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10 Ways to Kill Your Startup
March 8, 2018 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
The startup success rate may make entrepreneurship feel like a gamble. But there are certain mistakes that can be avoided to increase your chances of victory. Learn from Rev1 Ventures’ Dave Bergeron which 10 common pitfalls to sidestep. Dave will outline the good, the bad, and the ugly when it comes to everything from your hiring plan to spending equity.
What You’ll Learn:
- What is entrepreneurship?
- Why people become entrepreneurs.
- The reality of entrepreneurship.
- Ten ways you may screw up your business.
More about the speaker:
About David Bergeron, SVP Venture Acceleration & Development, Rev1 Ventures
David works with Rev1 clients on market validation. He helps entrepreneurs develop business plans that position startups to clear milestones and remove risk. While working in Silicon Valley, David helped entrepreneurs develop business plans for ideas and technologies emerging from academic and other institutions. Startup Advances included new 3D flash memory from Stanford, an evolving novel new plasma etch technology from Cal Poly, and MEMS-based scanning electron microscopy from UC Berkley. David has BS degrees in both Physics and Mathematics from Georgetown University, plus as MS degree in Applied Mathematics from Georgetown University.
