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Mentor Mondays
3rd Monday Monthly
Dave Parker - @DaveParkerSEA
Agenda:
Noon: Lunch 12:15 Talk 12:30 Q&A 12:45 1:1 Mtgs
#SEFI @Founding
Agenda
About Dave
Startup Ecosystem
What to look for in a mentor?
About Dave
Dave Parker Director, Seattle Founder Institute CEO & Co-Founder Bundled.com Co-Founder OneAccord Partners Board Member Guidant Financial Former Board Member Classmates.com Founder Institute 15 week program pre revenue, pre-product, pre-idea stage Ideation to fundraising Office hours/individual coaching Tuesday night dinners Costs
$50 Application Fee WAIVED $995 Course Fee 3.5% into shared pool $4,500 tuition after funding
Mentors (Past/Current)
Andy Liu Bryan Mistele Dan Schapiro Charles Mount Rebecca Lovell Dave Bluhm Matt Shobe Brian Schultz Todd Hooper Charles Kwon T.A. McCann Chris Devore Joel Espelien Keith Smith
Leeches
Never Sponsors Come to sell you stuff at events but never sponsor Wantepreneurs Read the books, speak the language never done it Startup Groupies Want the upside but no risk Youll end up paying them out of your savings
SeattleTechCalendar Media
GeekWire
Not Bankers, but helpers help make introductions Have a big network of investors NEVER invest themselves BUT want a % of the deal, equity and retainers
Industry Experience
B2B or B2C, Vertical Market, go-to-market
Using a Mentor
Set a regular time
Buy lunch of coffee
Product Stage
UI/UX, knows your target customer
Go to Market
Sales, marketing and Business development, channel
Traction
Operations, HR,
Funding
Aligning Goals
Set aside a small % of the company for Advisors Set expectations Align incentives
Thank You!
http://fi.co/join/mentor
15 Week Program with Local and SV Mentors Ideation to fundraising Office hours/Individual coaching
Dave Parker @DaveParkerSEA ForestTreesBark.com Information Session Aug 28th Early Admissions Deadline Sept 2nd Ideations Bootcamp Sept 6th Information Session Sept 12 Founder Night Out Sept 18th Final Deadline Sept 23rd Session Starts Oct 2nd