Edge by Ampere

Edge by Ampere brings people together in person to explore fresh ideas, connect, and make things happen. ⚡ Train Like the Best. Lead Like the Best.​🔥 A Special Forces Officer trains for years before they lead a team into the field. ​🔥 An Olympian has a coach beside them every single day. ​🔥 The best CEOs work with Executive Coaches. ​They all know one thing: Leadership is a skill. ​In the startup sector, many of us became leaders by starting or helping scale companies from zero. ​But as leaders, we rarely step outside our companies and learn how to become better leaders (even though it might be the highest-leverage thing we can do). ​EDGE is your day to do that. ​We’re bringing together world-class leaders to share their exact skill sets. Learn from: ​🔥 ​Special Forces leaders ​🔥​ Australian sporting heroes ​🔥​ Scientists on the frontier of psychological science ​🔥​ Executive coaches ​All tailored specifically to startups. ​This is a premium, full-day event for people in the startup sector who lead: founders, senior operators and investors. It’s curated and capped at 150 people. ​🚀 SESSIONS ​🎯 Lead Like the Special Forces with Chris Marr ​Complex versus complicated leadership: the core philosophy of Special Forces leadership training. ​🌏 Where You’re From Is How You Lead ​Ever had feedback from a Dutch person? Or skipped over someone’s boss in Japan? Or tried Aussie humbleness with an American? Learn the 8 cultural scales that shape how we lead across cultures. ​🧠 The Psychological Science of Great Founders ​What are the traits of unicorn founders? Did you know Sam Bankman-Fried has an empathy score of zero? We used psycholinguistics to study over 200 traits of top founders. ​🎙️ Live Executive Coaching with Dave Shepherd and May Samali The best athletes have coaches; the best founders do too. Watch live demonstrations of executive coaching (or volunteer yourself!) and meet some of Australia’s leading startup coaches. ​🏆 Putting It to the Test ​A surprise challenge to apply the leadership skills from the day. 🏅 An Australian sporting hero ​Meet an Australian sporting hero in a fireside-style conversation. ​⚡ Networking ​Join founders from pre-seed to $100M+ in revenue. Network with the investors and executive coaches who work with Australia's top founders. ​🗓️ The Day ​9:00 am: Coffee & Networking ​10:00 am: Lead Like the Special Forces with Chris Marr ​11:00 am: Where You’re From Is How You Lead + Activity ​12:00 pm: Lunch ​1:45 pm: The Science of Great Founders ​2:15 pm: Live Executive Coaching with Dave Shepherd and May Samali ​3:30 pm: Afternoon Networking ​4:00 pm: Putting It to the Test: Leadership Challenge ​5:30 pm: Networking & Canapes ​6:30 pm: Fireside: Leadership in Elite Sport ​7:00 pm: Event Concludes ​👥 Featuring ​Christie Jenkins (CJ). Founder and GP of Ampere. #1 in Australia and #10 in the world in 3 different sports. ​Chris Marr. Co-Founder of Sonder and ThinkMD. Former Special Forces leader, sharing his core philosophy on leadership. ​Dave Shepherd. Executive Coach and Former Head of HubSpot APAC, where he grew revenue from a few million to over $50 million. ​May Samali Executive Coach and Fellow at the Institute of Coaching at Harvard Medical School, with leadership insights featured in Forbes and the Stanford Social Innovation Review. ​👥 Who is EDGE for? ​EDGE is a premium, full-day event for people in the startup sector who lead: • ​🚀 Founders • ​⚙️ Operators • ​💰 Investors ​Your tickets include full-day access to the entire schedule. All food and non-alcoholic drinks are provided. 🍽️ ​⚡ About Ampere ​Ampere is a new Australian Accelerator. We believe that better leaders build better companies, so we invest in and coach founders on this basis. Applications open in 2027. ​Ampere is founded and led by Christie Jenkins, who previously led the Techstars Accelerator, was an investor at Blackbird, and as a pro athlete was number one in the country and top 10 in the world in 3 sports. ​📍 Location ​Establishment Ballroom, Sydney ​⚡ Partners ​This event is powered by Fullstack, the accounting and R&D tax team for ambitious founders, and RunRemote, who help you hire outstanding, AI-fluent global talent. Thank you to William Buck for supporting this event. ​⚡Application-Only ​With only 150 places, entry is by application. We review applications within 24 hours, and your card is only charged once you're approved ​To stay up to date with Ampere, you can follow us on LinkedIn. ​Please send any questions to [email protected].