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Alison Anderson (she/her)

CEO & Founder, SuccessionMatching

In a culture that often dramatizes entrepreneurship as a quick and easy path to fame and fortune, Alison Anderson understands the struggles of launching a startup, raising capital and riding the turbulence during growth.
Started in 2012, SuccessionMatching is a marketplace for buying and selling businesses, backed by Techstars and private equity, Alison is on a mission to change the way the next generation gets into business.

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.

Do as I say, not as I did

July 11, 2024  6:40 PM – 7:25 PM
In the startup world, we mostly hear about the success stories. To a startup, "be like Netflix" is pretty hard if you're not Reed Hastings in the late nineties. What's really valuable, however, is tales of honest failure. But founders are reluctant to bare their souls and admit where they were wrong. Fortunately for you, we're pretty convincing. With the caution, "do as I say, not as I do," these founders will reveal their greatest gaffes—if only to serve as a cautionary tale to others. See more.
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