Off the record dinners @ Sputnik ATX

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Each week at Sputnik ATX, we welcome founders with previous exits and investors to speak to our portfolio companies (off the record) about what it’s really like to start up. Here are some of the guests we’ve been honored to host:

Nancy Fechnay, Partner at Flight Ventures

James Garvey, Founder of Self

Holly Tachovsky, Founder of BuildFax

Charlie Burgoyne, Founder of Valkyrie AI

Travis Oliphant, Founder of Anaconda

Ben Lynett, Founder of Lynett Capital

Micha Breakstone, Founder of Chorus.AI, Neuralight

Autumn Manning, Partner at Motley Fool Ventures

Matt Allison, Founder of Trendkite

Claire England, Partner at Portfolia

Devon Wijesinghe, Founder of Insight Pool

Chris Saum, Director of BD at Active Capital

Eric Engineer, Parter at S3 Ventures

Mike Williams, CEO of Uship (now Mirtech)

Kevin Callahan, Founder of Map My Run

Maggie Callahan, Founder of Maggie Louise

Sujan Patel, Founder of Mailshake

Jamie Rhodes, Co-Founder, National NanoMaterials | Previous Director of CTAN

Claire Hansen, Principal at Firebrand Ventures

Genevieve Gilbreath, Partner at Springdale Ventures

Dean De Beer, Founder of ThreatGrid

Jan Ryan, Serial Entrepreneur

Chris Leacock, Angel Investor and Former DJ in Major Lazer

Chris Shonk, Partner at ATX Ventures

Jackie DiMonte - Partner at Chicago Ventures

Ben Rubenstein - Founder of OpCity

Cat Dizon, COO at Active Capital

Hilda Lunderstedt - Serial Founder & Investor

Jonathan Gill and Kevin Wright, Founders of Backtracks

Andrew Ryan Rafols, Founder of Astralabs

Anita Roberts, Managing Partner of Silicon Hills Capital