The To Do List Summit
A one-day action summit for early-stage founders – brought to you by the experts who led communications, video, social, and events at Y Combinator and Andreessen Horowitz.
Skip the $30,000 agency. Join us at the To Do List Summit.By the end of the day, you’ll have your startup's next 10 social posts, an event playbook, a video that captures your brand, and a media pitch ready to send.
August 9, 2025
8am-6pm PT
San Francisco
Space is limited. We're handpicking a group of ambitious founders to keep the event hands-on and the room strong.
Attendance is $599 and only charged upon selection and confirmation.
The Agenda
A day of interactive workshops, including:
The art and science of viral Youtube videos
How to land in [The New York Times]
To boost or not to boost: Strategies for paid social media
Events that don't convert are just parties
Hacking hackathons
Check things off your to do list:
Startup promo video
A pitch for a media outlet
Scheduled social media posts
An event playbook
Speakers
The people who know exactly what customers, VCs, and candidates need to hear – and how to reach them – because they’ve advised thousands of the world’s top startup founders. This is your Platform Team.
Lindsay Amos
Lindsay led communications at Y Combinator (YC) from 2018-2024, where she played a pivotal role in building the YC brand and provided comms guidance to 3,000+ startups. In 2010, she was one of the first 30 employees at Square and the company's first communications hire. She worked on the team that created and executed the communications strategy for Square's high-profile IPO. Before YC, Lindsay directed technology communications for Meta, overseeing global engineering offices, data centers, infrastructure hardware, and sustainability initiatives.
Zach Both
Zach has spent the last decade turning startups into storytellers. For three years, he led Y Combinator’s video team, growing its YouTube presence into the most-watched video channel for founders with 1.5+ million subscribers. Most recently, he launched Cursor AI’s video presence, directing their first content and developing their YouTube strategy from the ground up.
Lindsay Selvitelle
Before starting ls /events, Lindsay’s most recent role was Senior Director of Events at Y Combinator. While at YC, she spent 5 years planning and executing events like the batch retreats and alumni reunion weekend. She built out YC’s investor receptions, community events and revamped Demo Days at the iconic SF Masonic. Before YC, she was the first marketing events hire at Mixpanel and spent 5 years building and leading the first marketing and events experience team. Before tech, she gained her deep knowledge of the event’s industry from the inside as Senior Event Managers at Starwood and Marriott Hotels.
Joan DeGennaro
Joan plans and hosts high-impact events that drive results for startups, spanning marketing, recruiting, and community building. Previously, she spent five years at Y Combinator working on Startup School, Co-Founder Matching, and events to support early-stage founders. Before that, she held roles at Deepgram and Oscar Health, managing operations and partnerships. Her entry point into the startup world was as a founder in Y Combinator’s W16 batch, where she led a nonprofit focused on sanitation access in rural India. She studied at Northwestern University and lives in SF, despite strongly identifying with the tri-state area (CT, NJ, NY).
Maria LaMagna
Maria was the head of social media for Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) from 2022-2025. She was responsible for the growth of a16z’s presence on X, LinkedIn, and Instagram, while working cross-functionally with the marketing and communications leads of each vertical. She also provided guidance for the companies in the a16z portfolio, Talent x Opportunity cohorts, and initiatives including Tech Week and “The Ben & Marc Show.” Prior to a16z, Maria was a journalist and editor, who wrote for and worked at publications including CNN, CNBC, MarketWatch, The Wall Street Journal, and Bloomberg.
Thank you
Thank you to Tandem for hosting us in one of their beautiful spaces.
If you have questions about attending or sponsoring the event, please email us at [email protected].