Jon McNeill brings the operator’s playbook to TC All Stage

Founders are sometimes instructed to chase product-market match earlier than the rest, however what if scaling too quickly, too quick, is what’s actually holding them again?

At TechCrunch All Stage 2025 on July 15 in Boston, Jon McNeill, CEO and co-founder of DVx Ventures (and former president of Tesla and COO of Lyft), will take the Scale Stage to flip the script on standard startup development recommendation.

His session, “The Operator’s Playbook for Constructing and Scaling Sustainable Firms,” explores why the following technology of putting up with corporations might be constructed otherwise — by operators who validate each product and go-to-market technique earlier than lighting the expansion fuse.

With a profession that spans founding six corporations, scaling Tesla from $2B to $20B in income, and serving to take Lyft public, McNeill is aware of the distinction between momentum and sustainable development. At DVx, he and his workforce have already launched 12 corporations with a give attention to profitability, affect, and long-term worth, not simply velocity.

On this session, McNeill will share tactical insights from constructing and backing corporations in electrification, transportation, and AI. Attendees can anticipate hard-won classes round capital effectivity, working self-discipline, and tips on how to break the standard VC mould by constructing companies that final.

When you’re a founder navigating hypergrowth or an investor in search of new fashions that prioritize long-term affect, this session delivers a grounded, operator-first roadmap.

It’s not nearly constructing huge — it’s about constructing proper

On July 15, TechCrunch All Stage takes over Boston’s SoWa Energy Station. It’s the founder summit constructed for scaling, full of tactical takeaways, actual conversations, and connections with traders and builders at each stage. Seize your cross now earlier than costs rise on the door.