In this “Ask Me Anything” session, Enjoy The Work esteemed founder, Jonathan Lowenhar, will delve into his distinctive perspectives on early-stage capital raising. Read more

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, Enjoy The Work partners, Ruben Ortega and Sarah Schaaf will demonstrate that there is a method to the madness of fundraising… and it involves a… Read more

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, Enjoy The Work partners, Devan Batavia and Lesley Ross will demonstrate that there is a method to the madness of fundraising… and it involves a… Read more

In this fast-paced sales-focused talk, we’re going to outline a key piece of work integral to growing out of founder-led sales: The development of your sales playbook. We’ll cover what we mean by a playbook, the key elements involved, and why each matter. Read more

Ruben Ortega navigates the CEO/CTO dynamic in startups, vital for success. This talk mediates common issues like delivery speed and technical debt. In this one-hour AMA, Ruben shares key frameworks for communication and decision-making, followed by open-ended Q&A. Exclusive for Enjoy The Work founders. Read more

Every founder or CEO must have a 30-second narrative to intrigue and educate any audience. This worshop with partners, Jonathan Lowenhar and Lesley Ross 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

Presented by partner Mike Lewis, 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 fundraiser no matter if your startup is barely off the ground or well beyond product-market-fit. Read more

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, Devan Batavia and Lesley Ross, demonstrated that there is a method to the madness of fundraising… and it involves a great deal more… Read more

Presented by general partner Lesley Ross, this talk covered 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 fundraiser no matter if your startup is barely off the ground or well beyond product-market-fit. Read more

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

In this fast past 60 min AMA one of the accomplished General Partners from renowned startup advisory firm Enjoy The Work will share how great startup founders approach feedback, performance reviews and team accountability. And then he’ll open up the virtual floor to any and all questions our Offline community might have. Read more

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 you’re lucky enough to have candidates say “yes.” Read more

Every founder or CEO must have a 30-second narrative to intrigue and educate any audience. This AMA with ETW partner, Jonathan Lowenhar, focuses on how founders can craft their startup story. The aim for this AMA is to help founders solve the challenges they are having in crafting their startup stories in a unique and… Read more

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

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, demonstrated that there is a method to the madness of fundraising… and it involves a great deal more… Read more

In this engaging workshop, Enjoy The Work partner Kristen Hamilton discusses the topics of growth and product market fit where she will share some valuable insights and experience from her own journey as a first-time founder, delving deeper into the highs and lows of growth, and offering actionable steps for startups grappling with the complexities… Read more

In this fast-paced sales-focused talk, we’re going to outline a key piece of work integral to growing out of founder-led sales: The development of your sales playbook. This will also cover what playbook means, the key elements involved, and why each matter. Read more

Planning involves a simple set of steps – steps you’ll understand in a minute but may take years to master. It’s a game of chess. Just with a lot at stake. In this talk we will talk about what it means to work backwards, the steps to a good plan, working both top down and… Read more

In this fast-paced sales-focused talk, we’re going to outline a key piece of work integral to growing out of founder-led sales: The development of your sales playbook.We’ll cover what we mean by a playbook, the key elements involved, and why each matter. Read more

Planning involves a simple set of steps – steps you’ll understand in a minute but may take years to master. It’s a game of chess. Just with a lot at stake. In this talk we will talk about what it means to work backwards, the steps to a good plan, working both top down and bottom… Read more

Presented by partner Mike Lewis, the focus of this event is on explain how fundraising involves more than a glossy pitch deck, walking the audience through 28 questions all investors ask and more. Read more

In this talk, our very own, Jonathan Lowenhar, shared his unique perspective on Capital Raising. Read more

Presented by our partners, Ruben Ortega and Lesley Ross, this talk covered 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 fundraiser no matter if your startup is barely off the ground or well beyond… Read more

In startup culture, achieving Product-Market Fit (PMF) is paramount but often elusive. This talk by Enjoy The Work general partner Mike Lewis 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

If you’ve been with Enjoy The Work for a while, you’ve likely heard us reference something called the “Magic Box Paradigm”. That phrase references a specific (and contrarian) approach to how a startup founder can entice an exit without ever admitting to being up for sale. We’ve taken the elements of the book and translated… Read more

Planning is a skill that connects the assumptions you have about how your business works with the financial outcomes you want with the operational priorities required to deliver those outcomes. It involves a simple set of steps – steps you’ll understand in a minute but may take years to master. It’s a game of chess.… Read more

In this AMA, our friends at Enjoy The Work will share how great CEOs craft  high performing cultures and the most important lessons to protect those cultures over time. Further, as startups ascend and more and more team members are added, conflict is inevitable. We’ll also spend time diving into “hard conversations” – the ones… Read more

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 fundraiser no matter if your startup is barely off the ground or well beyond product-market-fit. Read more

In this session, Kristen Hamilton and Lesley Ross revisited some of the principles from our talk, “Fundraising Is More Than a Pitch Deck,” and discussed more deeply what sets later stage raises apart. They have covered the new objections you’re likely to face, the difference between repeatable and scalable, the criticality of the curated data… Read more

The two hosts Jonathan Lowenhar and Devan Batavia combined, have decades of experience building, growing and scaling go-to-market operations both domestically and abroad, discuss how to navigate the challenges of moving from a small repeatable sales machine to a scalable market-winning organization. Read more

Hosted by Mike Lewis, 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

This workshop, through the help of our very own, Mike Lewis, walks us through each of the steps to successfully applying our Growth Framework to your business and team. Read more

In this 60 min session, we’ll revisit some of the principles from our talk, “Fundraising Is More Than a Pitch Deck,” and then dive more deeply into what sets later stage raises apart. Read more

In this session, our ETW partners Lesley Ross and Jonathan Lowenhar explored ETW’s 9 Pillars of Startup Goal Setting, answered any questions along the way and gave some bonus advice that is sure to save the audience in any pain of startup goal setting. Read more