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Gaingels: How To Cultivate A Thriving Boardroom
Discover the essential role of the boardroom for founders: setting priorities, recruiting talent, fostering culture, and ensuring productivity. Gain proven insights from Enjoy The Work partners David Cautin who will share best practices derived from extensive boardroom experiences. Read more
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at.inc/ Fundraising Is Much More Than A Pitch Deck
This talk discusses the importance of raising capital – a discipline that when mastered, can fuel a startup’s potential. But when ignored, can doom a venture before it starts. Further, ETW partners, Ruben Ortega and Lesley Ross, will demonstrate that there is a method to the madness of fundraising… and it involves a great deal… Read more
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Pathway To Silicon Valley: From Founder To CEO
Discover the consistent traits investors admire in great founders: grit, tenacity, courage, and insight. Transitioning to a great CEO demands a shift from attributes to specific skills. But what are those critical skills? Join Enjoy The Work general partner Lesley Ross to uncover the essential skills required to master the journey from founder to CEO. Read more
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Startupfest: From Founder to CEO
Ask a room full of investors to describe what makes a great founder, and the answers will be remarkably consistent. “Grit!” “Tenacity!” “Courage!” “Insight!” But then ask that same audience what makes a great CEO and the answers suddenly wildly shift from attributes to skills. What are those critical skills? This talk will share what… Read more
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Startupfest: Startup Storytelling
Every founder or CEO must have a 30-second narrative to intrigue and educate any audience. We recommend watching this video and reading this article. A good story can be delivered at any time without props or slides. Read more
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Storytime Capital: Growing Beyond Founder Driven Sales-Building Your Go To Market Machine
Founders juggle countless roles early on, but scaling requires building leverage and systems. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to define your ideal customer, position your brand effectively, and generate demand without relying solely on founder-driven sales. Turn your hard work into a repeatable system for sustainable growth. Read more
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AT.INC/: Building A Financial Plan You’ll Actually Use
Explore the pivotal role of effective planning in aligning business assumptions with financial goals and operational strategies. Join Enjoy The Work partner Lesley Ross as she delves into how successful founders learn to predict the future, how to work backward, craft solid plans, and master top-down and bottom-up approaches. Read more
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Precursor VC: Building A Financial Plan You’ll Actually Use
Explore the pivotal role of effective planning in aligning business assumptions with financial goals and operational strategies. Join Enjoy The Work partners Sarah Schaaf and Lesley Ross as they delve into how successful founders predict the future, what it means to work backward, craft solid plans, and master top-down and bottom-up approaches. Read more
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Startup Genome: Growing Beyond Founder Driven Sales-Building Your Go To Market Machine
Founders wear many hats in the early stages, but to scale successfully, they must learn to create leverage and build systems. This workshop will teach you how to define your ideal customer, position your brand, and generate demand, so you’re not the only one driving sales. Learn how to turn your hustle into a repeatable,… Read more
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Startup Genome: Startup Storytelling-How To Build Your Story
Every founder or CEO must have a 30-second narrative to intrigue and educate any audience. This workshop with partner Leslie Fine focuses on how founders can craft their startup story. The aim for this workshop is to help founders solve the challenges they are having in crafting their startup stories in a unique and meaningful… Read more
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GAINGELS: How To Cultivate A Thriving Boardroom
Uncover the pivotal role of the boardroom for founders, encompassing priority-setting, talent recruitment, culture fostering, and productivity assurance. Learn invaluable and proven frameworks from Enjoy The Work partners David Cautin, and Devan Batavia, drawing from their wealth of boardroom experiences to offer best practices for success. Read more
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Startup Genome: Fundraising is Much More Than a Pitch Deck
