Overview
Registration for this event is closed.
Bloomberg, Cornell Tech, and Tech:NYC invite you to join us for the latest installment of the Cornell Tech@ Bloomberg series, featuring Anthony Casalena, founder and CEO of Squarespace, in conversation with Scarlet Fu of Bloomberg Television.
15 years ago in his college dorm room, in an effort to create a platform for his own website, Anthony Casalena started building what would become Squarespace. What began as a personal project borne from his dissatisfaction with existing web publishing platforms has since grown into a service used by two million people and businesses — from Keanu Reeves to Lyft — to design, create, manage, and host their websites.
Squarespace took outside investment in 2010 from Accel and Index Ventures to accelerate its growth, ushering in a new phase of the company’s history, complete with celebrity endorsements and Super Bowl commercials. Now, with 50% year-over-year revenue growth in 2017, the company reportedly raised a $200 million funding round this past December that valued it at $1.7 billion, which will allow Squarespace to expand its e-commerce and international offerings.
Casalena and Fu will cover the evolution of Squarespace — along with your questions — in their wide-ranging discussion.
Twitter: @TechAtBloomberg
Facebook: Cornell Tech @ Bloomberg
Agenda
- 5:30PM
Cocktail reception begins
- 6:00PM
Doors close, conversation starts
- 6:45PM
Audience Q&A with Cornell Tech students
- 7:00PM
Networking and hors d’oeuvres to follow
-
PLEASE NOTE: Seating is limited and registered attendees will be seated on a first come, first served basis. Doors close promptly at the top of the hour. Individuals arriving late may be turned away from the building. No walk-ins allowed.
Questions: techevents@bloomberg.net
Featured speaker
Anthony Casalena
Anthony Casalena is the founder and CEO of Squarespace, which he started from his dorm room in 2003. During the company’s early years, Anthony acted as the sole engineer, designer, and support representative for the entire Squarespace platform. In addition to running the company and setting overall product strategy, he remains actively involved in many departments of the company that he had previously run himself. Anthony holds a bachelor of science in computer science from the University of Maryland.
When & where
Monday, October 22, 2018
5:30pm – 8:00pm EDT
Bloomberg L.P.,
731 Lexington Ave.
New York, NY