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As an executive in a high-growth environment, you’re frequently in the position of having to make a fast decision with limited data. That’s never going to be easy, but one thing that helps? The ability to quickly gather input from your closest peers. We’ve heard from you – our members – that posting on our community platform, the Braintrust, is a great way to launch insightful conversations… But you also want a more streamlined way to obtain a substantial volume of quantitative data from your peers. Today, to meet that need, we’re launching the new Polls feature. Now, any member can quickly and easily create a Poll… for better, faster decision-making backed by real-time input from your peers. Visit the Braintrust now to vote in a peer-created Poll or launch one of your own! #thelsuite #braintrust #techgc #gc #clo

We’re still feeling the Fullstack inspiration! Major thanks to everyone who made the 9th annual Fullstack GC Conference such a success: our dedicated conference co-chairs, our insightful mainstage and featured speakers, our generous sponsors, and all our attendees who brought their energy, passion, and expertise to the event. Shouting out our co-chairs and speakers: Vanessa Gage, General Counsel at Cedar Alex Shvartsman, General Counsel at Pelago Andrew Low Ah Kee, CEO at Fanatics  Tony West, Sr. Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary at Uber Jennifer Chaloemtiarana, General Counsel at Doximity Beth Stevens, Chief Legal & People Officer at Sword Health And of course, our partners: Arnold & Porter Covington & Burling LLP Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP DLA Piper Fenwick & West Forge Gibson Dunn Latham & Watkins Lawtrades LawVu Lexion LinkSquares Nasdaq Private Market Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP SpotDraft Taylor Wessing Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Withersworldwide This extraordinary community has become a catalyst to unlock momentum across industries. Moving faster. Choosing better. Building the future, one piece at a time. Now, here’s a little more of that Fullstack energy, for the road… #fullstackGC #thelsuite #conference

Two weeks later, we’re still riding the high from the F Suite Leadership Summit! It takes a community to create this kind of momentum, so here’s a massive shoutout to everyone who brought their fire and expertise to making the Leadership Summit happen – Our thoughtful co-chairs, our insightful speakers, our powerhouse sponsors and all 150+ of the visionary CFOs who joined us in San Francisco. Conference co-chairs and speakers: Carla Newmeyer Cooper, Chief Financial Officer at Contentful David Quinn, Chief Financial Officer at Bluevine Dan Springer, former Chief Executive Officer at Docusign Nadia Ali, Chief Financial Officer at Midjourney Jeremy Hux, Chief Financial Officer at UPSIDE Foods Joy Mbanugo, J.D., MAcc., Chief Financial Officer at ServiceRocket Eric Vishria, General Partner at Benchmark Ben Bisconti, Co-CEO at Red Iron Group Nihal Shah, Chief Financial Officer at Crossover Health Partners: Armanino LLP BILL Crescent EY LeanFi Navan Newfront Nasdaq Private Market Routable Sage Zone & Co The F Suite is an amazing community, but it’s also more than that – it’s a movement of leaders, accelerating forward motion for forward-thinking companies. We can’t wait until next time. In the meantime, here’s a little look back… for a big look forward. #thefsuite #leadershipsummit #cfo #drivinggrowth

What sets the F Suite Leadership Summit apart? For sponsor Kevin Gsell, Head of Company Solutions at Nasdaq Private Market, the answer is clear: “It’s really difficult to find any other conferences that bring this many high-quality CFOs into one room.” At the 2024 F Suite Leadership Summit, Kevin collaborated with Shannon Tatz, Chief Financial Officer at Go1, to lead a small group roundtable discussion on business development strategies for accelerating growth. These co-led, interactive sessions bring together seasoned CFOs with industry experts for concrete, actionable discussions that unlock insights for every participant. We caught up with Kevin and Shannon for a few minutes to get their take on the F Suite Leadership Summit experience. >> Watch now #fsuite #2024leadershipsummit #conference

“This was amazing. I can’t wait to come back next year.”  → Overheard in the corridors of the Palace Hotel as the 2024 F Suite Leadership Summit wound to a close. Some of our favorite highlights from an incredible day… > The keynote session featuring Dan Springer, former CEO of Docusign, in conversation with Carla Newmeyer Cooper, CFO at Contentful. Dan explored how CFOs can enhance their influence, using three example personas he’s worked with in the past. Dan was insightful and hilarious, leaving attendees with both aha! and haha! moments. > Morning mainstage session featuring Eric Vishria, General Partner at Benchmark , Ben Bisconti, Co-CEO of Red Iron Group, and Nihal Shah, CFO at Crossover Health. The panelists did some time traveling between 2021 and now, discussing how the financing and funding environment has changed, and the strategic partnership role that’s required of CFOs today. > Afternoon mainstage session featuring Nadia Ali, CFO at Midjourney, Jeremy Hux, CFO at UPSIDE Foods, Joy Mbanugo, J.D., MAcc., CFO at ServiceRocket, and David Quinn, CFO at Bluevine, recounting the highs and lows of their quests to fuel company growth during turbulent times.  > Of course, the closing reception in the Regency Foyer, featuring our custom cocktails: The Treasury Tonic, The F Suite 75 and the Fiscal Fizz. With all the ideas, insights and takeaways from the action-packed day freshly percolating, attendees found it easy to jump right into meaningful discussions with their peers. Special thanks to our incredible conference co-chairs: Carla Newmeyer Cooper, CFO at Contentful, and David Quinn, CFO at Bluevine. It was a blast collaborating with you to develop relevant, high-impact programming for our community of visionary CFOs. Through a day of insights shared, and connections forged, our community of pioneering CFOs find themselves better equipped to tackle new challenges — and make better decisions, faster — as they lead their companies to the next stage of growth. 

