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Successful entrepreneurship requires many things, including: resourcefulness, tenacity, creativity, innovation, and collaboration.
Our mission is to provide numerous quality events to help our entrepreneurial members achieve their objectives and realize their aspirations.
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Most of our events are free and open to all.
Upcoming events (4+)
This is an online event. Participation is 100% online.
Participants who have registered via Eventbrite will be emailed the login link right before the start of the event.
Participants can be located anywhere in the world!
This event is FREE to attend.
A "YES" RSVP on our meetup site does not confirm your reservation.
Space is limited.
In order to participate, you must register here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pitch-to-investor-gary-jinks-managing-director-south-valley-angels-tickets-124660905123
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Your ability to present your business case confidently and clearly is critical for funding, partnerships and building your team. Most people are not born natural speakers we must work on it. This forum will allow you to pitch or listen to others and hear the guidance and discussions from a Silicon Valley thought leader.
This is a great opportunity to practice you pitch, get constructive feedback and guidance.
Format:
Three minute pitch followed by five minutes of one-on-one feedback and discussion.
a) elevator pitch with no slides
or
b) pitch with slide deck
If you would like to pitch and get feedback during the webinar, email Gary at:
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Since this is a public forum do not ask for any funding or discuss your use of funds.
Agenda
Opening Comments: Guidelines and Format
Pitches
Open Q&A
About the Instructor:
Gary is the Founder and Managing Director of South Valley Angels and an executive level leader with deep expertise and extensive track record developing high yield innovation ecosystems and building up high growth exit focused start-up ventures. Gary has created, transformed and launched innovation in the Silicon Valley his entire career, from combat vehicles to lifestyle apps. Gary founded GLJ Group in 2005 and has led engineering, strategic direction and, business development for corporate clients resulting in over $300M in new business. In 2010 he shifted complete focus to the Startup community, advising over 400 Startups, working with the top incubators and investors in the Silicon Valley, launching innovation centers and developing regional ecosystems around the globe. He is a regular speaker, evangelist and lead executive advisor helping clients formulate custom strategies and implementation of the next evolution of the Startup Model, “Precision Innovation”
If you have any questions about the content and format of this webinar, contact Gary at:
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- Rob
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This is an online event. Participation is 100% online.
Participants can be located anywhere in the world!
This event is FREE to attend!
A "YES" RSVP on our meetup site does not confirm your reservation.
In order to participate, you must register here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/us-visa-options-for-intl-tech-professionals-entrepreneurs-investors-tickets-185406083587
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(The login link will be sent to Eventbrite registrants right before the event begins.)
This workshop will cover various U.S. visa options for tech professionals, entrepreneurs and investors, including employment-based visas and the best visa options for starting your own company.
We will also discuss the different challenges to getting visas to the U.S. and strategies for successfully overcoming these obstacles.
We will close with a discussion on what changes we can expect with the Biden administration.
The speaker will go over:
1) Visas for exploring business and employment opportunities in the United States
2) Visas for employment and investment, such as the E, H-1B, L-1 and O-1 and the advantages and disadvantages of each
3) An overview of the paths to permanent residence, including employment, family and investment
4) Common obstacles to obtaining a visa and how to overcome these obstacles
5) What to expect from the Biden administration and what that means for you and your visa options
and more!
Please come with your questions, concerns and scenarios.
About the Speaker:
Nadia Yakoob has over 20 years of experience in U.S. immigration law. She began her career at Fragomen, which is the world's largest immigration law firm, and spent eight years in their New York, Brussels and San Francisco offices. From there she went to work as a staff attorney for the federal courts (Ninth Circuit) in their immigration unit. After five years with the federal courts, she decided to start her own immigration practice. She works primarily with start-ups, emerging companies, and tech entrepreneurs. She graduated from Georgetown University's Law Center in 2000 where she was the Editor in Chief of the Georgetown Immigration Law Journal.
- Rob
- jenith
- Sanjana
- 3 attendees
This event is organized by TechSpeak.
Our meetup group is collaborating by promoting this event.
This event is FREE to attend!
In order to attend, please register here:
https://www.techspeakforentrepreneurs.com/outsource/?utm=ideatoipo
(Registrants will receive login info right before the start of the event.)
Yes, you can launch a tech startup without a technical co-founder!
