​In this webinar, Charlie O'Donnell of nextNYC and Chris Fenster of Propeller Industries will unpack the confidence vacuum: why founders lose control of their companies, and how operational fluency is the antidote.

​Every founder knows the moment. Someone asks the hard question, about the numbers, the hire, the pivot, and the room goes quiet. Not because there's no answer, but because nobody can deliver it with conviction. That silence doesn't stay empty for long. An investor, a board member, the loudest exec in the room, somebody's confidence rushes in to fill it.

​Not maliciously, but structurally.

​That's the confidence vacuum, and it's where founders quietly lose control of their companies, one reasonable-sounding decision at a time.

​Chris Fenster of Propeller Industries has spent 18 years inside the financials of hundreds of startups at Propeller Industries, watching this pattern from the operator's chair. Charlie O'Donnell will bring the view from the board seat, what a vacuum looks like to an investor, and why the founders who keep control aren't the loudest ones. They're the ones with operational fluency.

​They'll get into where it shows up beyond fundraising: executive hiring, board management, the founder-CEO transition, strategic pivots. And why the antidote was never bravado, it's knowing your numbers cold.

​​This is event is hosted by nextNYC. To learn more about nextNYC and/or sign up for their newsletter, visit http://next.nyc