Secure Funding

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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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The Unexpected

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Rachel Braun Scherl

Founder, Fundraising Heavy Hitter, Public Speaker and Market Strategist

Lessons Learned

You cannot plan a startup path. The unexpected always occurs.

Not every customer is on social media. Pay attention to where your demographic gets its news.

The difference between advertising & PR is that you cannot plan when your story hits or takes hold.

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