Secure Funding

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

Presentation Is Everything
1. Create Pitch2. Big Idea3. Resonate4. Delivery5. Slides6. Patterns7. Practice8. Audience9. Real Job10. TED Talks
Fundraising Series Seed
1. Process2. Pitch3. Narrative4. Use of Proceeds5. Money6. Materials7. Investors8. Terms9. Convertible Notes10. The Close
Picking Winners
1. Thesis2. Capital Light3. Capital Access4. Tenacity & Integrity5. Post Investing6. Adding Value7. Governance8. Angels & VCs9. Angel How To10. Company Builders
Entrepreneur Turned Angel Investor
1. Next Best2. Freestylin’3. It's a 10k4. Investor Relations5. Entrepreneur Angels6. Honesty7. Value Add8. Diversity9. WomEntrepreneurs10. Prescient
Cracking the Y Combinator Interview
1. Ideas Change2. Application3. Red Flags4. Interview5. Preparation6. Cadence7. First Time8. Second Time9. Benefits10. Scaling PG
Business Model Canvas
1. Case2. Canvas3. Practice4. Idea to Biz5. Tech & Biz6. Stories7. Tools8. Strategy & Innovation9. Social Impact10. Future
She Works
1. Locker Room2. God's Work3. Vagipreneur4. Co-Founders5. The Unexpected6. She Works7. Pay Gap8. Advance9. Engage10. Rollerball
BoD Management
1. Purpose2. Stage3. Constituents4. Communication5. Topics6. Reporting7. Waterfall Method8. Utility9. Lessons Learned10. Best Practices
The Thiel Fellowship – Launching Your Project
1. The Fellowship2. Program3. Support4. Applicants5. Candidacy6. Vision7. Passion8. Execution9. Project10. Danielle
Zero to IPO
1. Success2. Turnaround3. Switch4. Talent5. Cuts6. Psych Profiles7. Cultivating8. Investors9. Wisdoms10. M&A

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Locker Room

Overcoming the locker room mentality


Instructor
Rachel Braun Scherl

Founder, Fundraising Heavy Hitter, Public Speaker and Market Strategist

Lessons Learned

Be prepared in the pitch room. VC is still driven largely by male perspective and behavior.

The perfect storm of marketing = huge market, working product, enormous need, no conversation.

There is no rest for the weary. An entrepreneur’s working day is 24 hours long.

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