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Happy Hour
Founders + People Ops: What You Really Need to Know
📢Q&A Panel + Happy Hour
✨Join us for an open Q&A session with AmpersandPeople on what early stage startups often overlook in hiring, culture building, and compliance-and how to lay a strong HR foundation while scaling fast.
Agenda
4:00- 4:30 pm
*Check-in
4:30- 5:30 pm
*Discussion and Q&A ("Founders + People Ops: What You Really Need to Know")
5:30-7:00 pm
*Happy hour
Prizes
- $10K in office/lab space
- $5,000 Legal Services
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- $5,000 Tax Services
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- Free Investor Readiness Bootcamp - Top 2 Winners
- $4,500 for each scholarship to the Big Tree Investor Readiness bootcamp
- $2,500 USD in-kind services
- Facilitation of a CMC strategy workshop & Up to 80 additional hours of complimentary consulting support through the end of 2026
- Admission to the Femovate portfolio plus $15k in award-winning digital product design.
- Winner will receive a slot in TechCon's Semi-finals 1 of 32) for a chance to present at TechCon in May (1 of 8) with a Grand Proze of $1M Cash funding plus substantial service credits.
- Free sign up for Pitch to Profit, All presenters can be nominated to bypass step one of the 2026 HealthTech Impact Award - HealthTechImpactAward.com
- $20k in office/lab space
- Digital Marketing and Branding Services (worth $5,000)
- $10K in office/lab space
- $25k custom UX design package from the largest femtech incubator in the US
- Admission to Maroon Research Institute's Global Longevity Scientific Venture Studio for 6 months and eligible investment of $125k per venture
- Exploratory biostatistics package: 3 reports
- $10,000+ in Strategic Go-to-Market Engineering
- Membership to Mayo Clinic Innovation Exchange
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- Regulatory kit and Regulatory strategy consulting (Medical Device only)
- $5,000 of tax services
- $5,000 Legal fees
- Two months campaign on startup program
- 3-day ticket to the upcoming 2025 RESI Conference
- Contingent Permanent Placement ($5,000 off); Retained Search services ($5,000 off)
- $5,000 of tax services
Learn from Subject Matter Experts
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Samantha Schneider
CEO & Principal, AmpersandPeople
Samantha Schneider is the founder and Principal of AmpersandPeople, Inc. She is an established People Leader with over 20 years of experience in recruiting and human resources working with a variety of industries, and was recognized as one of BLOC’s 100 Most Impactful Women & Allies for 2025. Samantha holds a Bachelors in Organizational Communications from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.
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Kerry Ann Kelly
Legal Consultant, AmpersandPeople
Kerry Kelly is a licensed California attorney. She is a highly collaborative working leader who expertly balances critical, pragmatic problem solving, with a sense of urgency in strategic and tactical decision making. Kerry has a great depth of experience in employment law and HR matters, as well as general company operations. She is able to apply her understanding and skills to provide efficient, cost-effective solutions. Kerry has a JD degree from Santa Clara University School of Law.
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