Fireside Chat

The Messy Middle: Where Good Companies Stall

3:15 PM - 4:00 PM

Focus Points

- Execution breakdowns between traction and scale
- Hiring, organization design, and pace mismatches
- When AI amplifies weaknesses instead of fixing them

Session Chair:

Aseem Juneja

VP, Growth Operations, SES AI Corp.

Moderator

Zenobia Moochhala

Undersecretary of Business Development, Massachusetts Executive Office of Economic Development (EOED)

Speakers

Lily Lyman

Managing Partner, Underscore VC

Vinay Seth Mohta

CEO, Manifold

Palash Soni

Co-founder & CEO (acquired), Goldcast

Omri Traub

COO, Retail, Toast