{"id":"evt_9b34629ec5df","title":"Founder Coffee: AI x Growth — Validate Your Business & Market in 2026 with Scott Ford (former COO, Techstars)","date":"2026-02-26","timezone":"America/New_York","start_time":"09:00","time_of_day":"morning","venue":null,"location":{"basis":"unresolved","likely_area":null,"likely_area_granularity":null,"evidence":null},"description":"Hosted by ​Sonya Trivedi, founder of AIMAR. For this February Founder Coffee, we’re excited to welcome Scott Ford, Founder of SparkRockets and former COO of Techstars, to lead an open conversation on how founders should validate their ideas and markets in the AI era. Join a focused group of tech founders on February 26 at 9:00 AM ET / 3:00 PM CET for an interactive coffee discussion that will help you identify real customer demand and avoid costly missteps.","access":{"free":null,"application_required":null},"audience_roles":["founders"],"audience_orientation":"mixed","company_stage":null,"interaction":["networking"],"topics":["ai","venture"],"modality":"in_person","meal_context":"none","series":null,"mentions":[{"text":"AIMAR","kind":"organization","subtype":null,"role":"affiliation"},{"text":"SparkRockets","kind":"organization","subtype":"company","role":"affiliation"},{"text":"Techstars","kind":"organization","subtype":"accelerator","role":"affiliation"},{"text":"Sonya Trivedi","kind":"person","subtype":null,"role":"host"},{"text":"Scott Ford","kind":"person","subtype":null,"role":"speaker"}],"sources":[{"id":"nextnyc","class":"newsletter","publisher":"nextNYC","first_observed_at":"2026-02-09T12:45:56.0000000Z","last_observed_at":"2026-02-23T12:45:50.0000000Z"}],"discovery":{"first_party":[],"newsletter":["nextnyc"],"provider":null},"basis":{"audience_roles":{"founders":"observed"},"topics":{"ai":"observed","venture":"inferred"},"audience_orientation":"inferred","company_stage":null,"interaction":"inferred","modality":"default"},"canonical_url":null,"first_seen":"2026-02-09T12:45:56.0000000Z","last_seen":"2026-02-23T12:45:50.0000000Z","observation_count":3}