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– October 31, 2024 @ 1:00 PM ET –

Scary Founder Stories


With Forecastr

Hear haunting tales from founders who’ve faced their worst fears in the startup world—from fundraising horror stories to pitch-room disasters and everything in between. We're selecting a few founders to share their startup horror stories live - click HERE to apply.

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Kat Weaver + Katie Dunn

Join us for this interactive and educational presentation.

 

Join us on October 31st at 1 PM ET for a LinkedIn Live and Zoom session hosted by Forecastr in partnership with Kat Weaver and Katie Dunn from Power to Pitch.

Hear haunting tales from founders who’ve faced their worst fears in the startup world—from fundraising horror stories to pitch-room disasters and everything in between. Learn how these founders confronted the monsters of rejection, missteps in scaling, and near-death experiences for their companies, and how they came out stronger.

This event is perfect for startup founders, aspiring entrepreneurs, and anyone currently navigating the high-stakes world of fundraising. Get ready to hear firsthand how to turn your own pitch nightmares into success stories.

What To Expect:

Real-life startup fundraising and pitch horror stories.

Lessons learned from founder failures and near-misses.

Insights on overcoming pitch disasters and investor rejections.

Expert tips to avoid common startup fundraising mistakes.

Live Q&A with founders who faced startup challenges head-on.

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Featured Speakers

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Kat Weaver

Chief Executive Office

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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.

 

Katie Dunn

 

Katie Dunn

Partner

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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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Jeff Erickson

Director of Strategic Partnerships

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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.