BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//NONSGML Sandhills Development\, LLC//NONSGML Sugar Calendar Fe eds v3.8.2//EN X-WR-CALNAME:The Lean Vertical AI Startup X-WR-CALDESC:STAK Space X-WR-TIMEZONE:UTC BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 DTSTART:20250123T050000 TZNAME:UTC END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 DTSTART:20250123T050000 TZNAME:UTC END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Lean Vertical AI Startup DESCRIPTION:​We had this event last week and by popular demand having a repeat of it.\n\n​Vertical AI will be 10x bigger than SaaS in terms of market size. It will create 10x more companies as compared to SaaS. I t is possibly one of the biggest opportunities in tech that is happening now.\n\n​​However\, building and operating Vertical AI companies is diametrically opposite to how SaaS companies have been built and operat ed. Revenue and business models are different. Engineering and product r elease cycles are different. Heck even funding strategies are completely different.\n\n​​Power packed panel in a lively discussion on an eme rging model called "The Lean Vertical AI Startup".\n\n​​Brian Sparke s - CEO and CVO\, Silicon Valley Venture\n\n​​Mehron Sharq - Invest or @7BC Venture Capital\, 2X Founder\n\n​​Anu Sharma - Founder\, SV C Ventures\n\nDavid Menard - General Partner\, Invaluable Labs and Exit ed Founder\n\n​​Blake Beltram - Founder\, MINDBODY and OffyO\n\n​ ​Akash Saraf - Founder &\; CEO\, TheAgentic\n\n​​Agenda:\n\n†‹â€‹5pm - 5.40pm : Registration &\; Networking\n\n​​5.40pm - 6.00 pm: Host Presentation\n\n​​6pm - 7pm: Panel\n\n​​7pm-8pm: Dinner &\; Networking URL;VALUE=URI:https://stakspace.com/events/the-lean-vertical-ai-startup/ UID:urn:uuid:395b1ffb-119a-4f81-8107-1f5871ee122c STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20260428T125009Z DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250724T170000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250724T200000 LOCATION:1900 Broadway END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR