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SUMMARY:UW CoMotion Fundamentals for Startups: Setting up HR
DESCRIPTION:Learn what you can do from the earliest stage of building your team to avoid messy HR distractions as you scale\, and create an intentional and stage-appropriate HR foundation and culture. \nShannon Swift is the CEO of Swift HR Solutions\, Inc.\, a provider of strategic HR services and products for early stage companies. Shannon has more than twenty years of human resources experience\, combined with successful executive level management and business development roles. Prior to starting Swift HR Solutions in 2004\, she held executive HR roles at GoAhead Software\, Nastech Pharmaceutical\, and Health Team Northwest\, formerly Home Health Care of Washington. She has also held senior level business development roles in outsourcing firms TriNet VCO and PMSI.  \nShannon’s passion and expertise is in facilitating effective growth/building capacity in organizations. She has extensive experience in growing human resource infrastructure from start up or early-stage to mid-size\, mid-stage organizations. Shannon also opened\, developed\, and managed TriNet VCO’s first successful branch office (in Bellevue\, Washington)\, after which she added managing four other branch offices around the country. She works effectively with executive teams and boards of directors to ensure that all HR efforts and results are aligned with corporate values and organizational objectives. \nShannon holds a B.A. in Psychology\, with a business supplement\, from the University of Washington\, and has achieved life time certification as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR). She is past president and a current member of the Lake Washington Human Resources Association (LWHRA)\, a chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)\, and was named Chapter “Member of the Year” in 2002.  Shannon is a member of Entrepreneur Organization (EO) and currently serves on the Seattle Chapter Board.  She is also a current Board member of the Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) and served on the Board of the Northwest Entrepreneur Network (NWEN) from 2007 – 2013\,  where she was Chair of the organization from 2009 – 2011.  Shannon was recognized as one of the 2009 “100 Top Women in Seattle Tech” by Tech Flash\, and was also honored with the “Best Service Provider to Start Ups” award by Seattle 2.0.  Shannon is a frequent public speaker on various human resources issues and “best practices”. \nFormat\nFundamentals for Startups is a weekly one-hour lecture series featuring notable experts who share startup-related information\, experience\, and insights with our entrepreneurial community. From raising capital to scaling to exit strategies\, these seasoned guest speakers deliver valuable content designed to help startups and entrepreneurs thrive. Lectures are typically 30-40 mins\, followed by open Q&A. \nEach lecture is filmed\, live streamed and archived on CoMotion’s Startup Training Videos page. \nThese lectures are open to the public and you do not have to be currently affiliated with the UW or a startup to join. Please register here for access information. We hope you can join us!
URL:https://www.otradi.org/event/uw-comotion-fundamentals-for-startups-setting-up-hr/
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SUMMARY:UW CoMotion Fundamentals for Startups: Finding a Technical Co-Founder
DESCRIPTION:Having a tough time as a non-technical person finding a technical cofounder? Want to learn what you’ve been likely doing wrong? Claudius Mbemba\, CTO @ useneu.com will share his tips on who you should go after and how to correctly approach a technical person to join you on your startup journey. \nClaudius Mbemba (mem’buh) is CTO & CoFounder @ neu (useneu.com) and a speaker and tech entrepreneur who advises early-stage founders and aspiring entrepreneurs using the tips and tricks he’s learned along the way. He has a background in software engineering having previously worked as a top software engineer at Microsoft on Outlook\, Cloud\, Bots\, and Emerging Technologies.  \nAlong with his CoFounder @ neu\, Claudius was nominated for the GeekWire Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award (2020) and graduated from the Techstars Seattle Startup Accelerator. Claudius holds a Bachelors in Computer Science from The Ohio State University. \nHe has a long history and passion for entrepreneurship having started entrepreneurship-focused student orgs\, organized Startup Weekends\, and founded two startups while he was in college. \nClaudius is passionate about raising the number of marginalized people (BIPOC\, Women\, LGBTQIA+) in Tech & VC by paving the way\, holding the door open\, and paying it forward.  He believes the most important thing to do\, is just get started. His personal motto is\, “The sooner you start\, The sooner you finish.” He even has this tattooed on his arm! And in code\, no less! \nFormat\nFundamentals for Startups is a weekly one-hour lecture series featuring notable experts who share startup-related information\, experience\, and insights with our entrepreneurial community. From raising capital to scaling to exit strategies\, these seasoned guest speakers deliver valuable content designed to help startups and entrepreneurs thrive. Lectures are typically 30-40 mins\, followed by open Q&A. \nEach lecture is filmed\, live streamed and archived on CoMotion’s Startup Training Videos page. \nThese lectures are open to the public and you do not have to be currently affiliated with the UW or a startup to join. Please register at the link below for access information. We hope you can join us! \n 
URL:https://www.otradi.org/event/uw-comotion-fundamentals-for-startups-finding-a-technical-co-founder/
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SUMMARY:UW Co-Motion Fundamentals for Startups Series: The Capitalization Stack - Getting the Right Funding in Place for Growth
