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For all the talk about due diligence, digging into the financials, and “de-risking” investments, investors often make investment decisions based on “gut feel” and certain biases. For founders, the question is how can you gain an edge by knowing these biases and using them to your advantage. Watch to learn strategies for overcoming biases to successfully raise capital.
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In this #DreamitLive, Urbantech Managing Director Andrew Ackerman (@andrewackerman) speaks with Camber Creek General Partner Jeffrey Berman (@Camber_Creek) about all things real estate tech.
In the last 3 years, Brex has raised nearly $600 million in venture funding. In this #DreamitLive episode, Michael B. Tannenbaum, CFO & CBO of Brex, and Steve Barsh will discuss Michael’s experiences at Brex in raising successive large venture rounds while executing and growing a company quickly. Michael will also speak about his experiences growing SoFi, another fintech unicorn where he was an early executive. We’ll discuss Michael’s top 3 lessons learned and his biggest "Wow, I wish someone had told me that beforehand!" thoughts.
In this episode of #DreamitLive, we'll talk with Dr. Americus Reed II, a leading marketing professor and practitioner at The Wharton School. Americus focuses on studying, building, and nurturing some of the most powerful brands in the world.
In this #DreamitLive, Peter Kilpe, Executive Editor of CyberWire, and Steve Barsh discuss the biggest 2019 cyber stories. They look forward as to what CyberWire is hearing are going to be the big 2020 trends across threat vectors, where corporations and governments will be focusing their energies, winners and losers in the market, and emerging startups.
In this #DreamitLive, Ron Gula, president of Gula Tech Ventures, will join Steve Barsh to talk about the 5 most common mistakes cyber entrepreneurs make and how to avoid them. We’ll discuss the top mistakes Ron and many other prominent cyber investors see cyber startups making and what these startups need to focus on to not only get investment but to build a market-dominating company.
In this #DreamitLive, Dan Costantino, CISO at Penn Medicine, one of the largest academic medical institutions in the US, will join Steve Barsh to talk about the chatter in the CISO community on how cyber startups are dropping the ball and missing huge opportunities. Many cyber startups have great technology and solutions to important problems, but often exhibit poorly executed sales tactics, vastly underestimate and mismanage the complexity of a proof-of-concept (POC), and don't understand the sales cycle issues in large organizations.
In this #DreamitLive, Urbantech Managing Director Andrew Ackerman speaks with CREtech CEO Michael Beckerman about the latest trends in innovation in the commercial real estate industry. Michael Beckerman runs CREtech, the largest event, data and content platform in the commercial real estate tech sector. This position gives him an unparalleled vantage point on emerging tech trends, which technologies are having the biggest impact, and how leading organizations are adapting their companies to integrate technology.
Real estate data is notoriously fragmented, but a new crop of startups, including Cherre, are helping businesses harness disparate data sources and gain a competitive edge. In our upcoming episode, Urbantech Managing Director Andrew Ackerman will sit down with L.D. Salmanson, founder of Cherre, to discuss his startup’s path to becoming a leader in real estate data.
A thoughtful strategic approach to equity structure and allocation is critical for all startups. Yet, over and over again, startups often make avoidable mistakes that can have catastrophic downstream effects. In our upcoming #DreamitLive, Managing Director Adam Dakin will speak with Geoff Starr, Esq., Partner at Cooley, about five common mistakes and how to avoid them. Geoff has developed much pattern recognition having counseled hundreds of digital health and medtech startups.
Fundraising is hard, and it’s critical to have a game-plan and process for raising capital. In our upcoming episode, we’ll discuss some strategies that founders can use to close a new round of funding. We’ll talk about how to create momentum, revenue metrics you’ll need to show for seed and Series A funding, what a typical timeline looks like, how to determine the amount of capital you need to raise, and more.
Join Dreamit Managing Partner Steve Barsh for a conversation with Gil Beyda, Managing Director at Comcast Ventures in our next #DreamitLive.
It's been about a year since Slidebean’s first Youtube video breakthrough. Since then, they’ve added around 20,000 subscribers, and their videos have been watched over 1.7MM times. To celebrate their success, we’re collaborating with Slidebean to host a Fireside Chat in New York City on October 10th featuring Caya, founder of Slidebean, and Steve Barsh, Managing Partner at Dreamit. from DreamIt Ventures.
In our upcoming #DreamitLive, Healthtech Managing Director Adam Dakin will be speaking with Graftworx founder and CEO David Kuraguntla about his startup’s path to commercialization.
Join Dreamit Securetech Managing Director Bob Stasio for a conversation with the team from Formotiv.
In our upcoming DreamitLive on Sept. 26 at 12pm ET, Urbantech Managing Director Andrew Ackerman speaks with StringBean founder and CEO Reuben Levine about the do’s and don’ts of selling into real estate, including how to get into the mind of the buyer, how to de-risk your product to increase the likelihood of making a sale, and how to pursue product-led growth.