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An event every day that begins at 12:00am, repeating until September 26, 2019
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Started in 2011, Austin Startup Week is five days of events celebrating Austin startups, the organizations and meetups that support them and all the awesome people that make them happen!
Each year, organizations and startups open their doors, put on events and roll out the red carpet for both locals and visitors who are interested in learning more about the startup scene in Austin.
The 2018 lineup, running from October 1-5, was packed full of over 125 events consisting of morning coffees, educational panels, regular meetups, happy hours, workshops, and a “startup crawl” where companies serve up culture and tours. All of the 125+ events organized in 2018 were free and open to the public–no badges required–drawing in 7,500 attendees and visitors from around the country (and beyond!).
Started in 2011, Austin Startup Week is five days of events celebrating Austin startups, the organizations and meetups that support them and all the awesome people that make them happen!
Each year, organizations and startups open their doors, put on events and roll out the red carpet for both locals and visitors who are interested in learning more about the startup scene in Austin.
The 2018 lineup, running from October 1-5, was packed full of over 125 events consisting of morning coffees, educational panels, regular meetups, happy hours, workshops, and a “startup crawl” where companies serve up culture and tours. All of the 125+ events organized in 2018 were free and open to the public–no badges required–drawing in 7,500 attendees and visitors from around the country (and beyond!).
Started in 2011, Austin Startup Week is five days of events celebrating Austin startups, the organizations and meetups that support them and all the awesome people that make them happen!
Each year, organizations and startups open their doors, put on events and roll out the red carpet for both locals and visitors who are interested in learning more about the startup scene in Austin.
The 2018 lineup, running from October 1-5, was packed full of over 125 events consisting of morning coffees, educational panels, regular meetups, happy hours, workshops, and a “startup crawl” where companies serve up culture and tours. All of the 125+ events organized in 2018 were free and open to the public–no badges required–drawing in 7,500 attendees and visitors from around the country (and beyond!).
Started in 2011, Austin Startup Week is five days of events celebrating Austin startups, the organizations and meetups that support them and all the awesome people that make them happen!
Each year, organizations and startups open their doors, put on events and roll out the red carpet for both locals and visitors who are interested in learning more about the startup scene in Austin.
The 2018 lineup, running from October 1-5, was packed full of over 125 events consisting of morning coffees, educational panels, regular meetups, happy hours, workshops, and a “startup crawl” where companies serve up culture and tours. All of the 125+ events organized in 2018 were free and open to the public–no badges required–drawing in 7,500 attendees and visitors from around the country (and beyond!).
Started in 2011, Austin Startup Week is five days of events celebrating Austin startups, the organizations and meetups that support them and all the awesome people that make them happen!
Each year, organizations and startups open their doors, put on events and roll out the red carpet for both locals and visitors who are interested in learning more about the startup scene in Austin.
The 2018 lineup, running from October 1-5, was packed full of over 125 events consisting of morning coffees, educational panels, regular meetups, happy hours, workshops, and a “startup crawl” where companies serve up culture and tours. All of the 125+ events organized in 2018 were free and open to the public–no badges required–drawing in 7,500 attendees and visitors from around the country (and beyond!).
Join us in welcoming Wildcat Venture Partners on October 8, 2019 for a Lunch & Learn infosession. Wildcat Venture Partners is a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm that invests in early stage technology companies. Wildcat invests in B2B and B2B2C startups leveraging key technologies such as Machine Learning/AI, IoT, and Cloud & Mobility in the following markets: Digital Health, EdTech, Enterprise SaaS and FinTech.
Industry statistics show that more than 80% of all startups fail. The reason? While most startup teams have strong product engineering skills, many lack the “market engineering” skills required to successfully take their products to market and subsequently scale.
