Ever wonder why experienced founders have twice the likelihood of an exit compared to more inexperienced founders? Join us this week with entrepreneur, researcher, UC Berkeley faculty member, and coach, Stephen Torres, as we uncover the foundational reason why this statistic rings true, and why this is relevant to your entrepreneurial journey. Stephen Torres is the founder of two successfully exited startups in the energy sector and will be sharing his insight and research into the patterns of thinking exhibited by successful founders and the attributes of their psychology that lead to a higher likelihood of an exit. Stephen's research and experience have led him to the conclusion that this success-oriented framework of thinking possessed by founders with multiple exits can be developed in first-time founders - and he will be sharing with you how you can implement these lessons for yourself. This webinar is free and open to the public. Come prepared with questions and we look forward to seeing you there! Statistic Reference - https://mode.com/blog/are-experienced-founders-better/

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Finding the right partnerships with larger industry corporations and suppliers can be a fruitful, but difficult path to navigate. From the challenges of initiating first contact, creating significant value, and leveraging the development for future potential - this process requires experience and insight. This Friday we have Geoff Dillon, a seasoned entrepreneur and investor that has been through his fair share of acquisitions in a variety of industry segments. He will discuss the process he uses to determine and create strategic partnerships that can drive sales, increase valuation, and ultimately be leveraged to create “early exits” for a company.

The California Energy Commission (CEC) is the leading organization on bringing the state of California into a 100 percent clean energy future. This will be no easy feat, and the CEC recognizes the importance of the introduction of new clean technologies to reach this goal. With a wide variety of different programs and supporting resources for cleantech startups, plugging in with the CEC is essential for any water, energy, or ag-tech business. Joining us is Eric Stokes, Chief of the Energy Deployment and Market Facilitation Office for the CEC, to discuss their many resources, funding opportunities, and how startups of different stages and technologies can plug-in with their resources and develop further in the California cleantech economy.

Featuring: Chris Peacock, Founder and CEO of AQUAOSO The first and most important process of any entrepreneurial journey is finding the right market and customer base for your startup. Without proper execution in your specific niche market, many startups will face an uphill battle of slower than anticipated growth, less value delivery, and more expensive overhead. This process is completed by research, data, and execution, but many of the lessons can only come from experience. Chris Peacock will be joining us to share his experiences of navigating this journey to eventually develop a market-leading product. This process is difficult to teach but capable of being learned. Hearing Chris's pattern of thinking will help inspire you to navigate this critical startup stage.

As the economy begins to reopen, many startups are burdened with a lack of sales momentum moving forward into the second half of 2020. Whether leads have gone cold or prospecting efforts have been ineffective recently, most sales funnels are in need of a boost. Fortunately, we have expert sales trainer, Dale Bierce to discuss a gameplan on rebuilding your pipeline over the next 90 days. Dale will cover prospecting new leads, re-engaging cold leads, and getting clients to the close in this changing economic environment. If your business is in need of help with reaching sales goals in 2020, you won't want to miss this webinar.

This webinar was filmed on May 8th, 2020. On this week's webinar, we join with John Selep, President and Co-Founder of the AgTech Innovation Alliance! John will be chatting about one of the most important conversations that entrepreneurs have with potential investors is the conversation about company valuation – what their business may be worth today, and what it may be worth in the future and more. This webinar will be based on Selep's three-part blog series about how to tell a compelling, data-driven story about your business found here: https://www.agstart.org/resources. If you want to create a successful and long term business plan and stand out among 'comparable companies,' be sure to tune in. Q&A will be held at the end of the webinar, and this webinar is also open to the public. To register, click the following link. https://bit.ly/StoryAboutYourBusinessWebinar