CEO Works Luncheon | How to Run A Sustainable Venture Backed Business

Learn from seasoned entrepreneur Toby Corey who has led three $1B businesses, navigated two IPOs, and raised over $300m
About this Event

Join us on July 29th for our CEO Works Luncheon where we will explore what it takes to build and run a sustainable venture-backed business with Toby Corey — a seasoned entrepreneur, executive, and Stanford lecturer whose career spans some of the most compelling ventures of the past three decades. Toby has led three $1B+ businesses, navigated two IPOs and the Tesla merger, and raised over $300M in public and private capital. As co-founder and President of USWeb, a $3B+ market cap global web services firm, and later as Executive VP at Tesla Energy and CRO at SolarCity, he has led global teams of 7,000+ and executed 40+ M&A transactions. Currently he's the founder and CEO of BrandCapsule, building AI Discovery Intelligence for the era of AI.

In this session, Toby will share candid insights and lessons, including:
-Balancing investor growth expectations with long-term business sustainability
-Lessons learned building across industries — clean energy, materials, mobility, and brand tech
-Managing board dynamics and investor relationships through the ups and downs
-Capital discipline: when to spend, when to conserve, and how to make tough calls
-Building resilient team culture through pivots and funding crunches

More about Toby: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobycorey/

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