THE CENTER OF GRAVITY FOR ENTREPRENEURS IN TEXAS
An event every month that begins at 5:00pm on day Fourth of the month, repeating indefinitely
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Perfect your pitch in a low pressure environment for the next big opportunity that comes your way.
Learn to craft a compelling pitch for your startup in a friendly, risk-free environment. We’ll start the workshop with a presentation from pitch coach and CF Mentor Wen Zhang. After the presentation, founders who attend can practice their live pitch then receive live feedback from CF Mentors and Investors.
During the workshop, we will discuss:
- Crafting a story-centric demo day pitch (3 to 5 minutes)
- Building a slide deck to accompany your pitch
- Preparing on the day of your pitch
You’ll walk away with:
- An outline of your pitch structure
- Knowledge of how to build a unique investor pitch that gets to YES
- Winning mindset and strategy to use on pitch day
- Feedback on your pitch from CF Mentors & Investors
Wen Zhang Bio:
Wen is the Founder and CEO of INNW Institute, with a mission to empower and support founders to grow and scale their business via pitching.
Wen succeeds in both the startup and corporate world experiencing in software, hardware, and service-based business models. She has experience in launching a new business, expanding the market internationally, and scaling and managing global enterprise business. In a Fortune 500 company, she is leading a $320M yearly product portfolio while managing 400 sales teams across the North American region. She is passionate about supporting founders to grow and scale their ventures, working through their business model as well as the pitching process to connect and resonate with investors and customers via pitch deck.
Wen holds a Master’s Degree in Marketing and Advertising from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Duke University.
Capital Factory Venture Team Attendees:
- Nick Spiller, Venture Principal
- Sanika Bhave, Venture Associate
- Tanaka Tava, Venture Associate
- Dana Tran, Venture Analyst
A meet your co-founder/investor/business dev event but everyone who participates must pitch in front of the group. If you aren’t willing to pitch you can’t enter and must leave. The group gives each speaker direct feedback which is priceless. This makes networking afterward easy because everyone in the room knows exactly who everyone is and what their intentions are. This meetup is for everyone regardless of what you do or what industry you’re in! No slide decks or props allowed.
Ready to meet your cofounder, next investor, or mentor? Join Capital Factory for open coworking every Tuesday in Austin.
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Join Capital Factory Fridays after Austin Cup of Capital for open coworking in our beautiful first floor space 🤖. We’ve got the coffee, the entrepreneurs, investors, mentors. All you need are your chargers & a friend….you never know who you might meet!
🤝 Meet entrepreneurs, investors, mentors who are new to Austin or new to tech.
⚙️ Get a private tour to learn more about Capital Factory & becoming a member.
️🚀 Work for free in a beautiful, inspiring downtown location.
Welcome to the Austin Producer Alliance (APA)! Our mission is to build a strong community of creatives across metro Austin. We help connect and educate those passionate about producing music, particularly digitally. We want the platform to be space where people from different musical backgrounds can come and form genuine, lasting relationships. We host frequent meetups that cater to a variety of creative, instructional, and networking workshops and events.
This group is for people interested in Crate Digging (vinyl record shopping) and sample-based beatmaking.
We will discuss spots for digging, recent finds, trading records, and also converting that delicious vinyl into beats! (Akai Ableton, Reason, Akai MPCs, SP-404, Maschine, Logic or whatever you use)
The group is open to any and everyone that wants to hang, record shop, discuss beats, etc.
We will have a portable turntable and sampler ready for use. Bring records, if you like! Let’s have fun!
Amongst all the excitement of running a startup is a lot of hard work and stressful decisions. Founders Academy Essentials is a 3-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.
🎉 F.I.E.S.T.A. 🎉 Founders, Investors, Entrepreneurs, Startups, Techies, and Austin Newcomers aims to connect, support, and inspire early-stage startup founders and those new to Austin, TX. While all entrepreneurs (and aspiring entrepreneurs) are welcome to join, this group will focus on helping early-stage startup founders. If you are new to Austin or a local Austinite, simply looking to Network or make new friends, you are in the right place.
Wherever you are on your entrepreneurial journey, come prepared to share your elevator pitch, any wins or needs, plus be willing to help others.
We look forward to meeting you and hearing about your founder’s journey!
Policy Hacking with Farm&City is a monthly gathering designed to engage and support citizen advocacy in local communities. Farm&City is committed to building these networking opportunities and facilitating dialogue that will shift the paradigm of growth and development toward greater sustainability and equity in Texas.
Each event will feature two speakers: a public policy expert who will cover a timely topic and a visionary talk on future trends and opportunities in Texas based around Farm&City’s mission of creating & preserving high quality urban & rural human habitat in Texas in perpetuity.
We will prioritize time for networking, discussion, and debate, empower each other to participate in public processes, will consent to actively listen to diverse points of view, experiences, and ideas.
Perfect your pitch in a low pressure environment for the next big opportunity that comes your way.
Learn to craft a compelling pitch for your startup in a friendly, risk-free environment. We’ll start the workshop with a presentation from pitch coach and CF Mentor Wen Zhang. After the presentation, founders who attend can practice their live pitch then receive live feedback from CF Mentors and Investors.
During the workshop, we will discuss:
- Crafting a story-centric demo day pitch (3 to 5 minutes)
- Building a slide deck to accompany your pitch
- Preparing on the day of your pitch
You’ll walk away with:
- An outline of your pitch structure
- Knowledge of how to build a unique investor pitch that gets to YES
- Winning mindset and strategy to use on pitch day
- Feedback on your pitch from CF Mentors & Investors
Wen Zhang Bio:
Wen is the Founder and CEO of INNW Institute, with a mission to empower and support founders to grow and scale their business via pitching.
Wen succeeds in both the startup and corporate world experiencing in software, hardware, and service-based business models. She has experience in launching a new business, expanding the market internationally, and scaling and managing global enterprise business. In a Fortune 500 company, she is leading a $320M yearly product portfolio while managing 400 sales teams across the North American region. She is passionate about supporting founders to grow and scale their ventures, working through their business model as well as the pitching process to connect and resonate with investors and customers via pitch deck.
Wen holds a Master’s Degree in Marketing and Advertising from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Duke University.
Capital Factory Venture Team Attendees:
- Nick Spiller, Venture Principal
- Sanika Bhave, Venture Associate
- Tanaka Tava, Venture Associate
- Dana Tran, Venture Analyst
Catch up on Book Club DAO’s initiative to co-author and publish a book for startup teams as a community.
Join our community of entrepreneurship and writing enthusiasts for our monthly dinner and group discussion. Participate in-person at Capital Factory in Austin or stream in from anywhere in the world.
Those who join will participate in a group discussion and general update on our project facilitated by Book Club Editor-in-Chief, Nick Spiller. You can us to cover these topics and more during dinner:
Why is Book Club structured as DAO?
How has Book Club progressed since the previous dinner?
What are the next major milestones for Book Club in coming month?
We’ll start and end with ~30 min. of networking with a catered meal served at the beginning of the event.
By Appointment Only
Our doors are open! Reach out to Members@CapitalFactory.com to book your private, in-person membership tour.
