Our One Year Anniversary
Last night was our one-year anniversary of Thunderview CEO Dinners, and what a year it has been!
Last night gave me a chance to remember the reason it’s so important to bring us all together once a month — the amazing and supportive community we have created!
The importance of our community was highlighted by our three presenters last night, all of whom left us with invaluable insights and practices for strengthening our mental health and wellness.
Jess Ward (CEO & Founder of Athinka) introduced us all to NLP (neuro-linguistic programming, NOT natural language processing ) and provided us with a framework for organizing our thoughts and feelings to better achieve our goals — something I can’t wait to use in my daily life.
She was followed by Jolie Wills (CEO & Founder of Hummingly), who discussed her three strategies to avoid burnout and provided us with an awesome interactive activity that got us all on our feet and with take-home cards to help remind us how to perform better under pressure.
Finally, Andrea LeGros (Founder of Two Moons Collective) led us all in a few minutes of breathwork followed by a sound bath that left us oscillating at new levels.
I am so unbelievably grateful to all of them, and hope you got even half as much out of it as I did! I have to believe you did, because not a single person was out of their chair when we closed the night at 9:15 pm!
We’re already looking forward to April, and hoping to see all of your happy, healthy faces then! The first 20 returning CEOs who sign up can skip the application process and purchase your ticket today!
Team shoutouts:
Megan, who can help with any of your PR or content marketing needs;
Lizzie, who has a marketing/comms background, and now runs her own Integrative Health coaching practice;
Danny and the Merc, who should be your first thought for live music, date nights, and events!
Joe, who would love to take your headshots as well as any other photography needs
Eric, who coaches startups professionally and can help you identify your most important priorities and then execute on them (customer discovery, sales, fundraising, etc).
I also want to thank our volunteers, Arielle Evano and Paul Traficanti!
On to the asks!
Once again, the first 20 returning CEOs can buy your tickets right here right now. But even still, that doesn’t mean the rules have changed. Let’s keep the spirit of the community going by…
Helping another CEO with an Ask (see below), and;
Referring another CEO to sign up! Post about us on LinkedIn, include us in your email newsletter, share our YouTube video with your founder friends, or whatever creative way you choose to get the word out. And, you can always just suggest us directly to your favorite startup CEO.
And please, follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn, and on Slack (#Thunderview-CEO-Dinner-Alumni)
All the good vibrations!
Eric!
First off, a bunch of folks had to skip at last minute because of the plague. No, you weren’t alone, and we hope you feel better soon! And, seriously, thank you for choosing to miss over getting another 40 people sick. You rock.
Asks
My name is Thomas Underhill. I am the CEO of LAINIE. We are a legal AI platform that seeks to equalize the playing field by making reliable and accurate legal resources accessible to all. Until we get initial funding and get our MVP out the door, I am looking for part-time consulting work or clients for my mediation practice to pay the bills.
My name is Noah Wittman. I am the CEO of Priviom. We help IT leaders optimize their SaaS spend by providing insight on usage and employee sentiment. I currently need help with planning our first public product launch.
My name is Michelle Frye. I am the co-founder of FABRIK. FABRIK is a home for community. We reimagine underutilized space and create vibrant, flexible places for communities to learn, share and grow together -- In Real Life. We are operating pilots in London and Tribeca NYC and are in need of a Product Leader.
My name is Sergey Filimonov. I am the CEO of Three Sigma. We help insurance companies make smarter pricing decisions with AI. I'd love help on finding an introduction to a mentor with experience in scaling early stage startups .
My name is James Garofalo. I am the CEO of Collective Health Partners. We are a virtual and in person intensive outpatient and psychiatric clinic. We currently need help with establishing strategic partnerships with other healthcare organizations.
My name is Josh Campbell. I'm the CEO of Melismatic. We generate personalized dynamic music that reacts to and influences human biometrics to improve people's lives. We will be launching a beta in the next month and are looking for people interested in trying it out.
My name is Katie Viehdorfer and I am the founder of STR Linens. We supply the sheets and towels for short term rentals. My ask is a connection to anyone that is in purchasing or procurement. I need the plastic porch boxes and I need lots of them.
