At The Forcing Function Breakfast Series, we gather founders and executives together for healthy breakfast and intimate conversation at our favorite NYC restaurants.
During breakfast, there will be an interactive keynote with a venture capitalist or successful startup founder. You’ll have inspiring conversations with fellow entrepreneurs and walk away with insights on how to take your business to the next level.
We always keep these events small so that attendees have the opportunity to introduce themselves, chat with the keynote speaker, and connect with other entrepreneurs.
Tickets are $40 in advance or $50 at the door. If paying at the door, cash only, please. Breakfast is included with the ticket price.
Bonnie Halper is a former SHOWTIME celebrity reporter, turned founding Editor-in-Chief at AlleyWatch, who is now a startup consultant and runs StartupOneStop, a newsletter covering technology that is a first read of entrepreneurs and investors around the globe.
A long-time tech industry insider and connector, she once took Peter Thiel’s famous gripe that we were promised flying cars and instead we got 140 characters, and wrote “140 Characters Who Helped Shape the Tech World” – and she happens to have met or knows many of them personally. She is currently working on the SOSapp, the first app for the startup technology community.
Chris Sparks founded The Forcing Function in 2017 to share his talent for peak performance training with others and is now the right-hand man to dozens of successful entrepreneurs, helping them build the systems they need to multiply their productivity and maximize their effectiveness.
After years of deconstructing and distilling the habits of top performers, Chris wrote Inflection Point, his guide to generating a complete shift in life trajectory. His newest publication Experiment Without Limits is a free peak performance workbook that launches in August 2019.
Marianna Phillips is Chief Operating Officer at The Forcing Function. Marianna has worked in product, operations, and community management roles across a number of startups.
She co-founded Math Plus Music (Math+Music), an international public art series combining live musical performance and math education.
She creatively partners on projects with various artists, among them Katya Lee, and runs DoNotMindtheGap, a newsletter that explores the nature of inventiveness, ideas and innovation at the intersection of (and in the gaps between) various fields.
Amanda Espiritu is the Director of Events and Partnerships for The Forcing Function. She works with various startups, entrepreneurs, and non-profits as a marketing/social media consultant, an event producer, and as a key partner to grow global communities.
Amanda is one of the founding members of the non-profit and global artist collective Stageless Arts, douses people in confetti for The Confetti Project, and MC's concerts for Sofar Sounds NY. Her most recent project Creative Surrender Studios serves as a space that pushes people to get out of whatever creative rut they might be in, have deep talks, and finish their passion projects.