2022 AGENDA
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DINNER
Wednesday 21st June 2023
Soho House, Berlin
18.45 Dinner | 23.00 Carriages
Opening Remarks
Uday Singh
CEO, Fast Growth Icons
Welcome Address
Falk Müller-Veerse
Partner Bryan, Garnier & Co
MAIN DAY
Thursday 22nd June 2023
Hotel de Rome, Behrenstraße 37, 10117, Berlin
08.00
Breakfast & Networking
09.00
Welcome
Uday Singh
Founder & CEO, Fast Growth Icons
09.05
Opening Remarks
Ben Fletcher
Founder & Chair, Fast Growth Icons; Founder & CEO, The Mothership
09.30
Profitability is a mindset – how to make the shift
Sabrina Flunkert
CFO and MD, Ratepay
Founded December 2009 I 250+ Employees
Resetting the context helps to build a culture which enables change and guides tough decisions. Rising interest rates are particularly challenging for capital intense businesses. Sabrina shares with us how a focus on the core product, a clear value proposition and balanced cost cutting has helped Ratepay to manage the new reality so far, and touch upon the advantages of CEO and CFO jointly managing a company as co-MDs and sparring partners and how it’s working at Ratepay.
09.55
Operating a high-performance culture
Fritz Trott
CEO, Zenjob
Founded 2015 I Staff 498 I Funding $105m
The key to success is effective execution at speed. So what goes into an effective execution strategy and how do you get the most out of people? Fritz will talk about how they combine objectives, values, management principles, and effective feedback to create a dynamic working environment.
10.20
Roundtable networking and discussion session
11.10
Morning Break
11.35
The path to €100m ARR
Dirk Hoerig
CEO, commercetools
Founded 2010 I Staff 632 I Funding $301m I Valuation $1.9b
You’ve got product market fit and sales are growing rapidly – now how do you best exploit the opportunity to become a global leader in your category? There are always a million and one opportunities, so you have to prioritise and focus and make sure you are operating the biggest levers. In this session Dirk will talk about how commercetools remains focused on the core problem they are solving and how they prioritise growth initiatives without shutting down healthy debate on the available options.
12.00
Roundtable networking and discussion session
13.00
Seated Lunch
Enjoy three courses from Hotel de Rome’s exclusive menu
14.30
Welcome Address
Henrik Herr
CEO Rothschild & Co Wealth Management Germany
14.35
From dusk till dawn
Marie Amigues
Founder & CEO, Altagram
Founded 2013 I Employees 126
A personal story of turning things around. From a post-Covid low of morale and staff departures and a founder at their wit’s end, to a story of complete renewal with all parts of the business overhauled (from structure to culture, to hiring process to objectives setting). Coming out the other side as an efficient, effective and enjoyable place to work.
15.00
Roundtable networking and discussion session
Coffee served to the tables
15.50
Organisational structure: Can you escape the matrix?
Dr. Sievert Weiss, MD
Co-Founder, AMBOSS
Founded 2012 I Staff 400 I Funding $60m
How do you maximise efficiency and productivity via your organisational structure while maintaining clear accountability? Looking at how the pendulum swings from centralised to localised and what is best for customer focus.
16.25
Closing Address
Uday Singh
Founder & CEO, Fast Growth Icons
16.30
Champagne Reception
17.30
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