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Find your co-founder. Or your first engineer. Your collaborator, your advisor, maybe your next investor.

We built this morning because you asked for it. Women outside tech kept telling us they wanted to meet the technical women who could help them build: a co-founder, a first engineer, a CTO, someone to bring an idea to life or take work on. And women in tech kept telling us they wanted to give back: to lend their skills to women led companies, to collaborate, and in some cases to invest.

So we made the space where those two sides meet.

Women are nearly half the workforce but still only about a quarter of computing roles (CompTIA, 2024), and the women who rise tend to have a close inner circle of other women behind them (HBR, 2019). That circle is what this morning is for: women in STEM and women building toward it, elevating each other.

Women in Tech: Co-Founder Speed Dating.
Friday, June 26 · West Hollywood.
Save Your Seat: luma.com/m5cie4n8
Includes a breakfast spread, coffee and tea, and a complimentary Industrious coworking day pass.

While centred on women's experiences and leadership, Built to Lead welcomes everyone committed to fostering inclusive and thriving workplaces.

#BuiltToLead #WomenInLeadership #WomenFounders #WomenInTech #WomenInSTEM #WomenWhoCode #FemaleFounders #WomenInBusiness #WomenSupportingWomen #WomenEntrepreneurs #WomenInVC #FemaleEntrepreneur #TechFounders #StartupCommunity #FoundersOfInstagram #CoFounder #StartupLife #Networking #TechNetworking #LATech #LosAngeles #WestHollywood #LAEvents #LAStartups

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No small talk. Just the right people.

Every introduction is matched in advance, built from a short survey you complete after you register. A candid fireside to open the morning, ten focused conversations, then open networking to go deeper with the women you connect with.

It is built so a founder without a technical background meets the engineer she has been looking for, and a technical woman finds the founder worth backing. The right person, not the loudest voice.

Friday, June 26.
Save Your Seat: luma.com/m5cie4n8
Includes a breakfast spread, coffee and tea, and a complimentary Industrious coworking day pass.

While centred on women's experiences and leadership, Built to Lead welcomes everyone committed to fostering inclusive and thriving workplaces.

#BuiltToLead #WomenInLeadership #WomenFounders #WomenInTech #WomenInSTEM #WomenWhoCode #FemaleFounders #WomenInBusiness #WomenSupportingWomen #WomenEntrepreneurs #WomenInVC #FemaleEntrepreneur #TechFounders #StartupCommunity #FoundersOfInstagram #CoFounder #StartupLife #Networking #TechNetworking #LATech #LosAngeles #WestHollywood #LAEvents #LAStartups

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Two sides of the same table.

On one side, engineers, CTOs and technical founders. On the other, founders, operators and product leaders. Everyone curated, screened, and matched on what they are building and what they are looking for.

This is where a founder finds her technical co-founder, and where a technical woman finds a company worth backing. It matters who is across the table: female investors back roughly twice as many women led teams as their peers do (Kauffman Fellows).

Friday, June 26.
Save Your Seat: luma.com/m5cie4n8
Includes a breakfast spread, coffee and tea, and a complimentary Industrious coworking day pass.

While centred on women's experiences and leadership, Built to Lead welcomes everyone committed to fostering inclusive and thriving workplaces.

#BuiltToLead #WomenInLeadership #WomenFounders #WomenInTech #WomenInSTEM #WomenWhoCode #FemaleFounders #WomenInBusiness #WomenSupportingWomen #WomenEntrepreneurs #WomenInVC #FemaleEntrepreneur #TechFounders #StartupCommunity #FoundersOfInstagram #CoFounder #StartupLife #Networking #TechNetworking #LATech #LosAngeles #WestHollywood #LAEvents #LAStartups

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That's the entire premise of June 26. The women walking in aren't looking for clones of themselves. They're looking for the missing half of the equation: the technical co-founder, the operator, the first engineer, the partner whose strengths begin where theirs end.

Angie Hicks co-founded Angie's List at 22 — with $50,000 and a stack of paper reviews — and grew it into a billion-dollar public company before it became Angi, where she still leads as Chief Customer Officer. Her edge was never doing it all herself. It was knowing exactly where she was strong, and refusing to build alone.

