Description
Join this free webinar to learn about key factors that make startups successful:
- Understand the key drivers of success and failure for most startups.
- Identify Investors’ Nine Vital Signs of Startup success.
- Define a clear path to better startup outcomes for founders, investors, ecosystem builders.
In this workshop, we review and discuss the Nine Vital Signs we consider when evaluating startups and early stage companies. We explain what startups can do to set themselves on a better path towards viability and market readiness. We involve the audience by inviting them to answer an online survey about their companies’ market readiness. We then begin to identify perception gaps between founders’ views and reality. Lastly, we provide participants with a customer discovery toolset allowing founders to begin to better understand their actual product-market fit.
GABA is pleased to offer its members and friends this webinar free of charge.
We thank Silicon Valley in Your Pocket (SVIYP) for their great partnership and support.
Speakers
Jeff Wallace is a long-time Bay Area resident who works with global startup ecosystems, including governments, corporations & startup accelerators/entrepreneurs, to help catalyze startup environments & create a bridge to Silicon Valley. For many years, he has dedicated himself to serving the needs of companies, both locally and abroad, in their understanding of how to best deploy emerging technologies and create an environment for innovation and disruption. Jeff is an Adjunct Instructor at UC Berkeley and is co- founder of Silicon Valley in Your Pocket, a global virtual startup accelerator, serving 100s of companies across 30+ countries. He is co-founder & former President of Batchery, an incubator for seed stage startups. Jeff serves as President of Global Kinetics, a Bay Area based corporate advisor & market development partner to early-to-mid stage clients seeking to establish or expand operations within the U.S. He is an active angel investor with equity positions in 190+ companies and an active advisor & investor at Berkeley SkyDeck. He is an Executive Board Member for the Rutgers Business School Road to Silicon Valley Program (RSVP). Previously, he worked at Cognizant & Brillio as founder & Global Head for Mobility & UX practices. He is a frequent keynote speaker at global tech conferences & startup events. He has degrees in Economics/Finance from Rutgers College & a Masters of Business Administration in Strategy, Entrepreneurship & Technology from UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business.
Kal Deutsch is a partner at two Bay Area startup accelerators - Silicon Valley in Your Pocket, a global, virtual program, and Batchery, a Berkeley-based startup accelerator. He served as Batchery CEO and Managing Partner during the launch and scaling of the company. Kal is an international keynote speaker and startup coach, and has worked with entrepreneurs at global incubators and accelerators across Europe, Asia and Latin America. He has also served on the screening, diligence and pitch event committees for the Berkeley Angel Network, an angel investment group for UC Berkeley alumni. With a background in finance, strategy and product management, Kal has held a number of executive positions at companies ranging from Fortune 100 companies to early stage startup companies, including Visa, Wells Fargo, and Price Waterhouse. Kal holds an MBA from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business and a bachelor’s degree in Management Science from UC San Diego.
SILICON VALLEY IN YOUR POCKET (SVIYP)
SVIYP helps high-potential founders build their startups, achieve traction and become investor-ready. Their virtual accelerator and proprietary investor readiness evaluation framework empower the global community and connect them to a network of 300+ angel investors, VC’s, and strategic partners.
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