Sean and Ann will unpack powerful lessons and insights that the U+ team have learned through many years of building and launching new ventures inside large organizations. U+ has brought 100+ successful businesses to market, creating over $2 billion in new value for Fortune 1000s over the past 14 years.

Ann is a former telco Executive who has built 2 company builders in Silicon Valley and Europe, and set up 2 corporate innovation labs. Ann’s 20+ years of building lasting relationships and producing exceptional results has spanned three continents and infinite positive experiences.

Sean is the Managing Partner at U+, the world’s leading corporate venture builder and digital innovation firm. He's a globally recognized thought leader with over 20 years of experience bringing new products to market, including as a 5X sales founder with three exits. In addition to helping hundreds of startups find product-market fit and predictable revenue models, Sean helps global multinationals to identify new applications for their existing technology portfolio, bring new products to market with profitable business models, and organize and train self-managing early product-stage sales and marketing teams.

Sean was named as one of the Top Sales Influencers You Should Be Following On Social Media. Sean is an active mentor, advisor, and guest lecturer at global startup accelerators, innovation conferences, and colleges and universities—including NASDAQ, Y Combinator, 500 Startups, Galvanize, Alchemist, GSVLabs, London Business School, and the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University. Sean is now committed to working with countries, companies, entrepreneurs, and those who want to work with them on building startup ecosystems to find product-market fit—and to developing the next generation of leaders for the innovation economy.