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What To Expect:
✔ Expert insight on delivering a captivating pitch
✔ Tips on creating a strong pitch deck
✔ Hear from a panel of startup experts
✔ Interactive Q&A with real-time audience questions
Featured Speakers
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Jeff Erickson Director of Strategic Partnerships
Jeff leads the Partnerships Team at Forecastr, a leading software company that helps make financial modeling easy for founders raising capital. He currently serves on the advisory boards of several startup companies and is an active angel investor. Jeff is an experienced entrepreneur and was the founder and CEO of a successful consumer goods company that was ranked #138 on the Inc. 500 list of fastest growing companies. He is passionate about startups and enjoys working with founders and mentoring entrepreneurs. |
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Hall Martin Founder and CEO
Hall launched TEN Capital as the Texas Entrepreneur Networks in 2009. Today, the firm has over 20,000 investors in its network and has helped startups raise over $900M and counting. Hall serves as the Vice-Chair of the Baylor Angel Network. He previously led the Central Texas Angel Network (CTAN) as its first Executive Director, where he achieved over a 40X return for the investors. |
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Kat Weaver Chief Executive Officer
Kat is the Chief Executive Officer at Power to Pitch. She has won 22 of 23 pitch competitions to date and 6-figures worth of capital to fund her first company. Her first company was sold after six years from starting out of her college dorm. She has made four appearances on Good Morning America. Kat hosts pitch workshops and has amassed 7,200+ participants that have attended those workshops in addition to 350k+ views on her first pitch tips YouTube video posted by FedEx. The first book she contributed to - The Student Startup Guide - was featured by Techstars for her pitch tips. |
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Katie Dunn Partner
Katie is the first partner in Power to Pitch, bringing the investor perspective to support Kat’s expert storytelling. She has 25 years of career experience focused on finance, due diligence, and strategy. Katie has made 17+ investments as an angel investor (and growing every day), 1 patent for the evaluation of real estate transactions, and $10 billion in commercial real estate loans originated, underwritten, closed, and asset managed. She has earned 3 scholarships and 2 internships for grad school where she graduated #1 in the entire business school. |
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Ryan Nash Chief Operating Officer
Ryan joined Gust in 2013 and held various roles within the company. Ryan started as the Vice President of Technology for two years before transitioning to the position of Chief Technology Officer. Recently, they have been serving as the Chief Operating Officer. Overall, Ryan's work experience demonstrates their expertise in IT leadership, project management, programming, and their ability to take on increasingly responsible roles within organizations. Ryan Nash earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Binghamton University, where they studied from 2006 to 2009. |
