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CAPITAL, CUSTOMERS, COMMUNITY SCHOOL.HOUSE Exists to accomplish a single #Mission... To accelerate mission-first founders into Capital, Customers, and Community. So the United States and our Allies win. In order to do this, we have grown an invite-only platform of signatories (meaning everyone on our platform must be the signer/decision maker from their respective organization). Since our launch in April - our platform has grown to 1,000 members. SCHOOLHOUSE offers SEVEN experiences (2 live in-person, five hybrid-remote). Each topic area is based on Founder feedback within the #NationalSecurity sector: #Leadership #Alignment #Capital #Customers #Community #RevOps #DemoDay This screenshot is a peek into 1 of 2 breakouts during our hybrid #Capital experience. We highlighted #Private and #Public sector Capital, their frameworks, and financing solutions for early-seed start-ups. Our audience will always reflect our topic focus and broader network... Let us break it down for you: Tristan Rubadeau, Co-Founder/CTO of SentryOps Technologies Delivering emerging UAS technology programs to the Government, Defense, and Intelligence Communities. https://lnkd.in/gKr54E4b Joe Musselman, Managing Partner of BVVC BVVC, or "BV," an inception/seed stage venture fund is dedicated to accelerating proven technology while allowing first-look access to Special Operations (USSOCOM) and the large commercial markets that matter most to National Security. (Actively Deploying) https://bv.vc/ Matt Shieh, Founder/CEO of #CanopyAerospace Canopy is an industrial full-stack manufacturer expanding the capacity of critical ceramic materials & components for the U.S. Space and Defense industry. https://lnkd.in/gzXfEY6T #JRGibbons, CIO of #OfficeOfStrategicCapital The Secretary of Defense established the Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) with the mission to develop, integrate, and implement proven partnered capital strategies to shape and scale investment in critical technologies. https://www.cto.mil/osc/ #EmmaBrown, Chief Product Officer of #DeepMedia Deep Media is a Deepfake Detection and Media Intelligence company whose current customers include the US Department of Defense and major tech companies. https://deepmedia.ai/ - #FOUNDERS - we only exist for you. Let's #BUILD! Join Us and visit: School.House Thank you to our Partner/Sponsors: BVVC, Second Front Systems, Clearspeed, and several others will be announced soon! Cc: Gene Ebersole, Rob Newson, Brian H., Evan Loomis, Hany Nada, Shyam Sankar, Thomas Hendrix, Brian T MacCarthy, Scott Miller, Tyler Sweatt, Steve W., Neil Keegan, Jake Chapman, Benjamin Kohlmann, William Treseder, Tim Hsia, Hayden Meredith, Guy Filippelli, Brett Paschke, Jon Harris, Brett Harrison, Kelly Perdew, Charlie B., Peter N. Ackerson, Lisa Sanders, Bonnie Evangelista

CAPITAL, CUSTOMERS, COMMUNITY Today, we celebrate a small milestone – reaching 1,000 followers. It’s just a number. We see it as a testament to you. SCHOOLHOUSE went live six months ago in Tampa Bay, FL, and since then, this community has become a co-founder in nearly everything we do. Just, thank you. We are deeply grateful to each of you for your commitment, involvement, and belief in our mission: To accelerate mission-first founders into Capital, Customers, and Community (C3) So that the United States and our allies win. Here's to the next chapter of our growth and impact alongside each other. Thank you for being a part of our journey. Join Us! Continue to be part of the conversation: https://school.house/ The SCHOOLHOUSE Team ---- Cc: BVVC, TLC Equation, Second Front Systems, Clearspeed, Citizens, Joe Musselman, Rob Newson, Leyla Gladish, Gene Ebersole, Nick Nowlin, Nick Salo #Capital #Customers #Community #Innovation #Growth

