The Founder Night Out is a unique opportunity to enjoy a collaborative and open environment where you can meet local startup founders and CEOs, discuss your ideas, ask questions, and learn about the Founder Institute. Many past Founder Institute Graduates will be in attendance, along with the local Director and some prestigious local technology CEOs. Join us for drinks and some startup networking!

*** Special Guest: Ken Priore, General Counsel at Grindr ***

Ken has over 17 years of experience as an entrepreneur in start-ups, small businesses, and emerging brands. His current focus is on mobile application development, privacy, social network, Internet technology and brand IP protection.

Ken has been involved with Grindr since its early days. Today, Grindr has over 50 employees, 1 million daily users and 4 million monthly users in 190 countries. Ken has also served as Commercial Counsel at PayPal, Chief Operating Officer at Licensed Learning, and Managing Attorney at Charles Schwab.