The founders of 01A share their playbook at Disrupt 2025

At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, we’re bringing to the Builders Stage three individuals who helped form the fashionable web. On October 28, Adam Bain, Dick Costolo, and David Fischer — now at 01 Advisors — will sit down for an unique fireplace chat on what it takes to construct, scale, and fund startups in right now’s ever-shifting panorama.

Earlier than they have been backing breakout corporations like Tipalti and SpotOn, they have been the operators behind a few of tech’s most iconic corporations.

David Fischer — Former CRO at Meta, Fischer scaled annual income from lower than $1 billion to over $100 billion, connecting 200 million companies with prospects worldwide. Earlier, he constructed Google’s early gross sales engine.

Adam Bain — Former COO of Twitter, Bain constructed its gross sales, product, and advert operations from scratch, rising income from tens of millions to billions in 5 years.

Dick Costolo — Former CEO of Twitter, Costolo scaled headcount 400% and boosted annual income from $28 million to $2.25 billion. Earlier, he based Feedburner (acquired by Google).

Inside the fireplace: Scaling, funding, and what’s subsequent

This dialog isn’t nearly what they’ve finished — it’s about the place they consider tech is headed subsequent. Count on insights on discovering product-market match, scaling with intention, fundraising in right now’s market, and what they search for when backing founders by way of 01A.

In the event you’re constructing an organization — or betting on one — that is your blueprint for doing it with endurance. Be part of 10,000+ startup, tech, and VC leaders October 27–29 at Moscone West in San Francisco for Disrupt’s twentieth anniversary. Register right now and save as much as $668 earlier than charges enhance on September 27.