CAPITAL, CUSTOMERS, COMMUNITY We have been head down, working on something exceptional. We shared before that #SCHOOLHOUSE offers SEVEN unique experiences, each based on Founder feedback within the #NationalSecurity sector. 01-#Leadership 02-#Alignment 03-#Capital 04-#Customers 05-#Community 06-#RevOps Today, we want to share about the 7th experience… 07-#DemoDay --- Join us as we kick off the countdown to SCHOOLHOUSE Demo Day… Demo Day is an invitation-only event that focuses on #colliding together Capital, Customers, and Community (C3) on behalf of national security founders. This is an enhanced remote experience… - Up to 20 Seed-to-Series A companies making an impact in Ukraine or poised for breakthroughs in future challenging environments - The Ukraine War, from a Ukrainian Perspective - Preparing for a Potential China-Taiwan Conflict, from a VC Perspective Gene Ebersole, Nick Salo, and Nick Nowlin, Our #McRaven National Security Fellows, will run the show. Here is a quote from our very own Nick Nowlin: “In the ever-changing landscape of threats, time is the one resource we share with our adversaries.” What we do with that resource will determine the future of our #NationalSecurity --- November 21, 2024, is going to be truly special. Together, we can build the future of national security. More to come in the following days… #FOUNDERS - we only exist for you. Join Us and visit: https://school.house/ Thank you to our Partner/Sponsors:  BVVC, Second Front Systems, Clearspeed, Citizens   Cc: Joe Musselman, Rob Newson, Leyla Gladish #NationalSecurity #Capital #Customers #Community #Innovation

COMMUNITY! SCHOOLHOUSE guest faculty Shyam Sankar, CTO of Palantir Technologies, recently shared his perspective on the profound transformation he has witnessed across NatSec over the past 18 years. What once felt like "howling into the wind" has evolved into a booming ecosystem, where defense tech startups are thriving. We are witnessing doors opening in ways previously unimaginable, creating unprecedented opportunities for mission-first founders! At SCHOOLHOUSE, we harness this momentum by providing pathways into to next capital, first customers, and broader meaningful community talent for founders dedicated to driving innovation in national security. As we witness early industry trailblazers like #Palantir (S&P500) pave the way, we are here to accelerate the next wave of defense tech innovation. https://lnkd.in/g2npAq9N Cc: Partner Sponsors: BVVC, Citizens, Second Front Systems, Clearspeed Rob Newson, Gene Ebersole, Joe Musselman #NationalSecurity #Innovation #Capital #Customers #Community #Palantir #DefenseTech

CUSTOMERS & COMMUNITY SCHOOLHOUSE Faculty Alexis B. dropping gold, per usual. This clip reminds me of a timeless thought: “If you wish to be dangerous, be articulate.” (“Dangerous” in the sense of execution and productivity) She understands the problems She understands the solutions And can communicate both simply and clearly. That’s a leader. Great clip, Alexis! 🇺🇸

CAPITAL, CUSTOMERS, COMMUNITY... Always present at SCHOOLHOUSE! Here's a hot drop for everyone -- Thank you to Second Front Systems and Tyler Sweatt, our Founding Partner Sponsor, for being bullish on the vision and mission from day one! Watch our Founding Faculty on this panel Shyam Sankar, Matt Bigge, Tyler Sweatt drop wisdom! Thank you to BVVC, TLC Equation, Second Front Systems, Clearspeed, and many others for supporting this incredible pilot year of SCHOOLHOUSE -- Where capital, customers, and community collide! The next SH Experience is on Aug 8th! Join Us at School.House

CAPITAL, CUSTOMERS, COMMUNITY WATCH: Gene Ebersole, the inaugural William H. #McRaven National Security Fellow at BVVC, and his important #CallToAction... - Remember #SCHOOLHOUSE exists to accomplish One #Mission... To collide mission-first founders into Capital, Customers, and Community. So the United States and our Allies win. To grow this platform effectively, we must come together and pursue active engagement from our COMMUNITY! We have grown our invite-only platform from 0-1,000 signatories (meaning everyone on our platform must be the signer/decision maker from their respective organization). SCHOOLHOUSE offers SEVEN unique experiences (2 live in-person, five hybrid-remote). Each topic area is based on Founder feedback within #NationalSecurity sector on skill sets and networks they must rapidly develop - and quickly ... 01-#Leadership 02-#Alignment 03-#Capital 04-#Customers 05-#Community 06-#RevOps 07-#DemoDay - SCHOOLHOUSE: Establishing the open-sourced #YC-like platform for #Inception #Seed #NationalSecurity #Founders Founders, we only exist for you! Let's #BUILD! Visit and Join Us! @ School.House Thank you to our Partner/Sponsors: BVVC, Second Front Systems, Clearspeed, and several others will be announced soon! Cc: Joe Musselman, Rob Newson, Leyla Gladish, Nick Nowlin - https://lnkd.in/dBQFEkqB

