Audience facing a lit stage at a go-to-market summit
Equity Angels

GTM
UNPLUGGED

Strip the noise. Turn up the signal.Strip the noise. Turn up the signal.
October 7, 2026Presented by Equity Angels
Menlo Park, CA

The market is drowning in slop. It's time to turn off the autotune and play unplugged. If you are ready to break away from the noise and tune your distribution strategy for hyper-growth, this is your backstage pass.

01Overview

GTM Unplugged LIVE is a highly-curated summit designed for software startups facing complex scaling challenges in the AI era. Hosted in the heart of Silicon Valley during SF Tech Week, we are gathering startup founders, investors, and product marketers to share real-time, actionable growth solutions. If you are ready to transition from early traction to enterprise momentum, this is where you need to be.

02The Lineup
Laurel Mintz
Laurel Mintz
CEO
Elevate My Brand
General Partner
Fabric VC
Craig Rowe
Craig Rowe
Principal
The Copy & Content Group
Marci James
Marci James
Founder
Be Inspired Digital
Natalia Iragorri
Natalia Iragorri
Founder
Tessellate
Armello Rodriguez
Armello Rodriguez
Vice President
Technology Banking Group,
Wells Fargo
Katherine Winston
Katherine Winston
Founder and Managing Partner
Equity Angels
03The Agenda

From traction to scale

1:30 PM
Keynote Conversation
2:15 PM
Panel Discussion
3:00 PM
Roundtable Problem Solving
4:00 PM
Networking Reception
04Networking Roundtables

Topic-driven working groups

In addition to keynotes and panels, the room breaks out into curated, stage-matched peer groups. Work through current bottlenecks with founders, operators, and VCs focused on:

  • Community as a Moat: Transitioning from early adopters to cult-like retention
  • Category Domination: Leveraging earned media and PR for your next funding round
  • Capital-Efficient CAC: Hyper-scaling user acquisition without blowing your burn rate
  • Moving Upmarket: Transitioning from scrappy outbound to enterprise-grade B2B sales
  • AI-Driven RevOps: Architecting a revenue engine that seamlessly scales from Seed to Series B
05Who's in the Room

This summit is curated for:

Pre-Seed to Series A Founders

…architecting scalable sales, marketing, and distribution engines.

Product, Marketing, and Growth Operators

…executing high-velocity go-to-market strategies.

Angels, VCs, and Family Offices

…actively deploying capital into high-growth, early-stage portfolios.

06The Details
Location
Wells Fargo Innovation Center
1302 El Camino Real
Menlo Park CA
Date
Wednesday
October 7, 2026
Time
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Registration
07Equity Angels' Mission

At Equity Angels, we believe that brilliance is evenly distributed, but capital is not. As a grassroots entrepreneur support organization, our mission is to foster fair access to opportunity and innovation. We advance social and economic progress by actively connecting diverse founders to capital, fostering inclusive communities, and providing the tactical resources required to scale.

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