This event will feature a presentation by Bruce Cleveland, founding partner of Wildcat Venture Partners and author of the book Traversing the Traction Gap (2019). The book lays out a detailed step-by-step process that startup teams can use to go from ideation to preparing for scale— a modern-day early stage playbook that addresses the causes of high startup failure rates and provides strategies and tactics that can minimize them.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Bruce Cleveland focuses on investments in early-stage AI marketing, EdTech, SaaS, and IoT startups. Bruce enjoys the challenge of creating new companies and navigating new markets. He is committed to sharing his knowledge and experience through the Traction Gap Framework, which helps entrepreneurs navigate the critical go-to-market period.
Starting a startup is easy. Building a great company is not. Amongst all the excitement of running a startup is a lot of hard work and stressful decisions. Founders Academy Essentials is a 4-day lunch-n-learn curriculum designed specifically for driven entrepreneurs that are passionate about their business potential!
Whether you’re working on your MVP and preparing for launch or already generating revenue, you will be exposed to fundamental insights and tools to help dramatically increase your odds of success.
WHAT TO EXPECT
Program Dates – Austin, Dallas & Houston, TX: October 14-17
Livestream to Dallas — Available at Capital Factory + The DEC
Livestream to Houston — Available at The Cannon
11:15AM (arrive early – bring your own lunch); 11:30AM – 1:30PM (lectures).
Day 1:
Developing Your Idea
Elevator Pitch Secrets
Sizing your Market
Customer Acquisition Strategies
Day 2:
Marketing & Pricing Basics
Optimizing CAC, Churn & LTV
Demystifying Cap Tables
Controlling Legal Costs
Day 3:
Business Development Secrets & Strategic Partnerships
Setting the Stage for a Future Acquisition Exit
Running a Clean Business
Day 4:
How Much Should You Raise & When?
Seed Funding Vehicles and Terms
Finding & Pitching Investors
Negotiating Valuation
Fundraising Issues, Hints & Tips
Please plan to attend at least 3 sessions when registering.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Gordon Daugherty is a seasoned business executive, entrepreneur, startup advisor, and investor. He spent the first ten years of his career in brand-name companies such as IBM and Compaq and then progressively gravitated towards early-stage and high-growth companies. Gordon spent eight years in the videoconferencing industry, including four years as president of an Israeli-based company that grew from $5 million to $36 million in a short few years and went public on the Euronext Stock Market.
Gordon oversaw most company functions while serving in executive capacities, but his primary focus was on strategy, marketing, sales, business development, and M&A. He was a senior executive for Austin-based NetQoS, which grew rapidly to more than $55 million in revenue before being acquired by CA Technologies for $200 million, and he was a founding advisor for digital advertising pioneer MediaMind, which reached $65 million in revenue and a NASDAQ IPO in 2010.
He has vast experience with early-stage fundraising from both sides of the table. As a venture fund manager and angel investor, he has made more than 200 investments. He has also helped raise more than $80 million in growth and venture capital as a company executive, fund manager, board director, and active advisor.
Through his content creation practice, Shockwave Innovations, and as co-founder and president of Austin’s Capital Factory, Gordon now spends 100 percent of his time educating, advising, and investing in tech startups. He serves on the board of directors for several Austin-based technology companies and is a managing director at SoftMatch, a corporate innovation advisory firm.
Over the years, Gordon has given personal advice to several hundred entrepreneurs, and more than 1,000 startup founders have completed his Founders Academy boot camp. He has published more than 150 startup advice articles and is the producer of a video library with 50 streaming titles of educational content for startup founders.
WHAT ARE STARTUP FOUNDER’S SAYING ABOUT FOUNDERS ACADEMY?
“Founders Academy is a must! Gordon unlocked new value in concepts I thought I was already familiar with.”
“I’d recommend Founders Academy to other startup founders because of critical early alarms about easy to overlook things.”
“I wish we had done this a year ago.”
“I could not have been more pleased with how clearly Gordon explained things.”
“The way you convey the material is great and the examples you give makes things clear.”
“Fantastic. The camp really provides a complete view of the components necessary to build your business. The additional personal stories you interjected really validate your message.”
“I didn’t know anything about starting a company before joining Capitol Factory, and this workshop has probably taught me the most.”
