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Becky Wang (she/her)

Head of Strategy, Metafide

Becky Wang is a business leader with expertise in building high-performing marketing, commercial, and product organizations. At Metafide, Becky serves as COO where she oversees growth, product, and entertainment. Prior to Metafide, she helmed an xR film and commercial studio called Zerospace with expertise in Unreal, Unity to create visual worlds for studios and brands.  

She leads transformation projects at Crossbeat New York, a design consultancy + innovation studio that helps F500 and startups navigate category disruption. Previously, she was head of Data Strategy at Droga5 and SVP/Global Head of Insights & Analytics at Saatchi & Saatchi. She published Creativity & Data Marketing, a textbook taught at NYU, SF's CCA, and other institutions. She worked as a film executive and on award-winning campaigns for Prudential, New Museum, Beyonce's UN ""I Was Here"". Becky is featured in SXSW, FT Times, CBS, Co.Create/Fast Company on the future of media and impact of BigTech on culture & politics.

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Startup Essentials

Startup Co-Founder Dating: The Make-or-Break Decision Before the Cap Table

July 8, 20262:30 PM EDT – 3:00 PM EDT
PORT STAGE
English
Find out how to build the team that gets the "yes" from co-founders and from investors. See More.
Mentor Office Hours

Office Hours: Founder Mental Health

July 8, 20264:00 PM EDT – 5:00 PM EDT
Office 3
English
Recognize the signs of burnout before it's too late, cope with the isolation that comes with leading a company, manage stress without it consuming you, and find sustainable pace in a culture that glorifies founder mode. See More.
Startup Essentials

The Founder as Signal - A Sharp Discussion About Trust, Visibility and Staying Human in an Age of AI-Generated Sameness

July 9, 202610:40 AM EDT – 11:20 AM EDT
PORT STAGE
English
Startups always compete on product, capital and execution. But they also compete on clarity, trust and recognizability. In a world flooded with AI-generated content, founder templates, growth hacks and algorithmic sameness, many companies are starting to sound interchangeable. The result is a new challenge for modern founders: how do you build visibility and authority without becoming performative, synthetic or painfully generic? See More.
Mentor Office Hours

Office Hours: Bootstrapping & Capital Efficiency

July 9, 20261:00 PM EDT – 2:00 PM EDT
Office 2
English
Build a profitable company by doing more with less, learn survival strategies for growing without VC money, and develop the discipline that capital efficiency demands. See More.
Mentor Office Hours

Office Hours: Brand Building & Positioning

July 9, 20264:00 PM EDT – 5:00 PM EDT
Office 4
English
Create competitive moats through strong brand positioning, shape customer perception deliberately rather than letting it happen by default, and position yourself in the market in ways that make competitors' strengths irrelevant. See More.