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One of the most important elements for any startup is its people. Specifically, having the right people at the right time, helping you build and grow. In this free workshop Olga Ten will discuss how to build the right team at every stage of your startup. Specifically, you will learn:

Olga Ten, the founder of Upmarqt, has 16 years of a multinational corporate career in the US and Europe, where she was responsible for creating, overseeing development and global launches of new value propositions.  Her background is in branding, marketing and business strategy.

She created strategies that changed business positioning of several consumer categories from low end to premium that resulted in sold-out products globally. Olga's strengths are seeing the inherent talent in people and the ability to join the dots to create extraordinary solutions.

Having invested in several startups, she saw a clear unmet need; one of the key reasons startups fail is due to the lack of having a winning team that will take a startup to scale. Using her strengths and experience she is filling the gap and is helping startups find the right people at the right time. Olga’s ambition is to increase the success rate of startups and help them grow in half the time.

Workshop: Outsourcing Service Providers

Hiring to scale your company beyond the founding team is an exciting inflection point for a startup. Prior to establishing your Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) it is in the founder’s best interest to do the math and estimate how much equity to set aside for new employees. 

Option pools can affect everything from how much of your company you retain to your company’s effective valuation, so it’s important to be strategic. In this webinar we will cover:

Lynne is the Head of Customer Success at Shoobox and a corporate attorney turned client service expert. She previously served as Director of Client Engagement and Corporate Attorney at Gesmer Updegrove, a boutique law firm focused on startups. She was also Director of Client Services at Brightleaf, creator of document automation software for lawyers. She has a deep understanding of legal marketing and business development, and is an advocate for women entrepreneurs. Lynne holds degrees from Smith College and New York Law School.

How To Decide On The Size of Your Option Pool

Join us for a FREE online workshop, where Kisha A. Brown, Esq. an 18yr legal veteran and CEO of Justis Connection, will share what every founder needs to consider before hiring a lawyer for their startup. A lawyer is able to provide critical insight in order to avoid business pitfalls as well as the expertise to protect your interests during even the early stages of development. If you've ever wondered about if and when you should hire a lawyer, then this workshop is right for you.

 Kisha A. Brown, Esq. is a trusted DEI strategic advisor, speaker and thought partner. She is also the CEO of Justis Connection, an online marketplace dedicated to the Black experience in the law by creating new client pipelines for Black lawyers and engaging communities of color with legal resources.

Before founding Justis Connection, Kisha proudly served as the Executive Director of the Baltimore City Office of Civil Rights. She also served as the Director of Legislative Affairs for the Maryland Office of the Attorney General overseeing the Office's legislative agenda on statewide issues such as voter protection, energy efficiency, shielding of criminal records, and online privacy. 

Kisha has been featured on Mind Your Business, Rolling Out magazine, Law.com, Legal Talk Network, Litera.tv, Maryland Matters, The Afro, Washington Informer, Mochi Magazine, Black Christian News, BlackUSA.News, and numerous podcasts just to name a few.  

Navigating Legal Counsel

Help us kick off Startup Boston Week with a morning of invite-only coffee and networking! Join members of the Morse community and the Scroobious founders whose memberships they sponsored for genuine connections and conversation. 

Lily Macomber

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