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Calling All Early Stage Entrepreneurs & Startup Founders in Chicago!!

Organized By
Startup Bootkamp
Sat
Aug 17
09:00 AM - 08:00 PM
Founders
Startups
Venture Capital
Description

Are you an early stage founder or aspiring entrepreneur? Don't miss out on Startup Bootkamp which is a one day crash course in startups, entrepreneurship and venture capital coming to Chicago on August 17th! Startup Bootkamp will be a full-day experience with 50+ subjects, guest speakers and a networking happy hour to follow! This buzz heavy workshop has been making it's way through the biggest tech incubators in the country, but is returning to Chicago for the next stop.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO: https://www.startupbootkamp.com/chicago2

Event organizer: Phil Castro is a 10+ year startup veteran with extensive knowledge in early stage entrepreneurship. He is also the current founder of BarPass (digital bar promotion app with great early stage traction) and has won awards like "35 Under 35", "Startup of the Year" and has been in over 25 publications (Inc., BuzzFeed, TastryTrade, WGN, Voyage, ABC, etc).

Topics:

‣ Are you ready to take the leap?

‣ Characteristics of good founders

‣ Legal for startups

‣ Wantrepreneur Vs Entrepreneur

‣ Pros and cons

‣ Let's begin (forms, plan to action, test)

‣ Building (app, hiring, traction, etc.)

‣ Mentors and guidance

‣ Competition

‣ Customers

‣ Branding

‣ Marketing

‣ Sales

‣ Monetizing

‣ Timing

‣ R&D

‣ Strategy

‣ CPA/Accounting

‣ Prioritizing

‣ Flexibility

‣ Market (tam, sam, som)

‣ Hustling - How to do it right

‣ Business Development

‣ Equity - Splitting the pie

‣ Social Media

‣ Scrappy / Frugality

‣ Essential terms to understand

‣ Legal

‣ Raising capital (angels, VC, crowdfunding, etc)

‣ Pitching & Investor Decks - The art of story telling

‣ Venture Capital

‣ Advisory board

‣ Accelerators

‣ Hiring and culture

‣ Scaling

‣ Acquiring and Exiting

‣ Still want to be an entrepreneur?

‣ And much much more

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Not convinced? Take a few minutes and watch these videos below to see what past attendees thought of the workshop:

Bootkamp Video: Click Here

Testimonials - Click Here 

Be sure to reserve your seat today since there is limited availability due to the classroom size. Any questions text/call 312-463-9001. Feel free to pass this information to other early stage entrepreneurs and we hope to see everyone there!

Main website: www.StartupBootkamp.com

Location of Event

222 W. Merchandise Mart
Chicago, IL, 60654

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