“If you are thinking about becoming a founder this is an up close and personal intro from the trenches. If you’ve been around the block a few times, you’ll still learn something. A founder can’t hear this stuff enough.”
“I wish I could have done this years ago because my first venture with VC’s did not go well. You don’t know what you don’t know and the startup landscape is hard to navigate.”
Starting a startup is easy. Building a great company is not. Amongst all the excitement of running a startup is a lot of hard work and stressful decisions. Founders Academy Essentials is a 4-day lunch-n-learn curriculum designed specifically for driven entrepreneurs that are passionate about their business potential!
Whether you’re working on your MVP and preparing for launch or already generating revenue, you will be exposed to fundamental insights and tools to help dramatically increase your odds of success.
WHAT TO EXPECT
Program Dates – Austin, Dallas & Houston, TX: October 14-17
Livestream to Dallas — Available at Capital Factory + The DEC
Livestream to Houston — Available at The Cannon
11:15AM (arrive early – bring your own lunch); 11:30AM – 1:30PM (lectures).
Day 1:
Developing Your Idea
Elevator Pitch Secrets
Sizing your Market
Customer Acquisition Strategies
Day 2:
Marketing & Pricing Basics
Optimizing CAC, Churn & LTV
Demystifying Cap Tables
Controlling Legal Costs
Day 3:
Business Development Secrets & Strategic Partnerships
Setting the Stage for a Future Acquisition Exit
Running a Clean Business
Day 4:
How Much Should You Raise & When?
Seed Funding Vehicles and Terms
Finding & Pitching Investors
Negotiating Valuation
Fundraising Issues, Hints & Tips
Please plan to attend at least 3 sessions when registering.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Gordon Daugherty is a seasoned business executive, entrepreneur, startup advisor, and investor. He spent the first ten years of his career in brand-name companies such as IBM and Compaq and then progressively gravitated towards early-stage and high-growth companies. Gordon spent eight years in the videoconferencing industry, including four years as president of an Israeli-based company that grew from $5 million to $36 million in a short few years and went public on the Euronext Stock Market.
Gordon oversaw most company functions while serving in executive capacities, but his primary focus was on strategy, marketing, sales, business development, and M&A. He was a senior executive for Austin-based NetQoS, which grew rapidly to more than $55 million in revenue before being acquired by CA Technologies for $200 million, and he was a founding advisor for digital advertising pioneer MediaMind, which reached $65 million in revenue and a NASDAQ IPO in 2010.
He has vast experience with early-stage fundraising from both sides of the table. As a venture fund manager and angel investor, he has made more than 200 investments. He has also helped raise more than $80 million in growth and venture capital as a company executive, fund manager, board director, and active advisor.
Through his content creation practice, Shockwave Innovations, and as co-founder and president of Austin’s Capital Factory, Gordon now spends 100 percent of his time educating, advising, and investing in tech startups. He serves on the board of directors for several Austin-based technology companies and is a managing director at SoftMatch, a corporate innovation advisory firm.
Over the years, Gordon has given personal advice to several hundred entrepreneurs, and more than 1,000 startup founders have completed his Founders Academy boot camp. He has published more than 150 startup advice articles and is the producer of a video library with 50 streaming titles of educational content for startup founders.
WHAT ARE STARTUP FOUNDER’S SAYING ABOUT FOUNDERS ACADEMY?
“Founders Academy is a must! Gordon unlocked new value in concepts I thought I was already familiar with.”
“I’d recommend Founders Academy to other startup founders because of critical early alarms about easy to overlook things.”
“I wish we had done this a year ago.”
“I could not have been more pleased with how clearly Gordon explained things.”
“The way you convey the material is great and the examples you give makes things clear.”
“Fantastic. The camp really provides a complete view of the components necessary to build your business. The additional personal stories you interjected really validate your message.”
“I didn’t know anything about starting a company before joining Capitol Factory, and this workshop has probably taught me the most.”
“If you are thinking about becoming a founder this is an up close and personal intro from the trenches. If you’ve been around the block a few times, you’ll still learn something. A founder can’t hear this stuff enough.”
