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Upcoming Dinners
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The First Senior Hire
A dinner about hiring your first senior leader—when to do it, how it goes wrong, and what it changes. Hiring your first 'real' senior leader—a product manager, a head of sales, someone with more experience than you—is a milestone that changes your startup forever. Some founders wait too long. Others hire too fast. Many quietly question whether they've made a terrible mistake… but few talk about it out loud. At this Ascend Dinner, we'll gather a small group of founders who are navigating (or have recently navigated) this exact moment. We'll share the decisions, doubts, and discoveries that don’t make it into investor updates—like how to hand over control without losing your identity, how to spot signs of misalignment early, and what it really means to 'let go.' This isn’t a panel. There are no slides. Just one table, one conversation, and the kind of honesty that only happens when the pressure’s off and the food’s hot.
Selling Before You’re Ready
For most B2B founders, the first deals don’t come from funnels or hired guns—they come from you. You’re the founder, the product visionary… and right now, you’re also the sales team. Whether you’re still hunting for your first customer, figuring out why that “perfect” Head of Sales didn’t work out, or just trying to explain what your product actually does to someone who might pay for it—this dinner is for you. We’ll gather a handpicked group of deep tech and B2B founders who are navigating (or have survived) the gauntlet of founder-led sales. Together, we’ll unpack the emotional and tactical sides of it all: qualifying leads, finding signal in the noise, getting to real needs, and learning how to sell without selling your soul. Hosted by Nick, who’s helped dozens of founders crack their first deals and build scalable playbooks, alongside at least one other founder who’s walked this path recently.