TechTuesday: A First Time Founder's Lessons Learned (WineView x Bham Bound)

Description

Join us for our March TechTuesday! For this TechTuesday, Maria Underwood of Birmingham Bound will host Gary Campbell of Wineview for a fireside chat. Read below for a full description of the program and bios. 

TT will be hosted at our sponsor Region's auditorium, and catered lunch will be provided as always. *Free for members and $10 for non-members*

The Hard Things About Starting: A First-time Founder's Lessons Learned

In this conversation, Gary will tell us about the hard lessons learned and earned from starting cold. From initial ideation, building a completely virtual team, raising your first round, and finally landing a partnership, he will illuminate what it feels like to be "in the trenches" each day. As a startup, WineView is still actively fighting it out, and it will be a great opportunity to hear what the day-to-day looks like, as well as the journey thus far.

Featured Bios

Guest: Gary Campbell is Co-founder and CEO of WineView as well as a piano hobbyist and pickup basketball enthusiast. Gary started WineView as a first time founder in August of 2020 during the pandemic. From the spark of an idea at a vineyard to their most recent partnership with Toast, a $10 Billion publicly traded company, Gary has learned first-hand about the peaks and valleys of creating a tech startup. Gary came to Birmingham through Birmingham Bound in 2021. They have since expanded to Dallas, Nashville, and Atlanta.

Host: Maria Underwood is a Birmingham native with 10+ years of experience in fundraising and social impact strategy, locally and including in major markets across the US. She has consulted and presented internationally on digital fundraising, millennial giving and trends in the nonprofit sector. She moved back to Birmingham after seven years in Washington, DC, and started her own company, Fundrage, which is a social impact platform that helps users channel their anger into action when reading the news. She serves on the board of TechBirmingham and Magic City Fashion Week, and was a BBJ 40 Under 40 in 2022. She's currently the President of Birmingham Bound, an organization aimed at recruiting, retaining, and growing tech companies in the Magic City.