Galvanize and 500 Startups are joining forces to bring a series of immersive workshops designed to help entrepreneurs level up all aspects of how they run their businesses. Driven by investment partners at 500 Startups and experts from the Galvanize network and combining lecture, Q&A, and interactive breakout sessions, participants should expect to come prepared with specific challenges they're facing and to leave with a toolbelt of actions and tactics to drive their startup to the next level.

The first of these workshops - Startups 101: The Nuts and Bolts - covers all the behind-the-scenes aspects of starting and growing a company that won't guarantee success, but will guarantee failure if you get them wrong.

Requirements

In order to ensure all participants are getting maximum value from this session, we're targeting entrepreneurs who have an existing product that has been released in the wild (at least in private beta.)

Agenda

9:00 - 10:00 Welcome and networking

10:00 - 11:00 Legal 101

11:00 - 12:00 Cap tables 101

12:00 - 1:00 Lunch Provided

1:00 - 2:00 Convertible Notes 101

2:00 - 3:00 Raising your seed round

3:00 - 3:15 Break

3:15 - 4:15 Investor & Founder AMA

4:15 - 5:00 General Q&A and Wrap-up

What to Expect

Participants should expect to learn:

• How to incorporate a company and what legal pitfalls to watch out for
• How to effectively engage with attorneys
• How to plan for, structure and manage capitalization, stock allocation, options, preferred shares, etc.
• How convertible notes work and how to use them, with plenty of concrete examples
• How to approach raising a seed round