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Sessions for Venture-Scale Founders

3 Available

expert

Turning early traction into a repeatable sales motion

10

August

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Zoom
Mike Pinkel
From First Sales to a Selling Machine

You closed your first customers on hustle alone, but you're still the entire sales team. Join FounderNexus and Mike Pinkel of the P.S.I. Selling community for a fast, focused session built for founders who do their own selling.

We'll cover the four challenges every founder-seller hits:

  • Turning early wins into a repeatable sales motion
  • Moving upmarket without breaking what works
  • Sharpening your pitch and differentiation
  • Building a sales process one person can run solo

Leave with concrete moves you can make the next day. Bring your hardest sales question — Mike's here to answer it.

expert

The Inner Game of Founding: pressure, risk and performing when the work doesn't stop

10

August

10:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Zoom
Seth Taylor
The Inner Game of Founding: pressure, risk and performing when the work doesn't stop

You're doing every job, carrying the runway and the payroll, sometimes for years without paying yourself, and still expected to show up sharp every day. Most founder advice covers the company. This session is about the person running it, and how to keep performing without burning down your health, your family, or the thing you've built.

We're joined by Seth Taylor, a performance coach who works with professional athletes and with founders and executives on exactly this: staying clear-headed under sustained pressure over long periods.

What we'll cover

  • How elite performers handle sustained pressure, and what founders can take from them
  • Carrying the load, runway, payroll, risk and everything you've put on hold, at a pace you can actually sustain
  • Recognising the patterns early, before they cost you the company or the people around you
  • Open conversation with founders carrying the same weight

Small group by design, so this is a conversation rather than a presentation. Come with whatever is actually on your mind.

expert

One Vertical or Many? FounderNexus Roundtable

14

August

9:30 PM - 10:30 PM

Zoom
T.A. McCann
When is the right time to enter a new vertical, and does pursuing several at once ever make sense?

One vertical starts working and the pull comes almost immediately, an inbound lead from a different industry, an investor asking how big this really gets. Go deeper and you win a market but stay small. Go wider and you risk winning none of them. Most of the advice is written by people who already know how it turned out.

We're joined by T.A. McCann, Managing Director at Pioneer Square Labs and founder of Lev, who has watched this decision play out across a portfolio and comes in with a firm view.

What we'll cover
  • Is running multiple verticals at once ever the smart move, or just a slower way to win none of them
  • What winning a vertical actually looks like, and the signals that tell you you've earned the right to leave it
  • What carries over to vertical two and what quietly doesn't, from product and pricing to references and sales cycles

Small group by design, so this is a conversation rather than a presentation. Come with whatever is actually on your mind.

I can say with confidence that I get far more value from FounderNexus than the cost of the membership, and I'm not even taking full advantage!

Steve Tout

founder, Identient

I really loved how welcoming the vibe felt from the moment I arrived.

Katrina Romatowski

founder, reSpace

It was awesome.

Edan Shahar

founder, Wild Zebra

The session was great! Highlight: Encouragement of diverse viewpoints and good founder mix.

Darian Parrish

founder, PwrOn

I think the breakout sessions are a loose but useful way to get people talking about challenges and resolutions.

Mark Fiebig

founder, Payscore

I was initially hesitant to join yet another group as there is no shortage of people claiming to help entrepreneurs, but Court Lorenzini and FounderNexus are the real deal. Any serious founder will benefit immensely from joining FounderNexus.

Jasper Kuria

co-founder, ConversionMagic

Great session, I learned a lot! Looking forward to the next one.

Shama Keskar

founder, Mudita Studios

FounderNexus fills a gap for entrepreneurs by complementing traditional incubator and early investment programs with a high-quality peer founder network.

Bob Lach

founder, Lightbridge Solutions

I also felt a sense of real community for the first time as a founder. You're all onto something special here!

Elias DeFaria

co-founder, SDF Labs

This was a fast track to relevant experience/advice in a room where you hold nothing back.

Nicole Resch

Co-founder, Imperative

I have attended sessions nationwide and joined so-called “MasterMind” groups, but nothing comes close to the network and support I have experienced at FounderNexus.

Arthur Baranovskiy

co-founder, ARY Engineering