2023 AGENDA
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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 & CoMAIN 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 shiftSabrina 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 126A 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 Close