Event

Schnitzel & Champagne

Leave a Mark’s Storytelling Night

May 28th, 2025 - 6PM

This is not your average networking event. Leave a Mark’s Storytelling Night brings together Austin's finest and sharpest minds to explore how storytelling drives business success—served with perfectly crispy schnitzel and chilled bubbly champagne.

Limited Spots (and the schnitzel is going fast...)

May 28th, 2025

February 27th, 2025 - 6PM

6PM

Capital Factory,
701 Brazos St, Austin

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St, Austin, TX 78701

Along with the tasty bites, we’re serving up exclusive talks on the power of strategic messaging—how the right narrative fuels growth, unlocks opportunities, and brings bold ideas to life.

Our Speakers:

Asaf Sides
Co-founder and CEO of Leave a Mark

Tamar Elkeles
Senior Advisor, East Wind Advisors, Former Chief Learning & Talent Officer, Qualcomm

Dor Abuhasira
CEO and co-founder at Percepto

Nick Spiller
Venture Principal & Austinpreneur Podcast host at Capital Factory

Marc Nathan
Senior Director,
Michael Best & Friedrich
‘Super-connector’ for Tech & CPG

Asaf Sides
Co-founder and CEO of Leave a Mark

Etienne Cadestin
Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Longevity Partners

Tamar Elkeles
Senior Advisor, East Wind Advisors, Former Chief Learning & Talent Officer, Qualcomm

Dor Abuhasira
CEO and co-founder at Percepto

Nick Spiller
Venture Principal & Austinpreneur Podcast host at Capital Factory

Marc Nathan
Senior Director of Market Development at Michael Best & Friedrich and Austin’s ‘Super-connector’ for Tech and CPG

Whether you’re fundraising from investors or capital markets, aligning your team on your vision, defining your leadership’s position or defining your brand narrative, we believe the right story can make a difference.

On the menu:

How stories can turn into market gold - winning over investors, capital markets, and LPs
Storytelling at work—Harnessing storytelling to drive success within your organization
Stories that shaped the past year—insights and inspiration for all
Premium champagne, because that's how we do business
Really REALLY good schnitzels (the crispy kind… mmm…)

A Glimpse from Our Last Event:

Gabe Marans and Maxine Rosen lead the Technology Practice Group at Savills, a global commercial real estate advisory firm. They focus exclusively on occupier strategy – applying a human-first, consultative approach to real estate. From 2 desk coworking space to optimizing global office portfolios for publicly traded companies, the team helps to align space commitments with overall business goals.

Who is this event for?

This event is for business builders and decision-makers seeking to level up:

Founders with product-market fit, looking to improve their brand story and investor pitch
Senior leaders and executives interested in elevating their storytelling chops and gain new tools for delivering business impact
Investors looking to learn and connect with talented founders and leaders who see storytelling as a tool for success

Anyone who’s interested in the business impact of storytelling is welcome.

Please note we will be confirming registrations and limiting the attendance subject to capacity constraints.

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The event is free of charge and subject to prior registration

This special, uplifting event is a wonderful opportunity to experience an hour of peace as you hear about the positive and optimistic developments happening in Israel. Space is limited – food and drinks included!

reserve YOUR schnitzel (and SEAT):

Registration is now closed!

Thanks for your interest—we’re at full capacity this time. See you at the next event!

In the meantime, check out our website for more updates and opportunities at https://leave-mark.com/nyc 🚀