CAPITAL, CUSTOMERS, COMMUNITY Founders, watch this! ... This is who we are - and we're just getting started! We have exciting news to share with our entire platform. To date, we have 1,000 opt-in members who have signed up for our invite-only experiences: Here are the 2024 pilots we've conducted to date and what's to come: 01. Leadership - Faculty, Admiral William McRaven - Shyam Sankar, Matt Bigge, Tyler Sweatt - Gene Ebersole, Bonnie Evangelista, #MikeMcGuire - Krenar, Dan, Shaun, Edward, Nelson, Clint, Noah, Maureen 02. Absolute Alignment - Faculty, Evan Loomis & Joe Musselman - On Vision, Mission, and Values: How to attract, retain, and forge extraordinary teams, leadership, and culture (TLC) 03. Capital - Faculty, JR Gibbens (Public Cap.) @AlexMartin - Benjamin Kohlmann, Peter N. Ackerson, Hany Nada, and many others! 04. Customers - Faculty, Brandon Tseng, Shield AI - Leslie Babich, David Isom, James McKinlay, James Lythgoe, and many others! 05. Community - UPCOMING! (Remote) - August 8th, 6-745 p.m. CT 06. RevOps - UPCOMING! (Remote) 07. Demo Day - UPCOMING --- #FOUNDERS - we only exist for you. Let's #BUILD together! Join Us and visit: School.House Thank you to our Partner/Sponsors: BVVC, Second Front Systems, Clearspeed, and others will be announced soon!! Cc: Rob Newson, Thomas Hendrix, Neil Keegan, Jake Chapman, William Treseder, Tim Hsia, Hayden Meredith, Guy Filippelli, Jon Harris, Kelly Perdew, Charlie B., Lisa Sanders and so many others! - https://lnkd.in/gn_TvG3m

COMMUNITY Calling all critical thinkers - Let's enable future SOF missions in the contested domain! - Lisa Sanders United States Special Operations Command’s (USSOCOM) Directorate of Science and Technology (S&T) is hosting Innovation Foundry 16 (IF16) WHEN: 20-22 August 2024 (Application Deadline: 5 JULY) WHY: To ideate novel concepts and capabilities addressing “Contested Logistics in Future Special Operations Forces (SOF) Operations.” We will explore the challenges of resourcing parts, components, and supplies at the point of need for the untethered SOF Operator. WHO: S&T SOFWERX PEO-SOFSA Expeditionary Support Program Office Bringing together industry, academia, national labs, government, and futurists in an exploration, design thinking, facilitated event to assist USSOCOM in decomposing future scenarios and missions. WHERE: Lexington KY or Tampa, FL (Decision to be made by 30 June). More information and the official solicitation may be found at the link below. https://lnkd.in/gAGqvsfk

COMMUNITY The NSIN - National Security Innovation Network launched applications for the 2024 NSIN Propel Hawaii accelerator with U.S. Pacific Air Forces (PACAF). The accelerator is seeking top startups ready to experiment and field transformative capabilities to aid United States Air Force operations across the Indo-Pacific region. Apply by June 21 at nsin.mil: https://lnkd.in/e5uNPSnR Register for the virtual information session: https://lnkd.in/eqeE7Fwk Decisive Point #NSINPropel #Accelerator #DefenseInnovation #ONETEAM #SCHOOLHOUSE Thank you to our Sponsor/Partners BVVC Second Front Systems Clearspeed New Sponsor/Partner announcements coming soon!