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This Thursday, FounderCatalyst is running a FREE workshop in conjunction with Emmie Faust from Female Founders Rise mapping out your journey from bright idea to fully funded. Through this workshop, you’ll learn how to: ✅ The critical path from bright idea to fully funded. ✅ Key decision points along the journey ✅ How to minimise cost and duration without compromising on outcome. Join us on 27th June at 1pm by registering using the link in the comments

Had yet another super fun evening of pitching and feedback organized by Kai Malkwitz and Founder Institute Berlin / Germany - the new Fall 2024 Impact Cohort is on! Together with incredible mentors Leehe Skuler Jonathan Eade Dr. Andreas M. Rickert we helped new founders refine their pitches: how impactful can the idea be? How do we measure it? What audience do we attract? The main weak spot was Problem-Solution Fit, the Impact Space seems larger than life: we are solving the big world problems with our little ideas, but that is not the case. Refining the Problem-Solution space is a helpful exercise, how to do it? 1. If you have an idea for a product: identify who will come back to you on a recurrent basis and will be willing to pay for your solution every day/month/year etc 2. If you have a problem you want to solve: identify who is at the root cause (it can be many user groups) and try to solve their problem first, then take Step 1 again.

Had a great time with friends and fellow panelists Kristin King, MBA, Sarah Benson-Konforty, MD, Tari Suprapto and Stella K. Vnook in reviewing pitch decks from some amazing founders in Bullpen's network and connecting with others who joined from all over the country and also globally. a few quick takes from the event yesterday: - Invest the time, energy and maybe $ in a visually appealing pitch deck with content that is sticky (in a good way;-) - for an intro pitch deck, keep it short and sweet and a real teaser so as to land a meeting with the investor. - highlight your unfair advantage after touching upon the problem and the solution - Make sure you have identified the right investors and that you are mission-aligned with their investment philosophies, so choose wisely who you spend your time with Investing in innovative startups is a human business and it really takes a village to build a startup. Thanks Christiaan Engstrom and Laura Farley, CRPC for helping build that community through Bullpen

Are you tired of hearing about the theoretical knowledge of speaking up at work? Well, it's time to turn that theory into action! Join the fully virtual Speak Up Summit on June 13-14th for tangible actions towards real change on a global scale. This isn't just another event, it's a call for action. Don't miss out on the Super Early Bird Ticket ($48 USD) before it expires on Monday, April 15th at 5pm (EST). Let's make a difference together! https://lnkd.in/eai_AWT8 #SpeakUpSummit #RealChange #GlobalImpact

Hey Pitchers - how confident are you in your delivery? What deck do you send for your first pitch? Are you sure it’s what investors want to see? Inning 2 | Pitch Deck | BIO 2024 Wednesday, April 10 | 12 pm EDT This one-hour Panel Discussion will highlight 5 top investors active in seed to late-stage deals. They will critique and rank four volunteer Club Member’s intro decks. Bring your peanuts and Cracker Jack to this one. Each panelist will share what they hope to see in an intro deck and how much time they are willing to give your idea. Hour 1: Panelists (5) Pooja Majmudar, PhD | Silicon Valley Bank Sarah Benson-Konforty, MD | 1010VC Kristin King, MBA | Boston Harbor Angels Tari Suprapto | Novo Nordisk Stella K. Vnook | Likarda Hour 2: Club Member Only "Magic Hour" The 2nd hour is reserved for Bullpen Club Members only. Choose a breakout room that best fits your mandate. Club Members will each make introductions and have an opportunity to "ask" other Members for resources, referrals and other strategic requests.  The Bullpen is an invite-only, volunteer-led Club that gathers Life Science Investors and CxOs with a shared goal of helping each other. Together, we prepare for and attend BIO International Conference and JPM Conference. Our Mantra: Find Someone to Help. Repeat. Would you like to become a Club Member? Schedule a brief intro meeting with Bullpen Member Director Laura Farley, CRPC here: https://lnkd.in/gRNaBF85.

So many of you are at investor conferences this week. My suggestion to you is that it's totally OK (and in some instances preferable) to reference other bigger companies in your industry as you map out your role in the ecosystem. Investors often understand these bigger companies better...so referencing them acts as a "sign-post" to show where you live. When you do this, you'll start to see a lot of nodding heads in the audience, and that's step one to getting people to understand your story.

I've always wondered how to highlight the value Widelab delivers to its clients quickly. 💡 After struggling to showcase who our clients truly are without creating long case studies or quick abstract Dribbble shots, we came up with the idea! Let’s show a wall of clients featuring screenshots of the real work we’ve done. What’s the impact? Take a look here: https://lnkd.in/dteiRM_9 - 9 Unicorns; 🦄 - 9 Market leaders; 🏃♂️ - Over 300 clients served and counting; 🐐 Each client had different goals and journeys, so in the following posts - I will try to share what I’ve learned from each business relationship. Enjoy!

Just finished the course “Understanding Accessibility to Achieve Success with Marlee Matlin” by genConnectU! Check it out: https://lnkd.in/gVGkRaKy #accessibilitypolicies #diversityequityinclusionandbelonging.

Just finished the course “Understanding Accessibility to Achieve Success with Marlee Matlin” by genConnectU! Check it out: https://lnkd.in/gbXf77WS #accessibilitypolicies #diversityequityinclusionandbelonging.

Just finished the course “Understanding Accessibility to Achieve Success with Marlee Matlin” by genConnectU! Check it out: https://lnkd.in/ed_FbFQy #accessibilitypolicies #diversityequityinclusionandbelonging.