[The Second Act: Post-Exit Strategy & 0-to-1 Blueprint for Serial Founders]

An Exclusive Off-the-Record Roundtable for Exited Founders Planning Their Next Big Venture About This Event: Whether your previous venture ended in a successful acquisition or a hard-fought shutdown, starting a company the second time around is a completely different game. You have more wisdom, a stronger network, but also higher opportunity costs and new market dynamics—especially in the rapidly shifting AI landscape. Join an exclusive group of fellow serial founders for a confidential, candid exchange on unlearning old founder habits, identifying massive new opportunities, and leveraging your track record for unfair advantages. What We Will Cover: Unlearning Past Playbooks: Avoiding "last-war" thinking and navigating modern AI-first market dynamics. Idea Validation at Speed: Evaluating 0-to-1 concepts quickly using serial founder leverage. Smarter Capital Allocation: Structuring your next round, choosing the right investors, and setting high-momentum terms. Founder Psychology & Resilience: Managing burnout, energy allocation, and vision reset for Act II. Featured Hosts: Angelina Li: Serial AI Founder (Bootstrap to Series A exit), Investor Advisor, & Startup GTM Mentor. Lomit Patel: Lomit Patel is a Silicon Valley growth executive, CMO at TYB, and author of Lean AI (part of Eric Ries’s The Lean Startup series). With 20+ years of experience, he has scaled tech platforms like Tynker (100M+ users), Roku (IPO), and Texture (acquired by Apple). Cohost: SoMa ProtoLab is a 7,000 sqft four-floor hardware hub in SF offering workspace, flexible event space, global supply chain access, virtual office solutions, and managed corporate mailroom services. Featured Speaker: Zexing Gao | Partner & Private Wealth Advisor at Inception Partners | UBS, Pre-Liquidity & Exit Strategy Expert | UBS Private Wealth Management Featured Guests: - **James Lin** — Co-founder of Crunchyroll (acquired by Sony for $1.175B in 2020) - **Henry Shi** — Co-founder of Super.com (~$200M…

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