Techstars Startup Week Seattle 2017

Are YOU wired for startup leadership? In a startup, your team’s success depends leadership in an environment of scarcity and ambiguity. Organizations become an extension of who you are. Thus, it’s important that you raise your leadership awareness and adopt the right leadership style.

Join us to self-assess your own leadership style and consider opportunities to grow.  We'll also preview what you can learn from other Leadership track sessions during the week.

Startups require everyone to think like a CEO owner and lead from any level or role. Leadership may begin with the CEO, but each employee has an opportunity to make an outsized impact by adopting an ownership mindset. An employee experience could be the best way to begin your startup career and grow your entreprenurial prowess.

Join this Global Cafe roundtable discussion to "write the book" on how to lead from any seat. Experienced facilitators will guide break out groups to generate ideas, challenges and pitfalls for startup employees. Walk away with a playbook on how to electrify your startup career.

Join us for a fun and inspiring fireside chat with Redfin CEO, Glenn Kelman. 

When Redfin went public on Nasdaq in July 2017, Kelman took 100 Redfin supporters along to celebrate, including executives and the company's first 40 employees.  How does Values-Based Leadership play into moments like that?  Jenny Zenner of The BroadPoint Group will be on hand to guide the conversation with Glenn and lead a Q&A session after their conversation.    

What is a startup mindset that sets you apart? Ambitious, resourceful, and nimble. Join us for a fun group workshop where you learn to "hang your big ideas on the wall," open a dialogue, and build your creative and critical thinking acumen to spark new insights for a path forward. Lose your blind spots to reveal multiple perspectives.

Designed and led by a team that includes a serial startup founder, leadership coach and art curator, this workshop uses fine art pieces in the service of uncovering critical thinking patterns. Crack open a new way of seeing, and come away with a sharpened startup mindset.

A special thanks to Perkins Coie for their support and sharing their outstanding art pieces for this session. 

** Please note that we'll be first come, first serve for the 30 seats. ** 

How does a startup leader apply 'grit and resilience' to leading an organization?  

This expert panel will highlight the experiences of experienced startup leaders and how they have applied the concepts of "grit and reslience" in their roles.  

Rather than focusing on "do you have it" questions, we'll focus on the ways in which levels of "grit and resilience" surfaces in startup organizations, teams, and culture.  What happens when it's lacking? We'll uncover teachable moments and stories.  

As part of a Q&A with panelists, we'll also ask attendees to share their best takeaways on startup leadership learned during the week.  Leave "powered up" to pursue startup leadership!