Pitch Your Startup! Looking for blunt, honest and practical feedback?
Looking for blunt, honest and practical feedback?
🌟Do you have a startup, or a strong idea for a startup?
🎯Could you use blunt, honest feedback on your startup ideas?
In this live, interactive online event, you'll have the opportunity to pitch your ideas to startup experts and receive ratings and practical feedback.
👀 Spectators are welcome! Even if you don't want to pitch, you're invited to watch how the experts critique business ideas.
Who Pitches?
We will be selecting some pre-submitted pitches. But also some elevator pitches from the audience (no need to submit anything in advance).
📍To pre-submit your pitch: https://forms.gle/h1iFE4GKBizHqc5k9
Who should Attend?
Has an early-stage startup and wants expert feedback
Wants to know what investors are looking for in a startup pitch
Anyone who needs practice and expert advice on pitching
Anyone who has an idea for a startup or a tech company
Featured Speakers:
Madeline Duva (Fluxx): A seasoned entrepreneur and startup advisor with over 30 years of experience building and scaling companies. She has held executive roles at multiple high-growth startups such as Sybase, PalmSource, and Access. As the former CEO of China MobileSoft, she spearheaded the development of a full Linux platform for mobile devices culminating in a successful acquisition by PalmSource. She later served as CEO of Fluxx, a global platform for major philanthropic foundations, and now sits on its board.
A sought-after advisor, Ms. Duva works closely with early-stage founders to refine their business strategies, sharpen their pitches, and navigate investor dynamics. She currently mentors startups through the Founder Institute and advises companies like SplashTop and Vieaura.
Mohak Saxena (Race Capital): An Investor focusing on early-stage companies in AI/ML, data infrastructure, and developer tools. With a unique blend of technical expertise and investment acumen, Mohak brings years of experience leading and advising innovative technology ventures.
Before joining Race Capital, Mohak worked at Underscore VC, where he spearheaded the creation of an automated sourcing system for software startup
Jeni Chang (Founder Institute): We're barely scratching the surface at uncovering the deeper drivers of human motivation & visceral reactions. Why we think, feel and act the way we do, when we do - fueling the choices we make both consciously (and unconsciously).
Jeni is currently focused on the intersection of behavioral psychology and physiology. Especially in the age of AI, what happens when we channel that into accelerating growth?
Her journey has been unconventional. She's a geneticist by education and behavioral psych in tow, mgmt consultant for Fortune 500 companies, was tricked into startups, now turns around portfolio companies, helps founders, leads an accelerator, invests and is now shooting for the moon on a new project.
Hosted by Founder Institute San Francisco
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About the FI Venture Network:
The FI Venture Network is an exclusive network of investors actively funding pre-seed and seed-stage startups.
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The Founder Institute is the world’s most proven network to turn ideas into fundable startups, and startups into global businesses. Since 2009, our structured accelerator programs have helped over 7,000 entrepreneurs raise over $1.75BN in funding. Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 100 countries, our mission is to empower communities of talented and motivated people to build impactful technology companies worldwide.
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