The top 3 reasons startups fail are all connected. Over half of startups break up due to conflicts around equity splits and compensation. Over 99% of founders never raise their first round from angels or VCs and end up quitting. And approximately 80% of founders fail to get past a series A or run out of money. Understanding the startup funding journey from start to finish is the focus of our webinar. Our expert speakers will tackle these formidable challenges head on providing founders and investors with the insights and resources to escape velocity!
Speakers
Mike Moyer, CEO and Founder of Slicing Pie will present a model that creates a perfectly fair equity split in an early-stage, bootstrapped startup company and include insights around compensation models to help the startup live to see another day. Mike is a professor and serial entrepreneur and teaches Entrepreneurship at Northwestern University and the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Chris Lustrino, CEO and Founder of Kingscrowd will introduce the audience to the most recent market trends in Equity Crowdfunding and share insights on how startups have taken advantage of raising capital online in parallel with family/friends and angel rounds. Chris has interviewed and coached hundreds of founders with dreams of launching a successful crowdfunding campaign and has developed comprehensive solutions helping founders navigate the challenging journey to raise online capital from concept to launch, and has raised over $8M through community rounds for Kingscrowd.
Logan Burchett, COO and Co-Founder of Forecastr will wrap up the webinar providing founders with actional insights to make strategic choices to drive growth and long-term success. Helping founders make data-driven decisions is Logan’s passion. Prior to founding Forecastr, Logan spent 3 years acting as an outsourced CFO for Pre-Seed /Series A startups and has constructed hundreds of financial models, helping raise millions in early stage capital.
We will reserve time for Q&A before concluding.