2 days till TechCrunch Founder Summit: Boston founders don’t need a Silicon Valley address to build something big

Two days from now, TechCrunch Founder Summit, presented by Fidelity Private Shares, brings founders, investors, and operators together at SoWa Power Station to talk about building companies from Boston and beyond.

November 4 is the day to make meaningful founder-focused connections, gain practical insights, and take part in conversations designed to move your startup forward. It’s also the last day to secure your pass before ticket prices increase and all special group discounts disappear. Secure your pass savings now.

Practical scaling insights to move the needle in your startup

Explore the full Founder Summit agenda to discover today’s hottest scaling topics across breakout and roundtable sessions.

A Boston company that became much bigger than Boston.

Steve Fredette, President, Co-founder, and Director of Toast, brings one of the city’s most recognizable founder stories to the stage. Toast’s journey offers a look at finding customers, developing product-market fit, scaling a company, and continuing to evolve after the original idea succeeds. It is proof that founders don’t have to leave Boston to build a company with national and global reach.

The Boston Founder Playbook

Chase Garbarino, CEO and Co-founder of HqO, will tackle the geography question directly. He has built from Boston for more than a decade, raised significant capital, and expanded HqO internationally without relocating the company to a traditional West Coast startup hub. His conversation will dig into the advantages, disadvantages, and realities of building where the startup playbook wasn’t necessarily written.