Author Archives: Preccelerator™

Preccelerator U™: Steps to a Successful Partnership on October 29, 2024

Join us for a free live webinar with Mark Masiljew of Breakmark Consulting on Tuesday, October 29, 2024! 

Within this Workshop, participants will have a chance to assess their company’s unique value proposition in the marketplace, assess where in the business a partner could have the largest impact, understand the criteria by which companies assess partnerships, and begin building a list of potential partnerships to pursue. 

 Speaker Bio:

Mark has almost 20 years of experience building strategic partnerships at large organizations like Shopify and Fandango and numerous startups.  He has built and grown multi-year relationships with the largest companies across tech, media, commerce and more.  He currently operates as a Fractional Head of Partnerships, helping startups determine the best methods to bring their capabilities to bigger partners, with clients in streaming, AI, fintech, home exercise, construction, and adtech. 

Preccelerator U™ Workshop 

October 29th, 2024 

12:00 – 1:30 pm PDT (Zoom) 

To register for the Zoom event, follow this link.

Join Us For The Next Investor 360 Roundtable Interview With Naseem Sayani of Emmeline Ventures

Join Stubbs Alderton & Markiles on August 14th, 2024, for our next Investor 360 roundtable interview with Naseem Sayani of Emmeline Ventures! There will be ample opportunity for questions at the end of the interview!

To register, click here.

About Naseem Sayani

Naseem Sayani is a Co-Founder and General Partner at Emmeline Ventures. She and her partners launched Emmeline Ventures with a deliberate focus on investing in solutions that unlock the spending power of women and expanding the 2% of venture capital that currently goes to female founders.

Naseem’s investing and business-building experience comes from 20+ years in executive leadership roles across management consulting, agency services, venture incubators, a corporate venture capital firm, and an active angel investor.

About Emmeline Ventures 

Emmeline Ventures is a seed-stage fund investing across healthcare, financial services, and sustainability, specifically where technology and innovation are helping women live & thrive. The fund has 23 companies in its portfolio, including  Alloy Women’s Health, LunaJoy, WealthMore, and The Beans.

August 14th, 2024
12:00-1:30 PM PDT

In-Person Event:
1316 3rd Street Promenade, Suite 107
Santa Monica, CA 90401

Preccelerator U™: Working in Your Business or on Your Business? on July 16, 2024

Join us for a free live webinar with Leonard Atlas of Mission Profitable on Tuesday, July 16, 2024!

Join Leonard Atlas, Author, speaker, entrepreneurial coach, trainer, and strategist as this fast-paced webinar will educate and entertain you about business start-ups and all of the typical challenges that first-time and seasoned entrepreneurs experience.

Working in your business or on your business or both simultaneously will be the main theme.  Everything from your mindset to daily marketing activities, to time management and bootstrapping strategies will be explored with plenty of time for Q&A to help you get your specific issues addressed.

Speaker Bio:
Leonard Atlas, Founder and CEO of Mission Profitable, Inc. (MPI), author, speaker, and trainer has been coaching and training entrepreneurs, salespeople, and non-sales professionals since 1991. His main objective has been to help his clients grow their sales and incomes, from start-up to exit.

Leonard works with companies and organizations all over the world to implement and reinforce the MPI approach by delivering keynote speeches as well as providing in-house sales one-on-one and group development programs and telephonic and web reinforcement sessions.

Preccelerator U™ Workshop
July 16th, 2024
12:00 – 1:30 pm PDT (Zoom)

To register for the Zoom event, click here.

Preccelerator U™: How to Raise Pre-Seed/Seed Startup Funds on June 25, 2024

Join us for a free live webinar with Sam Wong of Fundable Startups on Tuesday, June 25, 2024!

Less than 1% of startup pitches result in funding. While most entrepreneurs over-emphasize pitch decks, smart founders focus on fundability. Successful founders follow a proven five-step process to efficiently raise Pre-seed and Seed funds for their early-stage startup. 

Attendees will learn the Prepare, Plan, Execute, Sell, and Close (PPESC) process to effectively build a fundable startup and then close Pre-Seed and Seed funding.

This session will dive into important keys to raise early-stage funds, including:

  • Fundability
  • Due diligence and legal pitfalls
  • Financial projections and models
  • Funding strategy
  • Inflection points and funding milestones
  • Idea validation
  • Traction metrics
  • Pitch effectiveness and tracking
  • Negotiating term sheets

 

Speaker Bio:

Sam served as CEO, CTO, or technical VP for five startups, resulting in three acquisitions and has also been a CBO or CFO for two other startups that were acquired. Sam is the author of 21 Secrets of Successful Startups, a book about startup execution. Sam has been featured in Fortune Magazine, served as a pitch judge dozens of times, and has spoken at conferences including TechCrunch Disrupt, The Lean Startup Conference, The Houston Tech Rodeo, and San Diego Startup Week.