Looking back at some of our favorite moments from last week’s Fullstack GC Conference… 🎤Andrew Low Ah Kee, CEO of Fanatics Commerce, in a fireside chat with Beth Stevens, Chief Legal & People Officer at Sword Health. This provocative session explored the relationship between the GC/CLO and their CEO, what the “full stack” looks like from the outside, and a few of the answers to all those questions that GCs would really like to ask their boss. 🎤 Tony West, Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, and Corporate Secretary at Uber, in conversation with Jennifer Chaloemtiarana, General Counsel at Doximity. Tony gave us a candid look back at his career so far and how he’s transformed challenges into opportunities to lead. Plus, the mentors who’ve influenced him, how he handles the weight of being a GC, and a lot more. 🔥 Breakout roundtable discussions where small groups of 8-12 attendees dug into some of the concrete challenges and pressing issues facing the Fullstack GC today… like… >The latest regulatory trends in AI  >How to land your first board seat  >Negotiating your next GC role  >Staying compliant with latest privacy regulations  >Preparing for an IPO, 18 months in advance 🍸Drinks at the end-of-day cocktail reception, sponsored by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Attendees sipped on custom cocktails (the Legal L-Tonic, the Ruth Bader GINsberg, and the Sonsini Spritz!) and buzzed with all the inspiration, insight and big ideas of the day. A massive thank you to our amazing conference co-chairs: Vanessa Gage, General Counsel at Cedar, and Alex Shvartsman, General Counsel at Pelago. Their passion for the topic — How to transform the weight of the “Full Stack” into a catalyst for growth — and their tireless dedication to high-value programming ensured this year’s Fullstack GC Conference was on the next level. Finally, we’ve got to shout out the iconic Palace Hotel, a historic gem and truly inspiring place to connect with peers, absorb insights, catch up with old friends, and discover new ones. (We’ll be back next month for the 2024 Legal AI Conference!) Now, it’s time to start planning for the TENTH annual Fullstack GC conference… Because a decade’s a big deal. But this last one will be hard to top. #fullstack #gc #conference #thelsuite

“We had a group of CFOs that really just couldn’t wait to share exactly what was going on, how they were facing their challenges…” Last week’s F Suite Leadership Summit brought together 150+ visionary CFOs for face-to-face conversations about what’s now, and what’s next, in the quest to drive growth. Roundtables provide a super collaborative, super actionable way of discussing the real challenges that CFOs at high-growth companies face today. These small group discussions, co-led by a CFO and an industry partner, are all about getting the right people in the room and around the table. Which creates more opportunities for quick camaraderie and relevant insights… In the video below, Grace Liu, CFO at Tango and Dean Quiambao, Partner at Armanino LLP,  share some takeaways from the Leadership Summit, and their experience leading a roundtable discussion on the multidimensional role of the modern CFO. >> Give it a watch! #fsuite #leadershipsummit #cfo

Four months in, here are 3 reasons I love my job.   1. Brand complexity, in a good way: At The Suite, we have the fascinating challenge of building out a brand architecture that simultaneously supports highly curated, bespoke communities for our executive members in their unique roles; preserving brand equity in our flagship community TechGC; and enabling expansion across the legal and financial ecosystems and the entire C-Suite. A systems thinker CMO’s dream!   2. Community as product: many CMOs build community as part of their marketing strategy. For our company, community is everything, and our purpose every day is to help our community members excel in their executive roles. It’s incredibly rewarding to see the results in our members’ achievements and their companies' results.   3. Tackling big, juicy endeavors – 👇 see our announcement below 👇 - with a phenomenal team. Practically everyone in our company had a hand in our L Suite launch, but to name a few of my ride-or-dies over the last few months, Lauren C. Miller Anita Gavini Shaun Sethna Mark Newton Shuo Yang Angela Shannon Chris Sands Desirina Frew Anthony Thomas. And especially co-founders Greg Raiten and Kiran Lingam for setting the stage and driving us forward with their thoughtful and ambitious approach to branding and community growth.

I'm super excited to be joining the awesome team at The Suite as Chief Product Officer! The Suite connects C-Suite executives with their closest peers in exclusive membership communities to make better decisions, faster. The mission of building communities and the importance of access to relevant peers to solve problems quickly is something close to my heart and it was an easy choice for me when this opportunity came up! Thank you so much for the conversations and warm welcome: Greg Raiten, Kiran Lingam, Kara Walsh, Lauren C. Miller, Shaun Sethna, Mark Newton and Shuo Yang! Onward and upward!

An incredible couple of days co-chairing the inaugural TechGC SaaS Offsite. Deep discussions around Exit Strategy, Cybersecurity, AI, and more. So grateful for the TechGC community and our sponsors. Thank you Sai Sriskandarajah for your partnership this week!