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July 10-11, 2017
A two-day educational experience for founders who have launched their product but haven't raised a Series A.
*Available to 25 founders selected based on merit. The upcoming July 10-11 class is for women founders only*
Founder University will kick off with each founder getting 2 minutes to pitch their startup to the panel, then receiving feedback for making it better.
Learn what it really takes to scale your company, and what techniques work best for sales and growth.
Avoid common pitfalls of the fundraising process. Learn how to deal with setbacks and how to move forward through tough times. Be knowledgeable about how a down round or a messy cap table could impact you, and what to do about it to be prepared.
How to build a strong, ethical company culture and amazing team. Learn how to build the foundation for mission, values and leadership.
Before spending time, energy and money on fundraising, make sure you are in a strong spot to do so. What assumptions are you making about your business, and how will you get there? Walk through the real metrics of companies that have raised their Series A, as well as some examples of companies who failed to do so.
This discussion covers the most important elements of a Series A term sheet to prepare founders for the negotiation phase.
We’ll start with laying out the basics around M&A. For many founders - even seasoned, serial founders - M&A is a black box process. We’ll uncover what you need to know about M&A. Then, move into a Panel discussion around M&A and what founders should expect along the journey.
Founder University will kick off with each founder getting 2 minutes to pitch their startup to the panel, then receiving feedback for making it better.
Review some near perfect pitch decks. What makes the deck and story so compelling? Learn in this session how to perfect your story and put together the best deck possible to gain interest.
How do you go from an angel or seed round (or maybe even bootstrapping) to a Series A? Learn about where your business needs to be before considering a Series A, and the metrics needed to pull it off.
