Improving Your Chances of Getting a ‘Yes’ from Investors with Ethan Austin of Gig Wage
Ethan Austin is a two-time founder, Angel Investor and currently the Chief Strategy Officer at Gig Wage. 
Prior to joining Gig Wage, Ethan pioneered the medical crowdfunding space as a co-founder of GiveForward, the world's first medical crowdfunding platform. After going through the TechStars program himself in 2010, GiveForward raised $7 million in funding.
The GiveForward platform went on to help families raise 200 million for their loved ones out of pocket medical expenses, and help change the way people care for each other during life's most difficult times. The company...
How to Get an Offer You Can't Refuse with Mark Moeremans
Mark Moeremans is the Senior Vice President for Entrepreneurship and Venture Development at the Arizona Commerce Authority, a public-private agency focused on economic development across Arizona.
In this role, Mark runs the Arizona Innovation
Challenge, one of the largest pitch competitions in the country, as well as the Venture Ready Accelerator Program. He has long been interested in the intersection of the private-public and social sectors, and throughout his career, he has looked at entrepreneurship, technology and business as a way to drive economic development.
Mark has...
How Startup Companies Make Critical Mistakes That Prevent Them from Getting the Funding They Need
Stephanie Sims is a Capital Strategist and the Founder of Finance-Ability, a boutique consulting firm focused on helping entrepreneurs get the funding they need to grow their business.
Stephanie founded Finance-Ability after more than 20 years of working on both Wall Street and Main Street. Now she teaches entrepreneurs to paint a picture with numbers that helps them make confident decisions and captivate people with money to say yes.
Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn:
- Stephanie Sims talks about the one mistake...