You can spend another year trying to be everything. Or you can spend one morning meeting the people who make you unstoppable.

Save Your Seat — link in bio.
Friday, June 26 · 10AM–1PM · West Hollywood
Breakfast spread, coffee & tea, and a free coworking pass for the day.

#BuiltToLead #WomenInTech #WomenFounders #CoFounderSearch #FemaleFounders #StartupFounders #TechFounders #WomenInLeadership #FoundersOfLA #LATechScene #WomenInSTEM #WomenSupportingWomen #StartupLife #WeHo #WestHollywood #FounderDating #WomenInBusiness #UndergroundTech

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This isn't only for founders. It's for the women who want to back them — with capital, expertise, board seats, or a single well-timed introduction. If you've ever thought about angel investing, advising, or opening doors for the next wave of women in tech, this is where those relationships start.

Sallie Krawcheck once ran wealth management for Bank of America and was called the most powerful woman on Wall Street. Then she walked away to found Ellevest, an investing platform built for women, because she saw the same gap everywhere: brilliant women, chronically underfunded.

The returns on backing women speak for themselves. Come be early.

Save Your Seat — link in bio.
Friday, June 26 · 10AM–1PM · West Hollywood
Breakfast spread, coffee & tea, and a free coworking pass for the day.

#BuiltToLead #WomenInVC #WomenInvestors #AngelInvestors #WomenFounders #WomenInTech #FemaleFounders #WomenInLeadership #FundingFemaleFounders #StartupInvesting #FoundersOfLA #LATechScene #WomenInSTEM #WomenInBusiness #WeHo #WestHollywood #WomenSupportingWomen #UndergroundTech

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The women coming on June 26 are founders, engineers, operators, and investors who decided not to build in isolation. They're serious, they're intentional, and they're looking for exactly what you are.

Your idea matters. Your timing matters. But ask any founder who made it and they'll tell you the same thing: the people around you matter most. One conversation can become a co-founder. One introduction can become your first round. One morning can change the trajectory of everything you're building.

Stop waiting for the right people to find you. Come find them.

Save Your Seat — link in bio.
Friday, June 26 · 10AM–1PM · West Hollywood
Breakfast spread, coffee & tea, and a free coworking pass for the day.

#BuiltToLead #WomenInTech #WomenFounders #CoFounderSearch #FounderDating #FemaleFounders #StartupFounders #WomenInLeadership #FoundersOfLA #LAStartups #WomenInSTEM #StartupLife #SpeedNetworking #WeHo #WestHollywood #WomenSupportingWomen #TechFounders #UndergroundTech

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Most co-founder breakups aren't about the business. They're about the people. A psychologist who builds startups would know.

Dr. Danyale McCurdy-McKinnon works at the intersection of clinical psychology and technology — and is the founder of Calai. This Friday she joins the Co-Founder Fireside to break down the part no pitch deck covers: how to actually choose a partner you can build with when it gets hard.

This isn't a panel you watch. You'll be in the room doing speed-dating rounds with founders, engineers, and operators who are looking for exactly what you are — then learning how to tell the right match from the wrong one before you sign anything.

Limited seats, and it's this Friday. 🎟️ Use DANYALE20 for 20% off — link in bio.

Friday, June 26 · 10AM–1PM · West Hollywood
Breakfast spread, coffee & tea, and a free coworking pass for the day.

💬 Tag a founder who needs to hear this.

#BuiltToLead #WomenInTech #WomenFounders #CoFounderSearch #FemaleFounders #StartupFounders #WomenInLeadership #FoundersOfLA #LAStartups #WomenInSTEM #WomenSupportingWomen #FounderDating #WeHo #WestHollywood #FemaleEntrepreneurs #TechCommunity #PsychologyOfFounders #UndergroundTech

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Your ticket includes a free full-day coworking pass at Industrious West Hollywood.

Here's what that actually means: you walk in Friday morning for the co-founder speed-dating rounds and the founder fireside, then you STAY. Same building, all day. Desk, fast wifi, coffee, a quiet room to take a call — on us. So when you meet someone you click with at 11am, you don't exchange numbers and disappear. You sit down together that afternoon and start building.