“I wish I could have done this years ago because my first venture with VC’s did not go well. You don’t know what you don’t know and the startup landscape is hard to navigate.”
Starting a startup is easy. Building a great company is not. Amongst all the excitement of running a startup is a lot of hard work and stressful decisions. Founders Academy Essentials is a 4-day lunch-n-learn curriculum designed specifically for driven entrepreneurs that are passionate about their business potential!
Whether you’re working on your MVP and preparing for launch or already generating revenue, you will be exposed to fundamental insights and tools to help dramatically increase your odds of success.
WHAT TO EXPECT
Program Dates – Austin, Dallas & Houston, TX: October 14-17
Livestream to Dallas — Available at Capital Factory + The DEC
Livestream to Houston — Available at The Cannon
11:15AM (arrive early – bring your own lunch); 11:30AM – 1:30PM (lectures).
Day 1:
Developing Your Idea
Elevator Pitch Secrets
Sizing your Market
Customer Acquisition Strategies
Day 2:
Marketing & Pricing Basics
Optimizing CAC, Churn & LTV
Demystifying Cap Tables
Controlling Legal Costs
Day 3:
Business Development Secrets & Strategic Partnerships
Setting the Stage for a Future Acquisition Exit
Running a Clean Business
Day 4:
How Much Should You Raise & When?
Seed Funding Vehicles and Terms
Finding & Pitching Investors
Negotiating Valuation
Fundraising Issues, Hints & Tips
Please plan to attend at least 3 sessions when registering.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Gordon Daugherty is a seasoned business executive, entrepreneur, startup advisor, and investor. He spent the first ten years of his career in brand-name companies such as IBM and Compaq and then progressively gravitated towards early-stage and high-growth companies. Gordon spent eight years in the videoconferencing industry, including four years as president of an Israeli-based company that grew from $5 million to $36 million in a short few years and went public on the Euronext Stock Market.
Gordon oversaw most company functions while serving in executive capacities, but his primary focus was on strategy, marketing, sales, business development, and M&A. He was a senior executive for Austin-based NetQoS, which grew rapidly to more than $55 million in revenue before being acquired by CA Technologies for $200 million, and he was a founding advisor for digital advertising pioneer MediaMind, which reached $65 million in revenue and a NASDAQ IPO in 2010.
He has vast experience with early-stage fundraising from both sides of the table. As a venture fund manager and angel investor, he has made more than 200 investments. He has also helped raise more than $80 million in growth and venture capital as a company executive, fund manager, board director, and active advisor.
Through his content creation practice, Shockwave Innovations, and as co-founder and president of Austin’s Capital Factory, Gordon now spends 100 percent of his time educating, advising, and investing in tech startups. He serves on the board of directors for several Austin-based technology companies and is a managing director at SoftMatch, a corporate innovation advisory firm.
Over the years, Gordon has given personal advice to several hundred entrepreneurs, and more than 1,000 startup founders have completed his Founders Academy boot camp. He has published more than 150 startup advice articles and is the producer of a video library with 50 streaming titles of educational content for startup founders.
WHAT ARE STARTUP FOUNDER’S SAYING ABOUT FOUNDERS ACADEMY?
“Founders Academy is a must! Gordon unlocked new value in concepts I thought I was already familiar with.”
“I’d recommend Founders Academy to other startup founders because of critical early alarms about easy to overlook things.”
“I wish we had done this a year ago.”
“I could not have been more pleased with how clearly Gordon explained things.”
“The way you convey the material is great and the examples you give makes things clear.”
“Fantastic. The camp really provides a complete view of the components necessary to build your business. The additional personal stories you interjected really validate your message.”
“I didn’t know anything about starting a company before joining Capitol Factory, and this workshop has probably taught me the most.”
“If you are thinking about becoming a founder this is an up close and personal intro from the trenches. If you’ve been around the block a few times, you’ll still learn something. A founder can’t hear this stuff enough.”
