At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, we’re bringing to the Builders Stage three individuals who helped form the fashionable web. On October 28, Adam Bain, Dick Costolo, and David Fischer — now at 01 Advisors — will sit down for an unique fireplace chat on what it takes to construct, scale, and fund startups in right now’s ever-shifting panorama.
Earlier than they had been backing breakout corporations like Tipalti and SpotOn, they had been the operators behind a few of tech’s most iconic corporations.
David Fischer — Former CRO at Meta, Fischer scaled annual income from lower than $1 billion to over $100 billion, connecting 200 million companies with prospects worldwide. Earlier, he constructed Google’s early gross sales engine.
Adam Bain — Former COO of Twitter, Bain constructed its gross sales, product, and advert operations from scratch, rising income from thousands and thousands to billions in 5 years.
Dick Costolo — Former CEO of Twitter, Costolo scaled headcount 400% and boosted annual income from $28 million to $2.25 billion. Earlier, he based Feedburner (acquired by Google).
Inside the fireplace: Scaling, funding, and what’s subsequent
This dialog isn’t nearly what they’ve achieved — it’s about the place they consider tech is headed subsequent. Count on insights on discovering product-market match, scaling with intention, fundraising in right now’s market, and what they search for when backing founders by way of 01A.
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October 27-29, 2025
