Shivanath Devinarayanan hosted the Trailblazer Community Entrepreneurship Bootcamp from 13 August to 10 September 2026, virtual at 9 AM ET, with Jyothsna Bitra and Guilda Hilaire. He sat on the 25 August exits panel, delivered AI and the Next Wave of Opportunity on 8 September, and joined the 10 September closing panel.
- Kind: series
- Date: 13 Aug–10 Sep 2026
- Host: Trailblazer Community
- Location: Virtual
- Format: virtual
- Role: host, speaker, panelist
Nine-session virtual bootcamp for Salesforce founders. Hosted with Jyothsna Bitra and Guilda Hilaire. Three of the nine slots are his.
Sessions
From Idea to First Client
13 Aug 2026, 9:00 AM ET Speakers: Abhinav Gupta Validate the idea, land a first paying client, and choose between a consultancy path and a product path. Event page View slides
Marketing & Community-Led Growth
18 Aug 2026, 9:00 AM ET Speakers: Andrea Tarrell Move past personal branding and build an audience around the business through community-led growth. Event page View slides
Running the Business, Not Just the Work
20 Aug 2026, 9:00 AM ET Speakers: Vinay Chaturvedi Financials, positioning, and the shift from doing the work to running the company. Event page
Building to Sell: Exits & What Comes Next
25 Aug 2026, 9:00 AM ET Speakers: Shivanath Devinarayanan, Andrea Tarrell, Anthony Lamot What it is like to prepare for an acquisition, what held up, and what life looks like after the sale. Shivanath was on this session. Event page
Building Your Personal Brand as Your Business Card
27 Aug 2026, 9:00 AM ET Speakers: Sharif Shaalan Use visibility and content as a growth lever, and turn personal relationships into business ones. Event page View slides
Scaling Delivery Without Losing Quality
1 Sep 2026, 9:00 AM ET Speakers: Marisa Hambleton Hire, utilization, and client experience once the founder can no longer do all the delivery. Event page
Funding & Financial Strategy
3 Sep 2026, 9:00 AM ET Speakers: Tal Frankfurt Bootstrap versus raise, cash-flow discipline, and when debt or investment actually fits. Event page
AI & the Next Wave of Opportunity
8 Sep 2026, 9:00 AM ET Speakers: Shivanath Devinarayanan Spot and build around platform shifts such as digital labor, instead of getting caught flat-footed. Shivanath was on this session. Event page View slides
Closing Panel: Lessons I'd Give My Founder Self
10 Sep 2026, 9:00 AM ET Speakers: Shivanath Devinarayanan, Andrea Tarrell, Tal Frankfurt, Marisa Hambleton Rapid-fire close. Hardest breaking points, what each speaker would do differently, audience Q&A. Shivanath was on this session. Event page
Nearby in the speaking archive (2026)
- Cairo Dreamin 2026: 31 Jan 2026. The St. Regis Cairo, Nile Corniche, Cairo, Egypt. Opening keynote at Cairo Dreamin. Human-AI partnership, not replacement.
- Slack Is the Best Home for AI: 10 Mar 2026. Virtual. Slack live event with Ryan Batty on an agentic OS in the flow of work.
- Orchestration in a hybrid workforce: 15 Apr 2026. Virtual. Asymbl webinar. Speaker. Hybrid workforce orchestration with Lauren Esposito.
- Data, Governance, and AI in the Hybrid Workforce: 27 May 2026. Virtual. Asymbl webinar. Panel. Watch on Asymbl. Data and guardrails before you scale agents.
- Bharat Dreamin 2026: 11 Jul 2026. Rajasthan International Center, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. Entrepreneur track panel. CRM+DATA+AI+TRUST. Jaipur.
- Trailblazer Mega Meetup Hyderabad: 19 Jul 2026. T-Hub, The Pinnacle, 7th Floor, Knowledge City Road, Hyderabad. Talk, panel, and AMA at the Salesforce Developer Group Hyderabad mega meetup.
- The Operating System for Human-Agent Work: 29 Jul 2026. Virtual. Asymbl webinar. Speaker. Watch on Asymbl. Slack as the place humans and agents share context.
- Slack User Group Hyderabad: 5 Aug–2 Sep 2026. Hyderabad / virtual. Five-part Slack Community series. Host. Slides and handouts live on the materials page.
- Trailblazers In Campus Advisory Council: 11 Sep 2026. India. Trailblazers In Campus Strategic Advisory Council. Named 11 Sep 2026.
- OpenAI DevDay Exchange Bengaluru: 16 Oct 2026. Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. Attendee. OpenAI builder exchange in Bengaluru. Agents API, GPT-5.6 in Codex, plugins.
- Sri Lanka Dreamin 2026: 21 Nov 2026. Lotus Tower, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Advisory team. Lotus Tower, Colombo. 21 November 2026. Ohana video, 29 Sep 2026.
- The Agentforce Readiness Playbook: 28 May 2025. Virtual. iLink Digital webinar with Dave Baldwin on Agentforce readiness.
This indexed dossier records Entrepreneurship Bootcamp 2026 (13 Aug–10 Sep 2026) for the speaking archive. Host: Trailblazer Community. Role: host, speaker, panelist. Location: Virtual. Format: virtual. The hub is Events.
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