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Steven A. Rodriguez Startup Community Manager, Global Entrepreneurship Network

Engage the Community Startup Huddle is a program designed to educate, engage, and connect entrepreneurs.

Engage the Community

It is based on the notion that the best way for entrepreneurs to discover solutions to the challenges they face is through purposeful engagement with one another.

Engage the Community

It is based on the notion that the best way for entrepreneurs to discover solutions to the challenges they face is through purposeful engagement with one another.

Rising Program

•  By and for entrepreneurs •  Engages entrepreneurial community

Rising Program

•  By and for entrepreneurs •  Engages entrepreneurial community –  Helps founders crowd-source solutions, practice pitch,

receive feedback

Rising Program

•  By and for entrepreneurs •  Engages entrepreneurial community –  Helps founders crowd-source solutions, practice pitch,

receive feedback

•  Develops collective wisdom of community

Rising Program

•  By and for entrepreneurs •  Engages entrepreneurial community –  Helps founders crowd-source solutions, practice pitch,

receive feedback •  Develops collective wisdom of community •  Connects entrepreneurs

Startup Huddle Format

•  Every month, one or two early-stage startups present their companies to a diverse audience of their peers, mentors, educators, and advisors.

Startup Huddle Format

•  Every month, one or two early-stage startups present their companies to a diverse audience of their peers, mentors, educators, and advisors.

•  Prior to presenting, the founder prepares by incorporating lessons from a GEN Partner’s presentation series.

Startup Huddle Format

•  Each founder presents for six minutes, followed by a 20-minute question-and-answer session with the audience.

Startup Huddle Format

•  Each founder presents for six minutes, followed by a 20-minute question-and-answer session with the audience.

•  Afterward, each startup receives feedback via an audience survey and from the local organizers in their city.

Shaping the Culture To Come

The culture surrounding Startup Huddle is that of a supportive, neutral space welcoming entrepreneurs to be open and honest about their businesses and the challenges they face.

Final Thoughts

•  Startup Huddle helps: –  Educate founders –  Engage startup community –  Connect entrepreneurs

PLEASE REACH OUT TO US AT: STEVEN@GEW.CO

Thank you Let’s build the startup community together!

GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP NETWORK

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