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Kyle Poyar

Kyle Poyar writes Growth Unhinged, a top newsletter with 60,000+ weekly readers on the tactics driving today's fastest-growing software companies. As Co-Founder & Operating Partner at Tremont and formerly at OpenView, he’s a leading voice on product-led growth, pricing, and go-to-market strategy in B2B software.

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Heidrun Luyt

Heidrun Luyt is Chief Growth Officer at Qonto, driving European expansion and scalable product-led growth. Formerly Global CMO at Pipedrive and CMO at IG Group, she delivered record $1.15B revenue (+33% YoY) and improved ROI by 33 points. Her expertise blends brand development, go-to-market strategy, and customer experience.

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Prelini Udayan-Chiechi

Prelini Udayan-Chiechi is a B2B2C marketing leader with 25+ years of experience in software and SaaS. She recently served as SVP of Global Marketing, Demand & Growth at Zendesk, helping scale the company from $500M to over $2B in revenue. Previously, she held leadership roles at IBM, Adobe, and Bazaarvoice. Prelini now advises Northzone and serves on the advisory board at Evercopy. She holds a Master’s in Marketing and leadership training from Yale and Wharton, and is passionate about driving growth and developing talent.

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James da Costa

James da Costa is Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, focusing on B2B and Enterprise AI investments. Previously, he co-founded YC-backed fintech Fingo and served as an Engagement Manager at McKinsey. As a researcher at Stanford's Human-Centered AI Lab, he studied the economic implications of AI, and is also a published author with his book "Fintech Wars" being shortlisted for the Financial Times Bracken Bower Young Authors Prize.

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