Join 300+ leaders at the North Bay’s premier startup event
Watch recaps of our 2025 and 2024 gatherings
The Day’s Highlights
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Focus on New Connections
NEXT at its core is a community-building and networking conference. Take advantage of dedicated blocks to meet other NEXT attendees, including local entrepreneurs and startup employees, operators living in the North Bay, investors, and other community leaders.
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Keynotes & Fireside Chats
Learn from powerful and punchy keynotes and discussions providing inspiration and purpose from some of the most successful thought leaders living in the North Bay.
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North Bay Startup Showcase
Hear from the most innovative early-stage founders building across Marin + Sonoma. Presenters have five minutes and five slides to share their company vision with the assembled North Bay community.
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Small Group Lunches
Grab your lunch and spend time getting to know fellow NEXT attendees. MSIV’s new Executive Network members will host small topic lunches on a wide range of subjects relevant to North Bay entrepreneurs.
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Closing Outdoor Reception
Everyone’s favorite NEXT tradition! Finish the day outdoors after we wrap up in plenary. Eat, drink, and network while enjoying sunshine and product samplings from local CPG entrepreneurs.
All NEXT speakers live or work in Marin + Sonoma
Full agenda is now live here
2026 NEXT FEATURED DISCUSSION
Author, Incorruptible
NYT Best-Selling Author, The Lean Startup
Discussion Moderator
Technology Editor, Semafor
North Bay resident Eric Ries’s 2011 book The Lean Startup has served as a bible of sorts for countless startup founders.
Eric’s newest book, Incorruptible, is being released nationally on May 26, and we are thrilled he will join NEXT ‘26 for a sneak-peak discussion three weeks prior to its public release.
Keynote Speakers
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Tim Brown
Chair Emeritus & Former CEO
IDEO
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Katlin Smith
Founder & CEO
Simple Mills
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Chris Slowe
Founding Engineer and Former CTO
Reddit
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Chris Hulls
Co-Founder & Former CEO, Life360
Founder, Point Reyes Good Luck Fund
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Stephen DeBerry
Founder & Managing Partner
BRONZE
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Ted Paff
Founder
Bootstrap Thinking
North Bay Startup Showcase Speakers
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Casey Lynch
Co-Founder & CEO
Lighthouse Pharmaceuticals
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Eric Rachmel
Founder & CEO
OLarry
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Liza Mash Levin
Co-Founder & CEO
Gable
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Sol Kennedy
Founder & CEO
BestInterest
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Beth Ann Lopez
Founder & CEO
Outfox Health
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Ryan Neely
Co-Founder & CEO
Skribe Medical
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Rachel Curran
Co-Founder & CEO
Locktivity
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Tree Masihi
Founder & CEO
TriangleAI
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Larz May
Co-Founder & CEO
Ginko
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Alex Abelin
Co-Founder & CEO
Kiki Milk
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Sophie Mancuso
Founder & CTO
Beyond the Dome
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Stephen Hood
Co-Founder & CEO
Telepath
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Michelle Masek
Founder & CEO
Honeyjar
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Corey Rawdon
Founder & CEO
PineconeAI
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Sara Margulis
Co-Founder & CEO
Honeyfund
MSIV Leadership, Moderators, and Sponsor Partner Speakers
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Zachary Kushel
Founder & Managing Partner
Marin Sonoma Impact Ventures
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Elizabeth Murphy
VP Community
Marin Sonoma Impact Ventures
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Matthew Hinde
NEXT Emcee
Startup Exec Search Leader
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Jonathan Eldridge
President
College of Marin
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Brett Martinez
President/CEO
Redwood Credit Union
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Troy Deichen
Managing Director, Corporate & Investment Banking, Technology Sector
BofA Securities
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Kirstin Hoefer
Executive Network Member
Marin Sonoma Impact Ventures
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Mike Lewis
Startup Advisor in Residence
Marin Sonoma Impact Ventures
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Wayne de Fremery
Professor and Director
Lepage Center for Global Innovation
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Mark Mokelke
Market Executive
Bank of America
Conference Sponsors
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Co-Host Partner
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Founding Partner
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Platinum Partner
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Platinum Partner
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Gold Partner
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Gold Partner
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Gold Partner
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Gold Partner
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Gold Partner