So often the public narrative of successful technology companies focuses on the “up and to the right” growth curve. Yet we know few companies grow without hiccups. At Battery Ventures Leadership Summit, seasoned executives and icons of Silicon Valley share the defining moments that tested their organizations and challenged them as leaders, and how they emerged to build some of the most iconic companies in the technology industry.

Attendees learn what it takes to build lasting value—for decades and not just years—from speakers that look back on key moments in their careers and share important decisions, trade-offs and milestones along their journeys from young company to industry stalwart.

Past speakers have included Meg Whitman, former CEO of eBay and Hewlett-Packard; Jeff Weiner, Founder & CEO of LinkedIn; Jay Simons, President of Atlassian; Tom Reilly, former CEO, Cloudera; Rob Bernshteyn, CEO, Coupa*; Ali Ghodsi, Co-Founder & CEO, Databricks*; Rajesh Jha, Executive Vice President, Microsoft; Christa Quarles, former CEO, OpenTable; Glenn Kelman, CEO, Redfin; among others.