Not another business card, an actual beginning.

The pass comes with every ticket — but only while seats last, and Friday is close. 🎟️ Link in bio.

Friday, June 26 · 10AM–1PM · West Hollywood
Co-founder speed dating · founder fireside · breakfast spread · free coworking pass.

💬 Who would you spend the afternoon building with? Tag them.

#BuiltToLead #WomenInTech #WomenFounders #CoFounderSearch #Coworking #Industrious #FemaleFounders #StartupFounders #FoundersOfLA #LATechScene #WomenInSTEM #WomenSupportingWomen #FounderDating #WeHo #WestHollywood #StartupLife #WomenInBusiness #UndergroundTech

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Finding a co-founder is harder than finding a spouse — and the wrong one will cost you a lot more.

Mady Mantha has lived both sides of it. She founded and SOLD Happypillar, led product on Rasa and Walmart's AI team, and is now building Singlr.ai. This Friday she's taking the fireside stage to tell the room what actually makes a co-founder partnership work — and what quietly kills it.

If you're building (or thinking about it), this is the 3 hours that save you 3 years. You'll do real speed-dating rounds with founders, engineers, and operators who are also looking — then hear from someone who's done the whole arc, from first handshake to acquisition.

Spots are limited and Friday is close. 🎟️ Use MADY20 for 20% off — link in bio.

Friday, June 26 · 10AM–1PM · West Hollywood
Breakfast spread, coffee & tea, and a free coworking pass for the day.

💬 Tag the person you'd want in the room with you.

#BuiltToLead #WomenInTech #WomenFounders #CoFounderSearch #AppliedAI #FemaleFounders #StartupFounders #WomenInAI #FoundersOfLA #LATechScene #WomenInSTEM #WomenSupportingWomen #FounderDating #WeHo #WestHollywood #TechFounders #WomenInBusiness #UndergroundTech

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🏆 Seven years strong! We're thrilled to be recognized once again by @builtin as a Best Place to Work in 2026.

This year, we're especially proud to win across multiple categories:
✨ Best Midsize Places to Work in Los Angeles
✨ Best Midsize Places to Work in Seattle
✨ Best Places to Work in Seattle
✨ Best Places to Work in Los Angeles

This achievement belongs to every single person who makes MediaAlpha an incredible place to work.

Ready to join an award-winning team? We're growing and looking for talented people who share our values. Explore opportunities at mediaalpha.com/careers

#BestPlaceToWork #BPTW2026 #MediaAlpha #CompanyCulture #Careers

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Teads has earned a spot on nine of Built In’s Best Places to Work 2026 lists, including national rankings and top US cities such as Los Angeles, Dallas, New York City, and Chicago. Our teams’ dedication and collaboration are at the heart of everything we do. Link in bio to discover why we made the list!

#BPTW2026 #2026BuiltInBest

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💬 I haven’t posted here on @instagram in a while…

I’ve been pretty off the grid, and a lot of people don’t really know what I’ve been working on lately.

For the past year, I’ve been building AirKitchenz — a platform that helps restaurants earn new revenue from unused kitchen hours, and helps chefs, caterers, and food entrepreneurs launch or expand without leases, build-outs, or big risk.

Think: the Airbnb for restaurant kitchens.
Look. Book. Cook.

And yesterday… we hit a huge milestone.

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🏆 AirKitchenz won 1st place at SoCal Startup Day

Out of 100+ startups pitching, we took home the Top Pitch Award.
I pitched twice — a 90-second opener and a 3-minute finals pitch with Q&A — and we won the entire competition.

It’s a major validation of the problem we’re solving and the mission we’re building.

I’m incredibly proud of the team, grateful for all the support, and excited for what’s coming next.
This is only the beginning.
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.#AirKitchenz #FoodTech #RestaurantTech #FutureOfFood
#StartupLife #Marketplaces #FounderLife #Innovation
#RestaurantIndustry #FoodEntrepreneur #TechForGood
#KitchenEconomy #ChefLife #BuildTheFuture

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