Secure Funding

Demystify the startup funding process with real world lessons learned from seasoned founders and startup veterans.

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Presentation Is Everything

1. Create Pitch 2. Big Idea 3. Resonate 4. Delivery 5. Slides 6. Patterns 7. Practice 8. Audience 9. Real Job 10. TED Talks

Fundraising Series Seed

1. Process 2. Pitch 3. Narrative 4. Use of Proceeds 5. Money 6. Materials 7. Investors 8. Terms 9. Convertible Notes 10. The Close

Picking Winners

1. Thesis 2. Capital Light 3. Capital Access 4. Tenacity & Integrity 5. Post Investing 6. Adding Value 7. Governance 8. Angels & VCs 9. Angel How To 10. Company Builders

Entrepreneur Turned Angel Investor

1. Next Best 2. Freestylin’3. It's a 10k 4. Investor Relations 5. Entrepreneur Angels 6. Honesty 7. Value Add 8. Diversity 9. WomEntrepreneurs 10. Prescient

Cracking the Y Combinator Interview

1. Ideas Change 2. Application 3. Red Flags 4. Interview 5. Preparation 6. Cadence 7. First Time 8. Second Time 9. Benefits 10. Scaling PG

Business Model Canvas

1. Case 2. Canvas 3. Practice 4. Idea to Biz 5. Tech & Biz 6. Stories 7. Tools 8. Strategy & Innovation 9. Social Impact 10. Future

She Works

1. Locker Room 2. God's Work 3. Vagipreneur 4. Co-Founders 5. The Unexpected 6. She Works 7. Pay Gap 8. Advance 9. Engage 10. Rollerball

BoD Management

1. Purpose 2. Stage 3. Constituents 4. Communication 5. Topics 6. Reporting 7. Waterfall Method 8. Utility 9. Lessons Learned 10. Best Practices

The Thiel Fellowship – Launching Your Project

1. The Fellowship 2. Program 3. Support 4. Applicants 5. Candidacy 6. Vision 7. Passion 8. Execution 9. Project 10. Danielle

Zero to IPO

1. Success 2. Turnaround 3. Switch 4. Talent 5. Cuts 6. Psych Profiles 7. Cultivating 8. Investors 9. Wisdoms 10. M&A

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When to pivot

Instructor

George Northup

CEO, Startup Whisperer, Lacrosse Coach

Lessons Learned

We tend to over-pivot in Silicon Valley. Sometimes it is easier to switch than stick with it.

Try to stay within the theme or the problem you are trying to solve. Make pivots within your theme.

It is okay to adjust how you are solving or addressing your needs.

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