Yogi Goel is Co-Founder & CEO of Maxima, building agentic AI that automates accounting workflows for startups and scaleups, fresh off 7+ years as Senior Director of Finance & Accounting at Rubrik where he scaled ARR from $5M to $900M, managed 28 flawless quarterly closes, launched rolling forecasts/QBRs, and designed the Rubrik2K enterprise GTM motion that grew sales from 100 to 1,000+ while hitting IPO (NYSE: RBRK). Previously on LinkedIn Sales Navigator's early team predicting its $1B ARR path and IB at Barclays/Citi advising mega-deals like Fundtech's $1.25B sale, Dell's $24B LBO, and Kornit Digital IPO, Yogi blends Big 4 audit roots (EY) with operator rigor to make AI replace CPAs without errors.Topics:

• Rubrik's 180x ARR explosion: 28 flawless closes + Rubrik2K that crushed Fortune 2000
• Lessons from scaling Rubrik from $5M to $900M ARR
• The future CFO stack: humans + agents + systems

#AgenticAI #B2BSaaS #Fintech #CFOStack #StartupScaling

Guy Kawasaki is Canva's Chief Evangelist—evangelizing design democratization for 170M+ users after originating the role at Apple where he marketed Macintosh to the masses—and host of the Remarkable People podcast featuring icons from Richard Branson to Gabor Maté. Author of 14 books including Wise Guy, The Art of the Start 2.0, and Enchantment, he's an Executive Fellow at UC Berkeley Haas, adjunct at UNSW, ex-Wikimedia trustee, and serial entrepreneur who took pure equity in Canva early (genius move as it hit $40B valuation). Stanford BA/MBA UCLA grad with Babson honorary doctorate, Guy surfs, advises startups, and distills 40+ years making technology accessible from Macintosh evangelism to Canva's AI-powered graphics revolution.Topics:

• Evangelism tactics scaling from Apple Mac to 170M creators—AI design that kills PowerPoint forever
• Spotting Canva pre-unicorn, rejecting salary—serial entrepreneur timing hacks
• Building remarkable products in a world of feature overload

#Canva #Entrepreneurship #PitchDeck #Leadership #Design

Priya Ramachandran is the Founder and Managing Partner of Foster Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm with a focus on B2B Enterprise SaaS. As an Operator and a GTM expert, Priya works with cross-border companies, entrepreneurs with product market fit, international market entry advice and introductions. Prior to this role, Priya was with BoldCap, BetterCloud, Coupa, Intel Security and LogiGear Corporation leading various strategic operational roles with a focus on Product Strategy, Customer Strategy & Adoption and Customer Success. She is also an active mentor at SaaSBOOMi with a focus on enabling and empowering cross-border founders. Priya holds a Global Executive M.B.A degree from INSEAD and a B.S degree from Bangalore University.Topics -

• Building GTM strategies that work for SaaS companies entering new international markets from day one
• How cross-border founders prove product-market fit fast and secure early VC funding.
• How operators-turned-investors evaluate GTM risk at seed and Series A

#B2BSaaS #GoToMarket #VentureCapital #FounderOperator #CrossBorderTech