Zach Warder-Gabaldon

Zach is a proud Native American (Choctaw and Cherokee tribes) and Hispanic entrepreneur hailing from the state of New Mexico in the southwest U.S. He earned two degrees in design and engineering from what is now the D School at Stanford University. After uni, he spent 20 years building startups in Silicon Valley, learning more from his failures than his exits. Zach’s kaupapa is to help grow the economy of Aotearoa New Zealand via founder-centric startup innovation. He currently does this as an angel investor, sales and growth advisor, and Head of Programmes at Ministry of Awesome, one of the country’s largest and most impactful startup support organisations.

Zach will be hosting the Ministry of Awesome panel on What (Almost) Every Startup Founder Does Poorly.