Steven S. Hoffman - Surviving A Startup Webinar
Thursday, 08 April, 2021
Join our KSOM Zoom Webinar April 8th, 2021 at 11:30am
With serial entrepreneur and author of "Make Elephants Fly' and
"The Five Forces", Steven S. Hoffman
Steven will discuss his latest book "Surving A Startup"
Topic covered will include:
- How VCs in Silicon Valley elvaluate startups
- What are the traits investors look for in entrepreneurs?
- What funding strategies work and which ones fail?
- Which things should an entrepreneur prioritize first when launching a new business?
- What are the investment trends coming?
- Which technologies hold the most promise in the future?
STEVEM S. HOFFMAN, or Captain Hoff as he's called in the Silicon Valley, is the CEO of Founders Space, one of the world's leading incubators and accelerators. He's also an angel investor, limited partner at August Capital, serial entrepreneur, and author.
Hoffman was the founder and chairman of the Producers Guild Silicon Valley Chapter, served on the Board of Governors of the New Media Council, and was founding member of the Academy of Television's Interactive Media Group. In Silicon Valley, Hoffman founded several start-ups in the areas of games and entertainment and worked as mobile studio head for Infospace, which published the hit mobile games Tetris, Wheel of Fortune, Tomb Raider, Thief, Hitman, Skee-Ball, and X Files.
The pre-registration link is:
https://scranton.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMscO2urjwiG9No1M4Bjeuz0K9Xm_iAsN0l
Please send questions if any, to Ms. Diane Lang X7612 diane.lang@scranton.edu