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Understanding Risk

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What is Risk? How do investors evaluate risk? How can you mitigate risk? Our diverse panel of experts will dive into those questions and more.

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Boards and Advisors

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Learn the difference between boards of Directors and advisors. Recruiting active and valuable boards can be critical to your success. Hear first-hand experience on how to build and manage both types of boards and how to make them work for you. Speakers: Babs Carryer, Director... Read more »

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Show Don’t Tell Workshop

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Your brand identity is interpreted and defined by your customers. Are you sending out the right message? Learn from experts Todd Smith and Adam Paulisick about successful strategies and tactics to connect with your audience and grow the value of your brand. Speakers: Todd Smith,... Read more »

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Always Be Closing

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Always Be Closing: The Sales Process Demystified What happens after you’ve made your first sale? What about your 10,000th sale? Hear how experts create long lasting sales processes that can take your startup to the next level. Speakers: Ralph Massaro, VP of Worldwide Sales, Wombat... Read more »

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Scaling Ops: Preparing your team for tomorrow’s growth

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All entities, regardless of industry, contain three key components: sales, marketing and production. What does it take to scale these components from 0-10 employees to 10-50? It's time to plan ahead. Join us on Thursday, July 27th to hear from three serial entrepreneurs with radically... Read more »

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Spreadsheets: Friend not Foe

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A spreadsheet to an entrepreneur is like... a bat to a baseball player, a stethoscope to a doctor, or a red nose to a clown. They just go together. Whether you are briefing your team, investor, or board, a well put together financial spreadsheet can... Read more »

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Product Management: What You Need to Know

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"Product management is an organizational lifecycle function within a company dealing with the planning, forecasting, and production, or marketing of a product at all stages of the product lifecycle." Sounds simple right? ... not so much. This month's Builder Series will address product management head on. We will be... Read more »

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