“I wish I could have done this years ago because my first venture with VC’s did not go well. You don’t know what you don’t know and the startup landscape is hard to navigate.”
Starting a startup is easy. Building a great company is not. Amongst all the excitement of running a startup is a lot of hard work and stressful decisions. Founders Academy Essentials is a 4-day lunch-n-learn curriculum designed specifically for driven entrepreneurs that are passionate about their business potential!
Whether you’re working on your MVP and preparing for launch or already generating revenue, you will be exposed to fundamental insights and tools to help dramatically increase your odds of success.
WHAT TO EXPECT
Program Dates – Austin, Dallas & Houston, TX: October 14-17
Livestream to Dallas — Available at Capital Factory + The DEC
Livestream to Houston — Available at The Cannon
11:15AM (arrive early – bring your own lunch); 11:30AM – 1:30PM (lectures).
Day 1:
Developing Your Idea
Elevator Pitch Secrets
Sizing your Market
Customer Acquisition Strategies
Day 2:
Marketing & Pricing Basics
Optimizing CAC, Churn & LTV
Demystifying Cap Tables
Controlling Legal Costs
Day 3:
Business Development Secrets & Strategic Partnerships
Setting the Stage for a Future Acquisition Exit
Running a Clean Business
Day 4:
How Much Should You Raise & When?
Seed Funding Vehicles and Terms
Finding & Pitching Investors
Negotiating Valuation
Fundraising Issues, Hints & Tips
Please plan to attend at least 3 sessions when registering.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Gordon Daugherty is a seasoned business executive, entrepreneur, startup advisor, and investor. He spent the first ten years of his career in brand-name companies such as IBM and Compaq and then progressively gravitated towards early-stage and high-growth companies. Gordon spent eight years in the videoconferencing industry, including four years as president of an Israeli-based company that grew from $5 million to $36 million in a short few years and went public on the Euronext Stock Market.
Gordon oversaw most company functions while serving in executive capacities, but his primary focus was on strategy, marketing, sales, business development, and M&A. He was a senior executive for Austin-based NetQoS, which grew rapidly to more than $55 million in revenue before being acquired by CA Technologies for $200 million, and he was a founding advisor for digital advertising pioneer MediaMind, which reached $65 million in revenue and a NASDAQ IPO in 2010.
He has vast experience with early-stage fundraising from both sides of the table. As a venture fund manager and angel investor, he has made more than 200 investments. He has also helped raise more than $80 million in growth and venture capital as a company executive, fund manager, board director, and active advisor.
Through his content creation practice, Shockwave Innovations, and as co-founder and president of Austin’s Capital Factory, Gordon now spends 100 percent of his time educating, advising, and investing in tech startups. He serves on the board of directors for several Austin-based technology companies and is a managing director at SoftMatch, a corporate innovation advisory firm.
Over the years, Gordon has given personal advice to several hundred entrepreneurs, and more than 1,000 startup founders have completed his Founders Academy boot camp. He has published more than 150 startup advice articles and is the producer of a video library with 50 streaming titles of educational content for startup founders.
WHAT ARE STARTUP FOUNDER’S SAYING ABOUT FOUNDERS ACADEMY?
“Founders Academy is a must! Gordon unlocked new value in concepts I thought I was already familiar with.”
“I’d recommend Founders Academy to other startup founders because of critical early alarms about easy to overlook things.”
“I wish we had done this a year ago.”
“I could not have been more pleased with how clearly Gordon explained things.”
“The way you convey the material is great and the examples you give makes things clear.”
“Fantastic. The camp really provides a complete view of the components necessary to build your business. The additional personal stories you interjected really validate your message.”
“I didn’t know anything about starting a company before joining Capitol Factory, and this workshop has probably taught me the most.”
“If you are thinking about becoming a founder this is an up close and personal intro from the trenches. If you’ve been around the block a few times, you’ll still learn something. A founder can’t hear this stuff enough.”
“I wish I could have done this years ago because my first venture with VC’s did not go well. You don’t know what you don’t know and the startup landscape is hard to navigate.”
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