Leslie Fine (She/her)

Managing Partner, Enjoy the Work

Prior to her career as a startup founder and product leader, Leslie earned her PhD in Game Theory and Behavioral Economics from Caltech. In 2008, Leslie founded her first startup, Crowdcast, and successfully exited the company in 2012. Following Crowdcast, she helped lead three more startups: Spigit (SVP Product), tenXer (Head of Product), and Swerve (Founder, CEO).

After Leslie’s startup experiences, she ventured into the enterprise world and joined Salesforce (VP Product), where she helped ship the company’s first AI product. But it was through her involvement in Salesforce’s M&A process that she ultimately realized she wanted to return to startup life.

Each chapter of Leslie’s career was chosen based on where she would find her next challenge. Leslie is a problem solver at heart, and she takes pride in repackaging all that she has learned throughout her career in order to effectively mentor the next wave of passionate founders.

Sessions

BDC Women in Technology BootCamp

The 7 Deadly Sins of Startup Management

July 9, 20259:35 AM EDT – 10:05 AM EDT

SKY STAGE

English

Startupfest

Enjoy The Work Sales School

July 10, 202510:00 AM EDT – 12:00 PM EDT

CITY STAGE

English

It's all about the revenue - from storytelling to founder selling to building a repeatable machine. Two hours. Zero fluff. Join the partners of Enjoy The Work for a tactical deep dive into what it really takes to go to market. You'll learn how to tell a story that moves people, how to sell as a founder (and why no one else should do it first), and how to build systems that turn early traction into repeatable growth. These are the same lessons time tested across the nearly 200 venture-backed startups we've supported over the last decade. See More.