My name is Henry Lai. I am the CEO of Populist. We are a civic data and engagement platform that helps media companies expand their election and legislation coverage by making our data easily embeddable as visual content. I'm looking for feedback on our pitch and sales decks.
My name is Mason Hays. I run iBOS.cloud. We help businesses that don't work at a desk with saving them 1 day per week by providing them enterprise resource planning software. I currently need help with market research and interviews of businesses outside of my direct network.
My name is Jack Policar. I am the CEO of Carbon Free Homes. We help homeowners connect with qualified heat pump contractors via our marketplace. I currently need help with fundraising and marketing.
Hi all I’m Grant Gunnison, CEO of Zero Homes, we are a software company that provides digital energy audits and heat pump installations. I currently need help sourcing an excellent product designer and building a systematized sales process for our B2B customers.
I'm Connell McGill. I'm the Founder and CEO of a company called Enertiv. We build connected software to help large commercial real estate portfolios operate more efficiently and reduce their carbon emissions. We're building out our client success team and I'd like to learn more about best practices here from the group.
My name is Mike Shanley. I am the CEO of AidKonekt Data. We are a B2B SaaS platform that connects humanitarian aid partners with the $38 billion US government foreign aid funding market, aiming to streamline and enhance the efficiency of securing funding. We're leveraging cutting-edge technology to address this significant market need. I'm currently looking to connect with other CEOs, especially those who are applying AI/ChatGPT technology to niche marketplaces.
My name is Vu Tran. I am the Founder and Managing Partner at Fund Launch Partners and Founder of my own Family Office. We are a Private Equity Fund that focuses on GP Stakes and disrupters in the Financial world through our incubator helping people launch funds and have access to the information to be successful. I currently need help with more technologies and access to groups to make an impact here locally in Colorado.
I am Dmitri Sunshine, the CEO of Sage'd Solutions. We provide management software for mission driven organization to help them get organized and scale their impact. We are just about to launch our software so we are looking for beta clients and offering free data migrations.
My name is Mathias Gran. I am the CEO of Flaunt Apps. Our app, Awesome Points, helps kids choose awesome behaviors at home and trains adults to recognize, celebrate, and reinforce those awesome behaviors. I just launched the app and want to meet parents interested in making it break or making it better!
My name is David Solomon. I'm the CEO of Industry Defense Corporation. I'm building deep learning models to detect anomalies, botnets, malware and insider threats at the 98% and above level. I have one initial customer and am looking for experts in Data Science, Engineering and AI to help come on board, execute and deliver.
My name is Ori Lotan. I am the CEO of Conveyor AI. We help blue-collar employers with workforce management and automation by allowing remote work while integrating automation systems. I currently need help with connections in relevant industries, like manufacturing, logistics and retail.
I'm Maggie Gannon, CEO of Haven, a digital health QI technology focused on patients with chronic and terminal illness. We integrate solutions backed by clinical research to help care teams support patients through all stages of illness while assisting the organization boost revenue to sustain care. We are interested in speaking to other founders who are fundraising.
My name is Josh Allan Dykstra. I am the CEO of #lovework, which helps large 10k+ organizations create awesome performance in a hybrid world (because that's a clusterf*ck of confusion for most managers). I currently need help/support with a) finding a fractional Chief People Officer role and/or b) more speaking engagements!
My name is Henry Arrowood. I am the CEO of Farmshare. Farmshare is creating shared infrastructure empowering independent farmers, ranchers, and meat processors to compete with the industrial meat corporations which control 85% of the market. I am looking for connections with ag policy makers, associations, and grant writers.
My name is Tim Wolters. I'm the CEO of CrowdSolve, an at-scale accelerator for climate entrepreneurs to provide more shots on goal for climate solutions.
Hi my name is Joshua Abalos. I am the CEO of Shyne Network. We help vendors in the multi family space organize their operations. We do this by providing an operating tool to client and company to streamline the process of completing a make ready well. I currently need help with financial projections.
My name is Caroline Caselli. I am the CEO of Haven Connect. I’m looking for connections to people who have taken parental leave to learn how they have managed it.
