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Al Dente: A Founder-Investor Pasta-Making Dinner
Inside the Operating System: A Conversation with Cristina Cordova & Michael Altom
September 8, 2026 at San Francisco in San Francisco, CA
Join Cristina Cordova (COO, Linear) and Michael Altom (COO, Granola) for a conversation on what it takes to scale operations at breakout companies.
Cristina was one of Stripe's first 30 employees and helped grow the company to 3,000 people. She also launched Notion's API as Head of Platform & Partnerships, and is now an active investor in 80+ startups.
Michael was Head of International for Faire through its hypergrowth years before joining Granola as COO.
Expect candid conversation and a room full of operators!
Date:
September 8, 2026
Time:
6:00 PM
8:30 PM
Event website: https://luma.com/cristina-michael
Event type:
Uncategorized
San Francisco as a “venue” usually means the event could be in a private dining room, a historic building, or a coworking or gallery-style space somewhere in the city. Tech and founder dinners like the Junto series often use private clubs or reservation-only restaurants, with multi-course meals at shared tables and a set program. Larger mixers such as SF Climate Week happy hours tend to be in central locations with structured check-in, name badges, sponsor signage, and access to nearby paid parking garages, especially around corridors like Van Ness and downtown. more...
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