In-Person Event

Founder Night Out: In-Person Startup Networking in Washington DC

Learn & Network with Experts. Local Entrepreneurs

Date
May 20, 2025
Time
06:00 pm - 08:00 pm
Address
Carlyle Tower, Alexandria, 2461 Eisenhower Ave , Alexandria, VA
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If you have a startup idea or a growing company and you want to expand your network in Washington DC, then join us for the in-person 'Founder Night Out' event in beautiful Alexandria. At this informal networking event, we will have two experts to discuss your journey to success. We will discover how storytelling helps you at the beginning and curiosity plays such a huge role afterwards. You can connect with other early-stage entrepreneurs, startup mentors, and advisors from the Founder Institute network. Socialize over drinks with potential co-founders, advisors, mentors and partners.

Who should Attend?

  • Anyone interested in entrepreneurship
  • Anyone chasing their dreams - curious about success factors!
  • Anyone who has a pre-seed tech company or a startup idea 
  • Anyone interested in joining a startup accelerator

Panelists:

Beulah Toth: Storytelling, Branding and Marketing Consultant

While most strategists arrive with binders of templates, frameworks, and preconceived ideas, Beulah arrives with questions and curiosity. Rather than force-fitting your unique challenges into someone else's model, she digs deeper into what's actually happening:

Where are your targets disconnecting from your story? What value are you creating that's invisible to them? Which competitors are you accidentally imitating? What opportunities are hiding in plain sight?

Sirin Koprucu: Curiosity Coach and Strategist

As The Curiosity Coach, Sirin holds the space for curiosity, noticing different things and putting wonder into action, and work with curious talent, C-suite leaders, CEOs and start-up founders to explore and pursue shared economic value so what they notice doesn't go unnoticed and leaders and organizations can emerge with strength, influence, impact, legacy, and wisdom in today's locally and globally resourceful and equally vulnerable business environment. 

What is the Agenda?

  • Panel - Q&A
  • Networking, 
  • Socializing, Bites and Drinks

For more information about the investors, accelerators, incubators, and tech events available in Washington DC, see our list of Startup Resources.

Speakers

Guc

Guc Ozenci

Connector | Advisor @ ConnectOp

Şirin

Şirin Köprücü

Principal @ Strategic Straits

Beulah

Beulah Toth

Strategist @ Obvious

Platinum Partners

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