Startup Founder Entrepreneur Walk & Talk

408 NW Couch St near 4th, Portland OR

03 October, 2022

Description

Entrepreneurs need support from other entrepreneurs Founders need support from other founders Business owners need support from other business owners Founders helping other founders with the simple goal of just helping out, quid pro quo baby Peer to peer founder support I've been doing founder walk & talks in downtown Portland now for well over 5 years now A great way to get outside, suck up some fresh air, and walk with a founder, hear their struggles, and hopefully offer a helpful idea or two, make a connection or just offer feedback. Also, get feedback on your biggest startup challenge from someone with an outside perspective that is really trying to help you I also share with founders, while I've been starting companies since 1989 (never written a business plan, and all cashflow positive in less than 90 days) I do my best to offer the best guidance to other founders I can. BUT, everything I share might be totally wrong for that founder. That is always the case with advice from anyone. Take it in, evaluate it, mull it over, then decide what might work for you. Be open, but be mindful We're gonna meet at a coffee joint and grab a cup of joe (9:00am) Then we're then gonna pair up (9:15am) - Please pair up w/ a founder you've never met before, not just an old chum Round 'Em Up, Head 'Em Out (9:30am) Then we're gonna walk in a line, two by two, like some kind of weird Noah's Arc, to SW Washington Street, then to Tom McCall Waterfront Park, then to SW Clay, then to SW 12th, then back to SW Washington, then back to the coffee place Suggested Walk & Talk simple format Once you start walking, founder #1, outline your biggest current challenge and explore ways to solve it w/ your walking partner Once you hit SW Clay, founder #2, outline your biggest current challenge and explore ways to solve it w/ your walking partner This is about an hour walk, wear comfy shoes In that time, you will have given help to a founder and received help from that founder Sooner or later it all gets real Walk on, walk on Be well Mark RSVP at