel Discussion at 1:30 PM.
Meet the Speakers:
Adam Siegel is a serial startup founder who has spent the past 20 years building companies at the interface of computation (software) and the physical world (hardware). Through 2023, he was at Amazon in Seattle, serving as Global Head of New Initiatives for Amazon Local Selling (annual revenue: $500M) and was a founding member of Grand Challenge, a central innovation team reporting to the company’s senior leadership. In his nearly 9 years at Amazon, he developed and led 12 new businesses (6 of which were pitched to the CEO), and helped architect multiple new products including: Amazon Care, Amazon Glow, Amazon Explore, Echo Frames, and AWS Comprehend Medical. He also launched and led the Amazon Catalyst Fund, a seed-stage venture fund for new initiatives based in strategic top-tier universities. Prior to Amazon, he worked at Google X on the Google Glass and Smart Contact Lens projects, and was Founder and CEO of Skye Health, a digital health startup company. He also worked for 3 years as a management consultant at Booz & Company (now part of PwC). He has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Engineering and Applied Sciences from Harvard University.
Tamar Cohen has worked as an executive across multiple Fortune 500 Companies, including Financial services, Pharma and Insurance. Led teams focusing on Digital Strategy, Customer Experience and HR/ Employee Experience. 3. Focus of her new business, HaloEffect is to help businesses find the productivity and energy of their teams to generate enhanced customer loyalty and revenue.
Corinne Lestch is an award-winning journalist, educator, and founder of The Off-Site Writing Workshop, a professional workshop series and editing/nonfiction book consultancy that teaches industry experts how to develop their voices through thought leadership and craft op-eds and essays for publication. My clients include HR executives, senior vice presidents of think tanks, and AI entrepreneurs. Most recently a Deputy Editor at Forbes, where I oversaw contributor content across Careers, Leadership Strategy, and ForbesWomen, and created and led in-house skills trainings, expert panels, and journalism boot camps on topics ranging from headlines and ledes to sourcing and attribution.
Rachel Owens is a strategic B2B Product Leader driving growth through innovation in SaaS solutions for SMB and mid-market clients. With expertise spanning startups to enterprise organizations, I create measurable impact through customer-centric approaches, intuitive UX design, and AI-powered workflow automation. Drove HealthTech startup growth from $6M to $50M in 3 years as founding Product and Customer Success leader. Scaled workflow automation platform from $1M to $10M in under 10 months by identifying key expansion opportunities. Led AI-driven adtech platform development at Fortune 500 company, achieving 50% operational efficiency and 11% margin improvement.
Samantha Martin is the co-founder and CEO of Left Field, a new no-swipe dating app where your pool of people is who you cross paths with. Samantha graduated from Brown University with a BA in Sustainable Development and Entrepreneurship in Spring 2023 and worked as a Strategy Associate at Capital One, working on the Discover acquisition. In her time at Brown, Samantha was a finalist for the Brown Venture Prize, for her startup EcoForm, a biocomposite supplier to the automotive industry. When she and her best friend Kate moved to NYC, they realized dating apps felt more like work than fun, and people their age were starting to give up on them. So they built what they wished existed: a way for Gen Z to connect in real time and bring back the spontaneous meet cute, with a little help from tech.
Kate Sieler is the co-founder and COO of Left Field, a new no-swipe dating app where your pool of people is who you cross paths with. Before starting Left Field, Kate graduated from Brown University and worked as a consultant at the Bridgespan Group and Almora Advisors. Her focus was on scaling, operations, and strategic plan implementation. When she and her best friend Sam moved to NYC, they realized dating apps felt more like work than fun, and people their age were starting to give up on them. So they built what they wished existed: a way for Gen Z to connect in real time and bring back the spontaneous meet cute, with a little help from tech.
Kristina Libby is a hybrid professional who has been successful in numerous career fields (corporate, startup, novelist, public art) and believes that integration of her identities drives my creativity and unique approach to solving complex problems. This has historically looked like roles in marketing, communications and business strategy but has also materialized in her ability to launch a global public art movement, write viral articles and pen novels. Experience in Space, Defense, Cybersecurity, High Tech, SaaS, AI/ML and a broad range of consumer goods.
Let’s turn chaos into clarity and create the future of startups together!
🕒 Start Time: 11:30 AM
Location: Virgin Hotels Midtown
RSVP Required
Schedule:
11:30 AM: Welcome, mingle, cowork
12:00 PM Communal lunch (Lunch is ordered à la carte, not included in your ticket)
1:30 PM: Panel talks, followed by audience conversation
3:00 PM: Coworking
4:30 PM: Happy hour
RSVP now to secure your spot!