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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How to get acquired

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George Northup

CEO, Startup Whisperer, Lacrosse Coach

Lessons Learned

The best way to get acquired is to build a company you are really passionate about.

It is more difficult to go public today than 20 years ago. A more likely route is to get acquired.

Focus on the right stuff and deliver on it correctly. Do not be swept up in the cult of busy.

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