To be presented by Enjoy The Work partner Ruben Ortega, this talk will cover revealing topics such as “The 28 Questions All Investors Ask” and what will represent a “Minimum Viable Investor Funnel.” It will provide the audience with frameworks from which to construct a professional fundraise, regardless of whether their startup is barely off… Read more
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GFS Canada: Fundraising is Much More Than a Pitch Deck
This talk covers revealing topics such as “The 28 Questions All Investors Ask” and what represents a “Minimum Viable Investor Funnel”, providing the audience with frameworks from which to construct a professional fundraise no matter if your startup is barely off the ground or well beyond product-market-fit. Read more
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Storytime Capital: Raising Series A- Fundraising Is Much More Than A Pitch Deck
Presented by partner Lesley Ross, this talk covers revealing topics such as âThe 28 Questions All Investors Askâ and what represents a âMinimum Viable Investor Funnelâ, providing the audience with frameworks from which to construct a professional fundraiser no matter if your startup is barely off the ground or well beyond product-market-fit. Read more
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Savannah Fund: Fundraising is Much More Than a Pitch Deck
This talk discusses the importance of raising capital – a discipline that, when mastered, can fuel a startupâs potential. But when ignored, can doom a venture before it starts. Further, Enjoy The Work partners Devan Batavia and Ruben Ortega will demonstrate that there is a method to the madness of fundraising and it involves a… Read more
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R-Squared VC: Startup Storytelling-How To Build Your Story
Every founder or CEO must have a 30-second narrative to intrigue and educate any audience. This workshop with partners Leslie Fine and Devan Batavia focuses on how founders can craft their startup story. The aim for this workshop is to help founders solve the challenges they are having in crafting their startup stories in a… Read more
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BERKELEY SKYDECK: Capital Raising AMA
In this talk, our very own Jonathan Lowenhar will share his unique perspective on Capital Raising. Read more
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Precursor VC: Raising An Inside Round
Rare is the startup that simply grows up and to the right without interruption. And when bumps arrive, often raising capital from those who already know you best is the right course of action. Sounds simple? Itâs not. In this talk, Enjoy The Work partners Jonathan Lowenhar and Sarah Schaaf discuss reasons to consider going… Read more
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GRIDX: Raising Seed and Series A – Fundraising is Much More Than a Pitch Deck
To be presented by Enjoy The Work partners Ruben Ortega and Josh Brewer, this talk will cover revealing topics such as “The 28 Questions All Investors Ask” and what will represent a “Minimum Viable Investor Funnel.” It will provide the audience with frameworks from which to construct a professional fundraise, regardless of whether their startup… Read more
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MSIV: Startup Storytelling-How To Build Your Story
Every founder or CEO must have a 30-second narrative to intrigue and educate any audience. This workshop with partner Mike Lewis focuses on how founders can craft their startup story. The aim for this workshop is to help founders solve the challenges they are having in crafting their startup stories in a unique and meaningful… Read more
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Startupfest: Going From Founder To CEO
This vibrant three-day event in the heart of Montreal, Canada, will bring together founders and investors to foster genuine relationships and explore Enjoy The Work’s frameworks on transitioning from founder to CEO. We’ll be sharing practical and invaluable insights on the main stage, engaging in dozens of one-on-one conversations, and even hosting an Enjoy The… Read more
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Berkeley SkyDeck: Fundraising is Much More Than a Pitch Deck
This talk discusses the importance of raising capital – a discipline that, when mastered, can fuel a startupâs potential. But when ignored, can doom a venture before it starts. Further, Enjoy The Work partner Sarah Schaaf, will demonstrate that there is a method to the madness of fundraising and it involves a great deal more… Read more
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Berkeley SkyDeck: Finding The Right Talent
Presented by partner Mike Lewis, this talk covers: the rules to follow to improve your hiring success rate, how the best startups map out their hiring needs, and the steps to follow once youâre lucky enough to have candidates say âyes.â Read more
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GFS First AI: Startup Storytelling-How To Build Your Story
