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Jonathan Lowenhar (he/him)

Founder , Enjoy the Work

Throughout my nearly 30-year career, I’ve successfully built a $1B business segment for a large public company, guided the turnaround of a distressed $100M+ revenue business, launched and sold a venture-backed startup, and led another startup that eventually was acquired for just under $1B.

Those very different endeavors led me to obsess over a single question, "how does a founder become a great CEO?" I interviewed hundreds of founders and investors seeking clarity to that question. And when no good answer presented itself, I teamed up with a group of exceptional former founders, operators, and investors to create our own solution.

Since 2015, I have led Enjoy The Work, a firm with the singular mission of helping founders become great CEOs. Founders invent miraculous things. Our role is to teach founders how to build high-performing companies to bring those inventions to the world.

Sessions

Meet your 2024 Mentor faculty!

July 10, 2024  5:50 PM – 5:55 PM
We have amassed an incredible group of founder, experts, investors, accelerators and authors to help you solve your most pressing problems - we can't wait to introduce them to you! See more.

Mentor Roundtables: Let's solve your problems

July 10, 2024  5:55 PM – 6:55 PM
Every startup must master a range of skills, from hiring and selling, to delivering products, to crafting superb communications that compel and entice. Bring your biggest domain-specific challenges to our expert Mentors, who will help you unravel even the most challenging problems across the many domains on which a startup needs to execute. See more.

Mentor roundtables: Taboo Topics (back by popular demand!)

July 11, 2024  5:10 PM – 6:10 PM
There's no such thing as a stupid question—but there are plenty of questions nobody asks, because they're taboo. How do you fire a co-founder? When is it okay to lie to your employees? Can you take orders before you know you can deliver on them? How accurate do forward-looking statements need to be in a pitch deck? We're creating round table conversations for the questions everybody ponders but nobody says out loud. See more.

From Founder to CEO

July 11, 2024  8:25 PM – 8:55 PM
Ask a room full of investors to describe what makes a great founder, and the answers will be remarkably consistent. "Grit!" "Tenacity!" "Courage!" "Insight!" But then ask that same audience what makes a great CEO and the answers suddenly wildly shift from attributes to skills. What are those critical skills? This talk will share what it takes for someone to make the journey from a great founder to a great CEO. See more.
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