Two days from now, TechCrunch Founder Summit<\/strong>, presented by Fidelity Private Shares, brings founders, investors, and operators together at SoWa Power Station to talk about building companies from Boston and beyond.<\/p>\n November 4\u00a0is the day to make meaningful founder-focused connections, gain practical insights, and take part in conversations designed to move your startup forward. It\u2019s also the last day to secure your pass before ticket prices increase and all special group discounts disappear. Secure your pass savings now.<\/strong><\/p>\n Explore the full Founder Summit agenda<\/strong> to discover today\u2019s hottest scaling topics across breakout and roundtable sessions.<\/p>\n A Boston company that became much bigger than Boston<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Steve Fredette, President, Co-founder, and Director of Toast, brings one of the city\u2019s most recognizable founder stories to the stage. Toast\u2019s journey offers a look at finding customers, developing product-market fit, scaling a company, and continuing to evolve after the original idea succeeds. It is proof that founders don\u2019t have to leave Boston to build a company with national and global reach.<\/p>\n The Boston Founder Playbook<\/strong><\/p>\n Chase Garbarino, CEO and Co-founder of HqO, will tackle the geography question directly. He has built from Boston for more than a decade, raised significant capital, and expanded HqO internationally without relocating the company to a traditional West Coast startup hub. His conversation will dig into the advantages, disadvantages, and realities of building where the startup playbook wasn\u2019t necessarily written.<\/p>\n Check out the rest of the agenda and all the ticket deals here<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Founder Summit isn\u2019t only about the people onstage. It\u2019s also about putting Boston-area founders, investors,\u00a0and startup leaders into the same room. Braindate networking makes it easier to find conversations around shared challenges.<\/p>\n Roundtables<\/strong> bring founders and VCs closer together around specific problems in interactive sessions facilitated by a scaling expert.<\/p>\n Official Side Events<\/strong> extend those relationships beyond the event itself, across the Boston startup hub.<\/p>\n For founders building in Boston, the ecosystem isn\u2019t something happening somewhere else. It\u2019s already here. On November 4, TechCrunch Founder Summit<\/strong> doors open at SoWa Power Station, bringing Boston\u2019s startup community together for a day of meaningful connections, practical insights, and growth opportunities. Don\u2019t miss your chance to lock in current ticket savings and special deals before prices increase. Register now.<\/strong><\/p>\n [analyse_source url=”https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/11\/02\/2-days-till-techcrunch-founder-summit-boston-founders-dont-need-a-silicon-valley-address-to-build-something-big\/”]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Early-Stage-2024-audience.jpg?resize=1200,800″] Two days from now, TechCrunch Founder Summit, presented by Fidelity Private Shares, brings founders, investors, and operators together at SoWa Power Station to talk about building companies from Boston and beyond. 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2 days left to save on your pass<\/strong><\/h2>\n