Great Teams Don’t Happen by Accident

Attracting, building and protecting the team that scales your startup

About The Session
Startups and growing businesses compete for talent against enterprise companies with full HR teams and
infrastructure. This session covers how to prepare to scale, how to attract top talent and intentional practices for
building culture.

About Trinet
TriNet (NYSE: TNET) has served small and medium-size businesses as a professional employer organization (PEO)
since 1988. Through co-employment, small teams can offer TriNet-sponsored health, dental, vision and retirement
plans while TriNet handles payroll, taxes, workers’ compensation and compliance.

Presenters:

Matty Walters -Account Executive, TriNet: Orlando-based Account Executive helping founders build their benefits, payroll and HR foundation. 2025 Winner’s Circle, second among first-year reps in his region. B.A., Geography and City Planning, UNC Chapel Hill.

Elizabeth Downey -Director of Revenue, TriNet: Sales leader who has launched multi-state and national training programs, largely in insurance, developing new hires and managers into top performers. Started her career in copier and SaaS sales. Today leads enablement strategy, frontline training and leadership coaching.

Takeaways:

• Attract: compete for talent
  How small teams can offer health and retirement plans that stand up against larger employers.
• Build: hire and lead with intention
  How intentional hiring and culture-building shape the team you want to lead.
• Protect: avoid the mistakes that cost teams the most
  The payroll, classification and compliance errors that cost startups money and their employees’ trust.

Our goal is to help establish a strong foundation for team alignment