DESCRIPTION:TARGET AUDIENCE\nstartups\, entrepreneurs\n  \nDESCRIPTION\n Venture Capital is evolving. Determining the volume\, timing\, and type of capital your company will need to succeed is critical to your success as a founder. This session reviews the various types of early stage technology company funding available and how each serves different business models and end-game goals to optimize the value of entrepreneurship for founders\, teams\, and investors alike. \nGillian Muessig is the CEO of Outlines Venture Group and Managing Director of the Mastersfund™\, a women-led global venture capital fund based in Seattle\, WA. She is a co-founder of Moz\, the world’s most popular provider of digital marketing software and serves on Boards of Directors and Advisory Boards for technology companies worldwide. \nGillian has served as an advisor to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation\, the German Marshall Fund\, the U.S. State Department\, and government programs in Switzerland\, Germany\, China and throughout the Balkans. Over the course of more than 30 years\, Gillian has helped thousands of companies to launch\, grow\, pivot\, and thrive. \nFormat\nFundamentals for Startups is a weekly one-hour lecture series featuring notable experts who share startup-related information\, experience\, and insights with our entrepreneurial community. From raising capital to scaling to exit strategies\, these seasoned guest speakers deliver valuable content designed to help startups and entrepreneurs thrive. Lectures are typically 30-40 mins\, followed by open Q&A. \nEach lecture is filmed\, live streamed and archived on CoMotion’s Startup Training Videos page. \nThese lectures are open to the public and you do not have to be currently affiliated with the UW or a startup to join. Please register at the link below for access information. We hope you can join us!
URL:https://www.otradi.org/event/uw-co-motion-fundamentals-for-startups-series-the-capitalization-stack-getting-the-right-funding-in-place-for-growth/
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SUMMARY:UW Co-Motion Fundamentals for Startups Series: The Long Run - Creating a Life Science Startup
DESCRIPTION:TARGET AUDIENCE\nstartups\, entrepreneurs\n  \nDESCRIPTION\n Leen Kawas\, Ph.D.\, has served as Athira Pharma’s Chief Executive Officer and as a member of our board of directors since January 2014. Previously\, Dr. Kawas served as our vice president. Dr. Kawas serves on multiple boards\, including the Washington Governor’s Life Science Advisory Board\, Scientific Review Board for the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation\, and Alzheimer’s Association – Washington Chapter Board. She also served as the co-chair of the International Alzheimer’s Association Business Consortium. Dr. Kawas earned a Ph.D. in molecular pharmacology from Washington State University in 2011 and a pharmacy degree from the University of Jordan in 2008. \nFormat\nFundamentals for Startups is a weekly one-hour lecture series featuring notable experts who share startup-related information\, experience\, and insights with our entrepreneurial community. From raising capital to scaling to exit strategies\, these seasoned guest speakers deliver valuable content designed to help startups and entrepreneurs thrive. Lectures are typically 30-40 mins\, followed by open Q&A. \nEach lecture is filmed\, live streamed and archived on CoMotion’s Startup Training Videos page. \nThese lectures are open to the public and you do not have to be currently affiliated with the UW or a startup to join. Please register at the link below for access information. We hope you can join us!
URL:https://www.otradi.org/event/uw-co-motion-fundamentals-for-startups-series-the-long-run-creating-a-life-science-startup/
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SUMMARY:UW Co-Motion Fundamentals for Startups Series: Business Model Fundamentals
DESCRIPTION:TARGET AUDIENCE\nstartups\, entrepreneurs\n  \nDESCRIPTION\nHow to build your financial model(s) to project performance\, understand key metrics and communicate your growth strategy to investors. Discussion will address the right way to model out SaaS\, product and hybrid revenue streams to identify risks/opportunities and smooth out the due diligence process. \nKathleen is a seasoned investment professional and founder who now provides interim CFO services to help entrepreneurs make a more compelling\, professionally formatted case for early-stage investment in their businesses. \nKathleen has more than 25 years of experience as an equity analyst\, preparing financial models\, business plans\, market analysis and valuation tools. She made investment recommendations to the global equity desks based on fundamental performance/strategies/events/trends and their impact on company valuations. \nShe transplanted to Seattle 10 years ago\, founded 2 companies and more recently assumed her current advisory role. Additionally\, Kathleen earned MBA from Stanford University and BA from Colgate University. \nFormat\nFundamentals for Startups is a weekly one-hour lecture series featuring notable experts who share startup-related information\, experience\, and insights with our entrepreneurial community. From raising capital to scaling to exit strategies\, these seasoned guest speakers deliver valuable content designed to help startups and entrepreneurs thrive. Lectures are typically 30-40 mins\, followed by open Q&A. \nEach lecture is filmed\, live streamed and archived on CoMotion’s Startup Training Videos page. \nThese lectures are open to the public and you do not have to be currently affiliated with the UW or a startup to join. Please register at the link below for access information. We hope you can join us!
URL:https://www.otradi.org/event/uw-co-motion-fundamentals-for-startups-series-business-model-fundamentals/
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