The Jam | Leadership Edition 🎤
Hosted by Movac | Sponsored by Emerging Engines
Part of Auckland Startup Week, closing it out in style as the flagship event on the final Friday.
Leadership is the part of building a startup nobody really prepares you for. The late-night calls, the tough conversations, building a team from scratch, the moments you doubted yourself and kept going anyway.
This Jam is all about bringing those stories to the founders and operators who are out there doing it, raw, honest, and unfiltered.
We're bringing 6 Jammers to the stage, each with 10 minutes to share their most honest leadership story, followed by 10 minutes of live Q&A from the crowd. Good questions get Jam... that's how we roll!
For 2026, our speaker lineup is:
- Alex Fala: Tend Health
- Angie Judge: Dexibit
- Claudia Smith: Renti
- Phil Thompson: Auror
- Alia Bojilova: Movac Operating Partner / Propel Performance Group
- Barney Chunn: Conqa / Drumbeat
This one's strictly for founders and operators in the NZ tech startup ecosystem who want to learn from others who've been in the trenches.
📍 Auckland Startup Week | Friday 16 October
🕑 2pm sharp | doors close, Jams begin
🍻 5pm | networking drinks and nibbles
MC'd by the one and only Serge van Dam.
Proudly sponsored by Emerging Engines.
Hold on tight, this is shaping up to be another epic Leadership Jam.
Spots are limited, so make sure to secure your ticket early.
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