Guillermo Rauch
Founder & CEO at Vercel | Creator of Next.js
About
Guillermo Rauch started coding in his bedroom in Argentina when he was 13. Today he runs Vercel, a $3.25B company that makes the internet faster. The quick story: 1. Built Next.js, which now powers sites like TikTok, Notion, and Nike 2. Bootstrapped his first startup and raised $563M in his latest 3. Grew from solo founder to leading 500+ people globally What makes him interesting: He's lived every stage of the founder journey. From writing code alone to running a 500-person organization. From $0 to $3B+. His superpower? Converting technical excellence into business success. How he can help: 1. Fundraising: How to raise from seed to mega-rounds 2. Growth: Scaling from 2 to 500 people while keeping your culture 3. Product: Building what users actually want 4. Sales: Turning free users into enterprise customers 5. E-commerce: Creating online stores that convert (like Nike) Whether you're writing your first line of code or scaling to 100s of employees, he's been there. And he can show you how to avoid the landmines.