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Elena Leonova
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Founder-CEO Trusts Gut Over Your Data: The Translation Move

60 min
Oct 20, 2026 1:00 PM

What you'll learn

iagnose three founder-CEO archetypes

Identify which founder pattern you're working with - and which translation move actually lands for each one.

Apply the translation move to your actual scenario

Walk through your specific founder relationship using the same diagnostic that works in the room - not the framework.

Build a 90-day influence routine, not a one-shot pitch

Influence with a founder-CEO is a routine, not a presentation. Map the cadence and the small wins that compound.

Why this topic matters

Product leaders at founder-led companies live in a structural tension nobody warned them about: your job isn't to beat the founder, it's to make founder intuition and product data speak the same language. The product leaders who win in founder-led companies aren't the ones with the cleanest data - they're the ones who learned to translate. This session is the move that survives the room.

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Elena Leonova

Elena Leonova

Founder & CPO, OneRank.io, ex-CPO @ Spryker, VP of Product @ BigCommerce

Spryker Systems
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