Startup Launch Program Workshop: How to Present a Killer Pitch
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2017
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KATIE BOFSHEVER

Design Partner, GV

As VP of Digital Media at GV, Katie Bofshever crafts innovative and creative solutions for the digital space, specializing in minority consumers.

2:00pm

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Clear your calendar - It's going down! Join us for a workshop. Come one, come all, bring a guest, and hang loose. This is going to be informative and interactive!

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Startup Launch Program Workshop: How to Present a Killer Pitch

Clear your calendar - It's going down! Join us for a workshop. Come one, come all, bring a guest, and hang loose. This is going to be informative and interactive!

November 
28
, 
2017
 | 
11:00AM
 – 
1:00PM
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Bixel Exchange

Bixel Exchange is Los Angeles' Center for Innovation and Technology. We are hosted at the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce.

 

We cultivate talent and empower entrepreneurs with the goal of creating a more prosperous Los Angeles.

 

We do this through our two core programs: 

 

Tech Ed Partnerships serves a critical role as the business intermediary, connecting L.A.’s top tech employers to diverse, under-represented high school and community college students that are seeking access and exposure to technology careers.

 

The Startup Launch SBDC helps founders launch and scale sustainable companies through one-on-one mentorship, specialized workshops and access to our vetted entrepreneurial community.


Funded in part through a Cooperative Agreement with: 

SBA | U.S. Small Business Administration

America's SBDC California Los Angeles Network


Speakers

RYAN WIlliams

Marketing Strategist and Public Speaker 

Ryan Williams is an marketing strategist, public speaker, and former stand-up comedian. He authored the Amazon best-selling book​: The Influencer Economy: How to Launch, Collaborate and Thrive in the Digital Age. And you can listen to his Influencer podcast.


Ryan's work and writing has been featured in Inc. Magazine, Huffington Post, The Observer, Success Magazine, Business Insider, Social Media Examiner, and USA Today. On his podcast, Ryan interviewed over 100 influencers who have built ideas online such as: Seth Godin, Willie Geist, Derek Sivers, Troy Carter, Jemele Hill and many others. 

 

Ryan was an early team member at social media marketing firm, DigiSynd (acquired by Disney for $16 Million) and Machinima.com (acquired by Warner Bros. for $100 Million). He has given keynote talks and lead panels at SXSW, VidCon, TIE-Con Canada, & Google. He’s also lectured classes at Vanderbilt University, City University of London, USC and Loyola Marymount.    

Agenda

3:00pm

WORKSHOP

HOW TO PRESENT A KILLER PITCH - It’s extremely competitive environment getting seen, heard, and followed in the digital economy. How do entrepreneurs connect emotionally to pitch their business? What are the secrets to connecting with investors as an authority in your field? How can entrepreneurs tell their stories to reach customers and solve real-world problems?

 
Ryan Williams, the author of The Influencer Economy: How to Launch Your Idea, Share it With the World, and Thrive in the Digital Age, has built an actionable framework for telling better business and personal stories. His storytelling structure gives founders, entrepreneurs, and marketers a new approach for crafting and scripting your 3 main stories to share in the right room, to the right people, at the right time. 


In 2017, entrepreneurs are a professional brand and you need to manage you and your business that way. 


Participants will learn:

 

The common storytelling techniques of world-class entrepreneurs & digital leaders

 

Practical steps to craft a winning pitch, tell your brand story, and lead with your authority

 

The formula for success to tell these 3 powerful stories:

 

The Tear Jerker Story: Personalizes your experience show how you overcame obstacle to succeed


The Authority ​S​tory: Displays your expertise in your specific field


Pay My Bills: Shares a problem that you’re solving with a current customer OR your business thesis

 


“Design is not making beauty, beauty emerges from selection, affinities, integration, love.”

Louis Kahn



Startup Launch Program Workshop: How to Present a Killer Pitch

Join us for a workshop, Q&A session and an opportunity to network within the Bixel Exchange | Startup LAunch Community.

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