? The AI Collective ? The First 10 Customers with VC Zach Coelius

How do you convince investors, customers, and early hires to believe in something that doesn’t exist yet? Join us for an intimate fireside chat with Zach Coelius, 4x founder and Managing Partner at Coelius Capital, in conversation with Luna Maroun, Product Manager at Adobe, as we explore what it really takes to go from zero to something - when all you have is a deck, and a dream. Zach has backed breakout startups like Cruise and SkySafe, and knows what makes founders irresistible before they’ve written a single line of code. We’ll unpack: Finding Your First 10 – How to land early users without a product or a marketing budget Founder psychology – The mindset shifts that separate durable founders from the rest and the traits investors look for when there’s no product Selling as a technical founder – Why engineers can be the best storytellers (with the right tools) Early momentum – What traction actually looks like in the first 90 days Real stories from Zach’s portfolio - What actually landed the first users Whether you're building in stealth, pre-product, or still at the idea stage - this conversation will offer honest insights, war stories, and tactics to help you get started the right way. Save your seat. As always, food and drink, engaging conversation, and incredible company will all be provided! Please be advised: Unfortunately, space is very limited at these community events and we can not always accept everyone we would like to. If you are not accepted to this event, please keep applying! We appreciate your application tremendously and we are looking forward to seeing you at a future event very soon! The GenAI Collective is a global non-profit community uniting 40,000+ pioneers – founders, researchers, operators, and investors – exploring the frontier of AI in major tech hubs worldwide. Through events, workshops, and community-led research, we empower the AI ecosystem to collaboratively steer AI’s future toward trust, openness, and human flourishing. All attendees and organizers at GenAI Collective-affiliated events are subject to the GenAI Collective's Code of Conduct.