Goodwin Takes the Founder-Investor Conversation to Golden Gate Park
The legal relationship usually enters the startup story when the stakes have already become visible. A financing is moving. A company is forming. A commercial agreement has consequences nobody wants to discover after the signature. Goodwin is moving that conversation onto the tennis court before the next transaction takes over the room.
Goodwin technology partners Andrew Sparks and Brian McPeake are hosting a casual Friday morning at Golden Gate Park for founders, investors, operators, and members of the innovation community. The format combines friendly tennis with the kind of unstructured conversation that can reveal where a company is heading before anyone needs to turn the question into formal work.
Goodwin works across the company lifecycle and the industries where technology is colliding with financial services, real estate, life sciences, healthcare, digital assets, climate, and other regulated markets. That breadth matters because the founder's next legal question is often created by a product decision, market entry, investor relationship, or partnership that did not look legal when it began.
Tennis keeps the morning informal. The value may arrive later, when a conversation from the court helps somebody recognize the shape of a decision before it becomes the problem waiting across the net.
Event details
- Date: Friday, October 9, 2026
- Time: 09:00-11:00 PT
- Location: Golden Gate Park, San Francisco Bay Area, CA
- Format: Networking
- Host: Goodwin
- Registration: Official SF Tech Week event page
Registration status, capacity, meeting details, and program information can change. Use the official event page for the latest organizer updates.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is hosting SF Tech Week Tennis with Goodwin?
Goodwin technology partners Andrew Sparks and Brian McPeake are the named hosts.
Where is the event?
The official Tech Week listing places the event in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.
Who should attend?
The organizer invites founders, investors, operators, and members of the innovation community.
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