Where:
Brooklyn Boulders
12A Tyler Street
Somerville, MA 02143
Admission:
$0-19
Categories:
Business, Lectures & Conferences, Meetup, Sports & Active Life
Event website:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/startup-rock-climbing-series-perseverance-tickets-16077650686
This month's talk is on perseverance, and will feature co-founder and chief product officer of Maxwell Health, Vinay Gidwaney.
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Vinay Gidwaney is Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder at Maxwell Health, where he drives product and technology development, and leads a team of designers, developers, and strategists focused on solving one of the country’s toughest problems: activating both digital engagement and real-life action to help people be healthier, smarter healthcare consumers.Prior to joining DailyFeats and Maxwell Health, Vinay was the CTO and Co-Founder of Control-F1, starting the company shortly after high school. An industry leader in Support Automation, Control-F1 served more than 100 customers worldwide, had 50 employees, and raised $13 million in venture capital. In December of 2005, Control-F1 was acquired by CA Technologies, one of the world's largest software companies, exceeding $4 billion in sales.Vinay was also Director and a founding investor of Neurosilicon, a life science company focused on advancing healthcare research through enabling rapid, non-invasive, targeted depolarization of excitable cells using the company's novel photoconductive stimulation technology. He is A 2002 winner of the prestigious MIT Technology Review Magazine Top 100 Innovators Under 35 award.
PRICING:
The talk is free. If you'd like to climb, as an attendee of #StartupClimb, you'll be able to purchase a discounted day pass to Brooklyn Boulders. Priced at $19/person, this day pass is a $35 value and includes all the gear you'll need to climb! First time? No worries, BKB staff will walk you through a first-time orientation and climbing introduction. Take advantage of this great opportunity and stay to network on the climbing wall! Grasshopper will be covering the first 20 climbers in the door.
WAIVER:
All guests, regardless of whether or not they are climbing, need to fill out a waiver before entering the facility. Avoid the lines and fill out the waiver in advance at: https://app.rockgympro.com/waiver/esign/brooklynboulderssomerville/bed3239b-e561-4824-87f4-6d40a3cc7143
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Agenda
6:30PM - 6:45PM Registration
6:45PM - 7:00PM Talk
7:00PM - 8:30PM Climb
8:30PM - ? Networking or continue climbing!
Sponsors
#StartupClimb is a partnership between Brooklyn Boulders Somerville and Startup Institute, bringing together rock climbers of all levels that are in the startup community.
Brooklyn Boulders (#BKBS @bkbsomerville on Twitter / Instagram) Somerville is a 40,000 sq. ft. rock climbing and fitness facility in Somerville, Massachusetts that offers a new type of community space that blends state-of-the-art climbing terrain with art, culture, music, and entrepreneurship. Brooklyn Boulders is a dynamic creative community. BKB Somerville strives to maintain a strong connection with its community in various efforts such as inviting local graffiti artists to display their work and planning our youth events around local school schedules. Whether you’re a seasoned 5.13 climber or just found yourself interested in trying something new, come to BKB Somerville and find what you’re looking for.
Special thanks to Grasshopper, who will be covering the first 20 registered people to come through the door to climb.