Blindspot

?? Matei Psatta , Co-founder of Blindspot and David Achim who you already know well, jumped on stage for a truly inspiring Fireside Chat. Here are just a few bits from their conversation. ---------- - You have to have the mentality of no matter what happens, we'll figure it out. - With the right team, you can get through anything. - Being a founder can be a lonely journey. It’s essential to have someone by your side, someone to share both the challenges and victories. Thank you Matei for joining! ??

We just wrapped up Lumos House in San Francisco and Los Angeles. 1,000+ founders, investors, and creators in attendance – representing >$500M in capital raised and thousands of employees from our personal networks. I'm so incredibly grateful for everyone who helped make it special. We hosted CEO dinners with Sunset, creator events with Whop, and even a fireside chat with the Co-founder of Lyft and Presto. 3 principles to our success: 1 - We built the experience that we wanted to attend as founders and investors. Stuffy, overly-engineered conferences are boring. We opted for a unique venue (Bel Air mansion in LA; Townhouse in SF), people-first activities, entertainment, music, great food - the works! We wanted to create an experience driven by traditional hospitality principles - elegance, customer experience, and service. 2 - Curation is the name of the game. Though we had over 4,000 applicants for both Lumos House events, our team personally went through the list and vetted every single person. Beyond meeting the objective business criteria, we asked questions in the application form that screened for Lumos House values such as kindness, openness, and collaboration. 3 - Our ethos. Though Lumos House can be categorized as a "networking" event, we encouraged people to expand their conversation topics beyond tech, business, and work. We hosted a "Magic of Human Connection" workshop with Jessica during one of the days with a focus on connecting with others as humans - going beyond the transactional nature of most industry events. This is what Lumos House has always been about. We aspire to create a space for the most ambitious people in business, tech, and media to connect and collaborate. THANK YOU to everyone for being a part of Lumos House. - To the core team: Jacob, Matei, Bogdan, Eitan, Bartu - To our sponsors and partners: Whop, Sunset - To our speakers and programming partners: Rajat Suri, Hari Arul, Umesh Khanna, Jessica Encell Coleman, Sigurdur Arnason, Ronak Shah, Suffiyan Malik, Julia Prakapovich, Kayla Kavanaugh - To our volunteers: Dave, Jeston, Astha, Aayushi, Shriyanshi, Fatima Btw, we've already started planning something epic for 2025... If you'd like to follow along - follow me Andrew Yeung and Lumos House.