Congregate Accerator Program – Spring 2022
Congregate Accelerator Program is a startup accelerator focused on technology innovation to ensure the safe reopening and resiliency of tourism in the PNW after Covid-19. WTIA Partnership with Congregate Customer Development Seminar – May 11, 2022
Read MoreVolatile Market Notes – Startup Portfolio
I’ve never been good about posting a multipart tweet… When there are more comments on Twitter about layoffs and funding uncertainty than Series A (monster) rounds of funding, it’s time to pay attention. I sent this email to our portfolio companies as a three-minute read. Portfolio Company Notes – May 6, 2022 As we continue
Read MoreOpportunity Hub x Activation Capital Ideation Bootcamp and Startup Bootcamp
Ideation Master Class What Makes a Great Startup Idea? 11 Frameworks for Ideation Session Two Session Three How startups make money. Pricing, Product/Market Fit. Session Four – Go-to-Market Session Five – Final
Read MorePrepping for Your Startup’s First Board Meeting
For most of us as founders, our first formal board meeting will be for the company we founded. We don’t really bring any prior board experience or depth and training on how to “run a board meeting” with us into our startup. For some of us, we’ve done an informal dinner with your co-founder and
Read MoreLEAP Saudi Event – Building Enterprise Value
The following presentation was presented at the LEAP event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 2 February 2022. The program topic is taken from Dave’s book, Trajectory: Startup—Ideation to Product/Market Fit. Agenda: About Dave Market Valuation Drivers Company Valuation Drivers Creating, Delivering, & Capturing Value Revenue Models • The Data The 14 Revenue Models Public Comps Slides
Read MoreFlat6 Labs – Jordan Workshops
Welcome! I’m excited to get the opportunity to work with your startup and the new Flat6 Labs team in Amman Jordan from Workshop Series, 15 November to 24 November 2021. I’ll post the slides in advance as well as post the video recordings after all of the sessions. Session Two – Product Roadmap and Pricing
Read MoreRed Bull Basement – Ideation Bootcamp
Thanks to Red Bull Basement and Emily Thompson for the invitation to talk with founders at The Collective in Seattle on October 22, 2021.
Read MoreFlat6 Labs – Jordan Bootcamp Cycle 1
Welcome! I’m excited to get the opportunity to work with your startup and the new Flat6 Labs team in Amman Jordan from the 27-29 of September 2021. We’ll get to know each other a lot over the next few days. Each day I’ll post the program slides in advance as well as posting the video
Read MoreWhat Startup Founders and Investors Need to Know About Revenue Models and Exit Multiples – Seattle Angel Conference
August 10, 2021 Agenda: About Dave Market Valuation Drivers Company Valuation Drivers Creating, Delivering, & Capturing Value Revenue Models The Data The 14 Public Comps
Read MoreStartup’s Madlibs Pitch—How to do an elevator pitch that’s Memorable!
When I was running the Founder Institute in Seattle we used Adeo’s Madlibs pitch. I’ve updated it based on feedback from a few 1000 pitches and added a couple of themes. How do you make money Where do you need help Who are you? I know you know, but the audience needs to know Your
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