Events matching tag "venture capital"
Friday, March 7
I will talk about the steps startups can take to raise venture capital quickly and successfully. Our startup, Speek, raised $2.8m in less than 2 months - and outside Silicon Valley. I have 8 steps that are crucial to rai…
Intermediate
Presenters
Konrad Waliszewski
Saturday, March 8
The myth that there are no successful tech companies run by people of color is just that, a myth. Meet three successful tech-enabled companies that have raised over $4 Million dollars in angel and seed funding, won prais…
Intermediate
Presenters
Darlene Gillard Jones, Heather Hiles, Nichelle McCall, Nicole Sanchez
Companies that are led by women or have diverse teams are shown to outperform those without women on the team, and yet private investments in these companies is far below what would be expected. Investors maintain that …
Intermediate
Presenters
Adam Quinton, Joshua Henderson, Lauren Flanagan, Trish Costello
Everywhere we turn, bigger companies are buying scrappy startups. While they don’t all launch with a clearly defined exit strategy, founders often think about it and want it to happen sooner rather than later. Detroit-ba…
Intermediate
Presenters
Gabe Karp, Matt Wise
High hopes are building for Bitcoins, and those are only buoyed by the endless speculations by the entrepreneurs, investors, regulators and others about its potential. From 2009 to 2013 the market cap of Bitcoin went fro…
Intermediate
Presenters
Constance Choi, Jeremy Liew, Tony Gallippi
Several top Internet and technology seed investors come together for the first time on one stage to tell their stories and answer your questions about best and worst practices in raising venture capital for start-up comp…
Beginner
Presenters
Aileen Lee, David Tisch, Kevin Colleran, Matt Mazzeo
The wealth gap in America has widened. Exposure, education and investment in high tech and high growth companies founded by minorities, people of color and women provide definitive solutions to decreasing and mitigating …
Intermediate
Presenters
Faruq Hunter, Jervis Hough, Michael Grayson, Suzanne Malone
The wealth gap between blacks and whites in America has risen to record highs. The median wealth of white households is 20 times that of black households and 18 times that of Hispanic households, according to a Pew Resea…
Intermediate
Presenters
Deirdra Burgess, Judy Robinett, Natalia Oberti Noguera, Rodney Sampson
Internet pioneer, billionaire, angel investor, NBA team owner assesses the current state of technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship in a no BS session with Silicon Valley veteran Guy Kawasaki. The fun and in-depth c…
Intermediate
Presenters
Guy Kawasaki, Mark Cuban
Sunday, March 9
Oh, the irony - a stagnant and decades-old financing model has long controlled the cutting edge of innovation and tech. Welcome to venture capital, an industry where the median venture investment loses money on funded st…
Beginner
Presenters
Alex Mittal
Just like your mother told you, venture capital doesn’t grow on trees. But, at the same time, it’s not impossible to find either. You just have to look for it in the right places and with the right tools and goals. Look…
Intermediate
Presenters
Chris Golec, Stacey Bishop
Monday, March 10
Over the past few years, Venture Capitalists have become micro-celebrities, with public profiles that often exponentially eclipse the entrepreneurs they back. Many struggling entrepreneurs religiously read certain VCs bl…
Intermediate
Presenters
Geoff Lewis
Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new media professional. Please visit this URL t…
Beginner
Presenters
Shari Foldes
Silicon Valley likes to think of itself as a meritocracy, where anyone can show up with a suitcase and a great idea and get funded. But that's not really how it works. Most venture cash flows to entrepreneurs with a prov…
Intermediate
Presenters
Sarah McBride
Tuesday, March 11
In recent years, a huge amount of money has flowed into projects focused on digital health, fueled by the knowledge that the needs of patients and physicians have historically been poorly served by online tools and syste…
Intermediate
Presenters
Jane Sarasohn-Kahn , Marc Monseau, Marco Smit , Robert Stern
Mentor Sessions enable less-established new media professionals to gain seven minutes of direct one-on-one career-related council from a more established / more experienced new media professional. Please visit this URL t…
Beginner
Presenters
Tom Lasorda
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