SCORE North Florida Startup Engine Program Introductory Learning Session

SCORE North Florida Startup Engine Program Introductory Learning Session

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Hyatt Place Gainesville DowntownGainesville, FL
Thursday, April 23  •  6 PM - 8 PM
Overview

Join us in person to kickstart your startup journey with SCORE North Florida’s Startup Engine intro session!

Info Session about the SCORE North Florida Startup Engine Program. Grow your network at the Hyatt Downtown.

Learn about The Startup Engine Program: an 8-week business development training with a serious AI focus, presented by SCORE North Florida. This is NOT working on your own business. "This is an experiential simulation. No previous tech experience required." You don't need to know how to create a startup to join.

This Introductory Session is a FREE one evening event to present information about this proven program and to meet the people shown below.


Overview

SEP is an 8-week AI training program led by executives giving away free templates and mentors teaching you how to use critical basic business and startup skills and tools, such as AI, to grow businesses.

The Startup Engine program (SEP) is an AI focused business development training program led by SCORE Training Facilitators and Mentors who have sold businesses, Speakers who are business leaders with war stories worth hearing; all culminating in an investment-readiness pitch competition where we award free services donated by Service Providers to top teams, ie. legal, accounting, branding, etc.


Note: Session 0, above, is at the Hyatt. All subsequent training sessions (weekly April 30 – June 18) will be held at the GTEC Center.

Startup Engine Program | AI Training Program & Pitch Competition

PROGRAM SESSIONS: Thursdays weekly from April 23rd to June 18th

Startup Hour + Startup Engine Info Session on April 23, 6:00-8:00 PM @ Hyatt
APRIL 23 @ Hyatt | Session 0: Startup Engine Info Session with Mentor Pitches & Startup Hour Ecosystem Meetup with guest Speaker: Augi Lye

Startup Engine Training Sessions @ GTEC | Thursdays, 3:00 - 7:00 PM, April 30 - June 18
~ Session Format ~ 3:00 PM Speaker // 3:30 PM Training // 5:00 PM Mentorship

  • APRIL 30 @ GTEC | Session 1: Business Basics, Speaker: Adam Grossman
  • MAY 7 @ GTEC | Session 2: Ideation & Value Proposition, Speaker: Mitch Glaeser
  • MAY 14 @ GTEC | Session 3: Market Research, Speaker: Rebecca Smith
  • MAY 21 @ GTEC | Session 4: Finance, Speaker: Jeff Greenspan
  • MAY 28 @ GTEC | Session 5: Operations & Culture, Speaker: John Spence
  • JUNE 4 @ GTEC | Session 6: Governance & Structure, Speaker: Dr. Theresa Beachy
  • JUNE 11 @ GTEC | Session 7: Pitch Workshop, Speaker: Rob West with Special Guest Training Facilitators: Andrew Solomon & Thomas Puketza
  • JUNE 18 | Session 8: SEP Pitch Day & SCORE Biz Bash

Ongoing throughout the program: OFFICE HOURS: Wednesdays @ Voltaire, 4:00 PM weekly | May 6 - June 17


Startup Engine Program Leadership Team:


SCORE Liaisons Angela Pate

Eli Newman, Program Director
Startup Engine Program, SCORE North Florida
Aligning AI Entrepreneurs
(352) 559-3320 mobile

Mentors

Scott Schroeder, APR, CPRC

Dr Heshan “Grasshopper” Illangkoon PhD

Thomas Puketza, DES

Nehemiah Harmon

Andrew Solomon

Richard (Rich) Melgarejo

Tyler Hale

Ayna Meredova

Nick Banks

Garrick Crocker

Lili Zhang

Alejandro Drausal

Shanti Lee

Join us in person to kickstart your startup journey with SCORE North Florida’s Startup Engine intro session!

Info Session about the SCORE North Florida Startup Engine Program. Grow your network at the Hyatt Downtown.

Learn about The Startup Engine Program: an 8-week business development training with a serious AI focus, presented by SCORE North Florida. This is NOT working on your own business. "This is an experiential simulation. No previous tech experience required." You don't need to know how to create a startup to join.

This Introductory Session is a FREE one evening event to present information about this proven program and to meet the people shown below.


Overview

SEP is an 8-week AI training program led by executives giving away free templates and mentors teaching you how to use critical basic business and startup skills and tools, such as AI, to grow businesses.

The Startup Engine program (SEP) is an AI focused business development training program led by SCORE Training Facilitators and Mentors who have sold businesses, Speakers who are business leaders with war stories worth hearing; all culminating in an investment-readiness pitch competition where we award free services donated by Service Providers to top teams, ie. legal, accounting, branding, etc.


Note: Session 0, above, is at the Hyatt. All subsequent training sessions (weekly April 30 – June 18) will be held at the GTEC Center.

Startup Engine Program | AI Training Program & Pitch Competition

PROGRAM SESSIONS: Thursdays weekly from April 23rd to June 18th

Startup Hour + Startup Engine Info Session on April 23, 6:00-8:00 PM @ Hyatt
APRIL 23 @ Hyatt | Session 0: Startup Engine Info Session with Mentor Pitches & Startup Hour Ecosystem Meetup with guest Speaker: Augi Lye

Startup Engine Training Sessions @ GTEC | Thursdays, 3:00 - 7:00 PM, April 30 - June 18
~ Session Format ~ 3:00 PM Speaker // 3:30 PM Training // 5:00 PM Mentorship

  • APRIL 30 @ GTEC | Session 1: Business Basics, Speaker: Adam Grossman
  • MAY 7 @ GTEC | Session 2: Ideation & Value Proposition, Speaker: Mitch Glaeser
  • MAY 14 @ GTEC | Session 3: Market Research, Speaker: Rebecca Smith
  • MAY 21 @ GTEC | Session 4: Finance, Speaker: Jeff Greenspan
  • MAY 28 @ GTEC | Session 5: Operations & Culture, Speaker: John Spence
  • JUNE 4 @ GTEC | Session 6: Governance & Structure, Speaker: Dr. Theresa Beachy
  • JUNE 11 @ GTEC | Session 7: Pitch Workshop, Speaker: Rob West with Special Guest Training Facilitators: Andrew Solomon & Thomas Puketza
  • JUNE 18 | Session 8: SEP Pitch Day & SCORE Biz Bash

Ongoing throughout the program: OFFICE HOURS: Wednesdays @ Voltaire, 4:00 PM weekly | May 6 - June 17


Startup Engine Program Leadership Team:


SCORE Liaisons Angela Pate

Eli Newman, Program Director
Startup Engine Program, SCORE North Florida
Aligning AI Entrepreneurs
(352) 559-3320 mobile

Mentors

Scott Schroeder, APR, CPRC

Dr Heshan “Grasshopper” Illangkoon PhD

Thomas Puketza, DES

Nehemiah Harmon

Andrew Solomon

Richard (Rich) Melgarejo

Tyler Hale

Ayna Meredova

Nick Banks

Garrick Crocker

Lili Zhang

Alejandro Drausal

Shanti Lee

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Location

Hyatt Place Gainesville Downtown

212 Southeast 1st Street

Gainesville, FL 32601

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