Preccelerator U™ Workshop
June 25th, 2024
12:00 – 1:30 pm PDT (Zoom)

To register for the Zoom event, click here.

Preccelerator U™: The Psychology of Color in Marketing

Join us for a free live webinar with Venroy Joseph of veJov Brands Corporation on Tuesday, May 14, 2024!

Understanding the psychology of color is crucial for graphic designers and branding professionals, as color choices can profoundly impact consumer perception and behavior.

During this session, we’ll explore how different colors evoke specific emotions and convey various messages, significantly influencing the effectiveness of marketing campaigns and brand identity.

Speaker Bio:

Venroy has over 25 years of experience in various aspects of design—print and digital media. Venroy has worked as a creative director for an advertising agency specializing in real estate marketing. He has created artistic designs and worked on marketing campaigns for Bozzuto Management, Foulger-Pratt, K. Hovnanian Homes, and Toll Brothers, to name a few. He has also worked on big brand names such as Marriott, the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and many more.

Over his career, Venroy has received several awards from the Benjamin Franklin Pillars of the Industry Awards, the International Design Award, and The American Advertising Awards—some familiar, authoritative voices in the communications industry. Venroy has attained the notoriety of being ranked a top designer, garnering several NYX MarCom Grand Awards over the years. 

Venroy currently serves as the chief executive officer at veJov Brands Corporation—a dynamic collective of advertising, design, marketing, public relations, media, and communication firms. With a passion for innovation and a deep understanding of the ever-changing marketplace, we empower brands to reach new heights of success.

Preccelerator U™ Workshop
May 14th, 2024
12:00 – 1:30 pm PDT (Zoom)

To register for the Zoom event, click here.

Join Us For The Next Investor 360 Roundtable Interview With Galen Shaffer of EOS Venture Partners

Join Stubbs Alderton & Markiles on May 13, 2024, for our next Investor 360 roundtable interview with Galen Shaffer of EOS Venture Partners! There will be ample opportunity for questions at the end of the interview!

To register, click here.

About Galen Shaffer

Galen Shaffer is a Principal at Eos Venture Partners, an InsurTech specialist VC fund. Prior to joining Eos, Galen worked in McKinsey’s Insurance Practice across its Boston and Los Angeles offices. She led teams focused on digital transformation and new business innovation strategy for leading Fortune 500 firms across life, personal, and commercial lines. She holds a BA from Wellesley and an MBA from MIT Sloan.

About EOS Venture Partners

Eos Venture Partners is a Strategic Venture Capital Fund, focused exclusively on InsurTech. Eos was founded to bridge the “digital chasm” between InsurTech start-ups and traditional (re)insurance companies. Eos invests in world-class InsurTech founders who are building solutions across the insurance value chain and adjacent verticals (wealth, cyber security, employee benefits) and prefers to lead at the Series A. Recent investments include: Bamboo (exit: White Mountains Insurance Group, NYSE: WTM), Fenix24, Mulberri, Cygnvs.

May 13th, 2024
12:00-1:30 PM PDT

In-Person Event:
1316 3rd Street Promenade, Suite 107
Santa Monica, CA 90401

Preccelerator U™: Term Sheets 101

Join us for a free live webinar with SA&M attorneys Kelly Siobhan Laffey and Durdana Karim!

The “Term Sheets 101” webinar will cover:
Types of Financing: Convertible Notes vs. SAFEs vs. Priced Equity Rounds
Convertible Notes and SAFEs: Caps, Discounts, and Other Key Terms
Priced Equity Rounds: Economic Provisions, Voting Rights, and Other Key Terms

Plus, an opportunity to ask questions during our live Q&A!

Speaker Bios:

Kelly Siobhan Laffey

Kelly Siobhan Laffey is a Partner of the firm and the Director of Business Affairs at the Preccelerator.

Kelly’s practice focuses on advising emerging growth and middle market companies on issues related to corporate governance and formation, venture capital and other financings, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, cross-border transactions, employee compensation, complex stockholder and operating agreements, and other general corporate matters. Kelly’s clients are representative of the vibrant startup and middle market eco-system and include companies in the technology, digital and entertainment, clean energy, healthcare, e-commerce, and manufacturing industries. Kelly also advises investors and funds in connection with venture capital and other financings. Kelly also has particular expertise in working with talent and brand partners to structure branding and licensing deals.

Durdana Karim

Ms. Karim’s practice focuses on corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, private placement deals, corporate securities, venture capital and private equity financing, commercial agreements, and other general corporate and business matters.

Before joining the firm, Durdana worked at a boutique transactional law firm, where she advised private companies and startups in technology, entertainment and media, real estate, healthcare, manufacturing and distribution, e-sport/video gaming, fin-tech, and professional services industries.

Preccelerator U™ Workshop
April 23rd, 2024
12:00 – 1:30 pm PDT (Zoom)

To register for the Zoom event, click here.