In the early days of your startup it will be hard to attract a technical co-founder to build your app. However, by knowing how to efficiently build your MVP and thus get some traction, you can de-risk the opportunity for the potential tech co-founder and change the conversation from "I Need You" to "Here's an Opportunity".
Learn how you can make the shift from struggling to develop your MVP and feeling uncertain of what you should be doing to successfully building your MVP in the next 3-4 months -- and start getting traction for your product and attract a technical co-founder or CTO!
The speaker will discuss:
1) Why it’s so hard to find a technical co-founder or CTO
2) A strategy for attracting a a technical co-founder or CTO
3) How not get ripped off in the process
and more!
About the Speaker
Nelly Yusupova is a CTO, with over 18 years experience, leading companies to technical excellence. She is a startup tech advisor, outsourced CTO, and the creator of TechSpeak for Entrepreneurs.
Nelly is on a mission to help entrepreneurs minimize technology mistakes. Through her online master class TechSpeak for Entrepreneurs, she provides the roadmap to successfully manage technology teams and projects.
Just recently included in Fast Company’s, “League of Extraordinary Women”, Nelly has been at the forefront of the women’ s movement online since 1999 and is one of the Wall Street Journal’s “Women on the IT Fast Track”.
Nelly is a speaker and presenter for many organizations and major industries events including: Women’s Enterprise Center, New York Entrepreneurs Business Network, Small Business Summit, BlogHer, Social Media Jungle, Mom 2.0, BlogWorld, and more.
She has been featured in Inc. Magazine, NBC's Today Show, Fast Company, NewsDay.com, O’Reilly, Smart Money, Small Biz, TechRepublic, Women’s Radio and more.
Nelly can be reached at:
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- Rob
- G. Gene G.
- 2 attendees
This is an online event. Participation is 100% online.
Participants who have registered and paid via Eventbrite will be emailed the login link and info before the start of the event.
Participants can be located anywhere in the world!
This event is FREE to attend.
A "YES" RSVP on our meetup site does not confirm your reservation.
Space is limited. Please only RSVP "Yes" if you will be attending
In order to attend, please register here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-pitch-practice-how-to-pitch-to-investors-successfully-raise-money-tickets-122887079563?aff=IdeaSViLabFreeTix33Comm&afu=3951017871
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Raising money is a difficult and stressful task for startup Founders. Founders struggle to get the right combination of facts and projections to persuade investors to put in money.
This workshop is an intro to the longer pitch program. It covers to the two main parts of pitching:
1) What to say
2) How to say it
On this webinar you will learn:
1) The five step elevator pitch to get to the point in 60 seconds.
2) The standard topic for each page of the pitch deck, (for 90% of the startups)
3) How to use your customer “use case” in a story to show what your product does
4) The four key background points to set your pitch in the right direction
5) The key item two thirds of startup pitches leave out that is critical to customer adaption
6) The essential key points investors are looking for
and more!
This workshop is an intro to a four day workshop that speaker, entrepreneur and thought leader Steve Austin has presented to accelerators in San Francisco, Silicon Valley, in Asia and Europe.This content was derived from interviews with angel investors and venture capitalists in attendance at over 100 pitch to investor events where Steve’s students have pitched.
This workshop focuses on what angel investors and venture capitalists have indicated they are looking for in startup pitches.
Don’t waste more time with weak pitches.
Learn how to focus on the essential points and get the deal.
Scale your Innovation into Revenue!™
About the Speaker:
Steve Austin is a 25-year veteran of Silicon Valley and the founder of Silicon Valley iLab.He has worked with over 2,500 startups—giving him a unique insight into challenges and secrets to success when it comes to being an entrepreneur. Dozens of startups have raised funds and scaled up after attending Steve's workshops.
Steve has presented workshops in Silicon Valley, San Francisco and around the world. He has spoken at conferences at Tsinghua, Geju and SUES Universities in China and at incubators and accelerators in in Austria, Korea and Turkey.
Steve is a serial entrepreneur. He has developed and launched a dozen high-tech products for making computer chips and enterprise billing. He has been the CEO, MD, and vice president of sales and marketing for several organizations. Steve has managed global operations including personally generating hundreds of millions of dollars in B2B sales.
Steve holds a BS in Finance and Chemistry. For fun, enjoys playing the guitar and hiking.
You can reach Steve at:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/steveaustin/
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- Rob
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