Fundraising Workshop

3331 General Hudnell Drive Access Road,San Antonio TX 78226

22 November, 2022

Description

Are you ready to raise some funding for your startup venture? Many actions and decisions made during the early stages of a startup’s venture are done using art as much as science, and that’s definitely the case with fundraising. Startups raise money either because they want the funding to accomplish more faster or because they need the funding in order to keep pursuing their dream. Program Date – November 22nd 11:45AM (prepare to begin); 12:00PM – 1:30PM (lectures) (Learning Objectives) Mastering the vocabulary of fundraisingHow to determine the right amount of funding to pursueHow to test drive your fundraising terms before locking them inAvoiding the dreaded fundraising chasmSeed stage investment instruments and how they workHow to shorten the total amount of time spent completing your fundraising campaignThe most common fundraising issues and how to overcome themNegotiating a fair valuation with investorsAbout the InstructorGordon Daugherty is a best-selling author, seasoned business executive, entrepreneur, startup advisor and investor. A proud native Texan, Gordon grew up in a small town and graduated from Baylor University with a computer science degree. He spent the first ten years of his career in brand-name companies such as IBM and Compaq and then progressively gravitated towards early-stage and high-growth companies. Gordon spent eight years in the videoconferencing industry, including four years as president of an Israeli-based company that grew from $5 million to $36 million in a short few years and went public on the Euronext Stock Market. Gordon oversaw most company functions while serving in executive capacities, but his primary focus was on strategy, marketing, sales, business development, and M&A. He was a senior executive for Austin-based NetQoS, which grew rapidly to more than $55 million in revenue before being acquired by CA Technologies for $200 million, and he was a founding advisor for digital advertising pioneer MediaMind, which reached $65 million in revenue and a NASDAQ IPO in 2010. Gordon has vast experience with early-stage fundraising from both sides of the table. As a venture fund manager and angel investor, he has made more than 350 investments. He has also helped raise more than $80 million in growth and venture capital as a company executive, fund manager, board director, and active advisor. Fundraising is the focus of the first book he authored, titled “Startup Success: Funding the Early Stages of Your Venture”. Through his content creation practice, Shockwave Innovations, and as co-founder and president of Austin’s Capital Factory, Gordon now spends 100 percent of his time educating, advising, and investing in tech startups. He serves on the board of directors for several Austin-based technology companies and is a managing director at SoftMatch, a corporate innovation advisory firm. Over the years, Gordon has given personal advice to several hundred entrepreneurs, and more than 4,000 startup founders have completed his Founders Academy boot camp. He has published more than 150 startup advice articles and is the producer of a video library with 50 streaming titles of educational content for startup founders.