A good story can be delivered at any time without props or slides. This talk facilitated by ETW partners, Kristen Hamilton and Leslie Fine, focuses on unique and meaningful ways on how founders can build their startup stories. Read more
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GFS First AI: Fundraising is Much More Than a Pitch Deck
This talk covers revealing topics such as âThe 28 Questions All Investors Askâ and what represents a âMinimum Viable Investor Funnelâ, providing the audience with frameworks from which to construct a professional fundraise no matter if your startup is barely off the ground or well beyond product-market-fit. Read more
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GRIDX: Pillars Of Startup Goal Setting
During this engaging session, Enjoy The Work partners Lesley Ross and Sarah Schaaf will dive into the intricacies of ETW’s 9 Pillars of Startup Goal Setting. They’ll answer questions along the way and share valuable bonus advice, guaranteed to spare the audience from the pitfalls of startup goal setting. Read more
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GAINGELS: Building A Financial Plan You’ll Actually Use
Explore the pivotal role of effective planning in aligning business assumptions with financial goals and operational strategies. Join Enjoy The Work partners David Cautin and Lesley Ross as they delve into how successful founders predict the future, what it means to work backward, craft solid plans, and master top-down and bottom-up approaches. Read more
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AT.INC/: How To Cultivate A Thriving Boardroom
Discover the essential role of the boardroom for founders: setting priorities, recruiting talent, fostering culture, and ensuring productivity. Gain proven insights from Enjoy The Work partners David Cautin and Sarah Schaaf, who will share best practices derived from extensive boardroom experiences. Read more
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MSIV: Building A Financial Plan You’ll Actually Use
Discover how effective planning bridges business assumptions with desired financial outcomes and necessary operational initiatives. Learn from Enjoy The Work partners Mike Lewis and Sarah Schaaf as they discuss how the best founders can predict the future, what it means to work backward, crafting a solid plan, and mastering both top-down and bottom-up approaches. Read more
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GAINGELS: CEOs-Learn How To Deliver Feedback
Join Enjoy The Work partners Sarah Schaaf and Kristen Hamilton in mastering the art of providing effective feedback, a critical skill for founders. Discover how strategic feedback can elevate performance and prevent turnover. Gain insights into successful startup founders’ approaches to performance reviews and team accountability. Read more
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ALBERTA INNOVATES: Fundraising Intensive Accelerator Program
In this intensive two-day program, we’ll cover essential fundraising skills like storytelling, objection handling, list preparation, and funnel analysis. Day two focuses on financial modeling and board of directors management, providing foundational knowledge for navigating from fundraising to business transformation. Read more
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GFS BLACK + WOMEN FOUNDERS: Fundraising is Much More Than a Pitch Deck
This talk discusses the importance of raising capital – a discipline that, when mastered, can fuel a startupâs potential. But when ignored, can doom a venture before it starts. Further, Enjoy The Work partners, Jonathan Lowenhar and Sarah Schaaf, will demonstrate that there is a method to the madness of fundraising… and it involves a… Read more
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GFS BLACK + WOMEN FOUNDERS: Startup Storytelling-How To Build Your Story
A good story can be delivered at any time without props or slides. This talk facilitated by Enjoy The Work partners, Jonathan Lowenhar and Sarah Schaaf, focuses on unique and meaningful ways on how founders can build their startup stories. Read more
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F2 Ventures: Unpacking Product Market Fit
In startup culture, achieving Product-Market Fit (PMF) is paramount but often elusive. This talk by Enjoy The Work general partner Devan Batavia aims to demystify PMF with a clear definition and steps. He’ll address the customer, problem, and solution dynamics, debunk common excuses, and provide a simple three-part approach to attain PMF. Read more
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AT.INC/: What Makes A Great Startup CEO
Discover the consistent traits investors admire in great founders: grit, tenacity, courage, and insight. Transitioning to a great CEO demands a shift from attributes to specific skills. But what are those critical skills? Join Enjoy The Work general partners David Cautin and Kristen Hamilton to uncover the essential skills required to master the journey from… Read more