GiversGround: Paid ads launch Night @ ZVC

Walk in with a product. Walk out with live ads or an AI audit of the ones you're already running.

Our company name really stands for Giver’s Ground, and we believe that the world needs more givers who provide. That’s why we are launching the weekly series of the Givers Ground: SF edition.

Your ticket includes:

• Free Playad subscription ($39)

• Free Paid Ads setup & consulting

• Free food & wine

• Free everything

We’ll also give you the time to pitch what you can give to others.

You don't need an agency, a growth hire, or a $50K budget to make paid ads work. You need one focused evening, your laptop, and people who've done it before sitting next to you.

This is a hands-on workshop night, not a talk. After food and mingling, we split into two groups — pick yours when you register:

Group 1 — Launch Your First Campaign
Never run ads before, or barely got past boosting a post? We'll help you pick the right platform for your product and set up a real campaign live: account setup, targeting, creative, and a budget that makes sense. We'll have help on hand for Meta, Google, TikTok, Amazon, and ChatGPT Ads.

Group 2 — Already Running Ads: ICP + AI Performance Report
Bring an active ad account. First we'll sharpen your ICP — who your ads should actually be reaching. Then Playad.ai's AI agents dig through your campaigns and build you a performance report: where your budget is actually going, what's working, and what isn't. We'll walk through it together, and you'll leave knowing how to run your ads more efficiently — what to cut, what to scale, and what to test next.

Agenda

5:30 PM — Doors open

6:00 PM — Food, drinks & mingle

6:30 PM — Intro: the paid ads landscape in 10 minutes

6:45 PM — Workshop groups (Group 1: first campaign / Group 2: ICP + Performance Report)

8:15 PM — Regroup: wins of the night

8:30 PM — Networking

9:00 PM — Doors close

Who this is for Anyone who wants to run paid ads themselves — founders, solopreneurs, indie hackers, marketers, creators. Spending $100 to $2K+/month, both fine. No accelerator badge required.

Bring

Laptop + charger

Ad account logins (Group 2: make sure you can access your ad manager)

If you're starting fresh: your product or landing page URL

Food and drinks on us. Space is capped at 30 so every attendee gets hands-on help — registration is approval-based, so tell us a bit about what you're working on.