Our latest masterclasses & fireside chats
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Educational Calendar
June
16
2021
June Masterclass
Debunking Fundraising Myths & Facts for Womenpreneurs
with Brittany Barreto, PhD Cofounder, Executive Director FemTech Focus, Founding Partner Coyote Ventures
In this masterclass, you’ll learn:
- What is a fundraise strategy?
- How to create a fundraise strategy
- Fundraising timelines
- How do you find investors?
- How do you get a warm introduction?
- How to build, grow, and maintain investor relations
- Step by Step protocol on how to raise capital
- How to know if your business is ready, or should, seek investment
More about Brittany:
While finishing her PhD in genetics, Brittany launched the first nationwide DNA-based dating app in the U.S., Pheramor. She then joined as the Senior Venture Associate at Capital Factory and grew their portfolio by 205%, leading due-diligence on several successful investments. Brittany is the founding partner and emerging fund manager at Coyote Ventures, an early-stage femtech investment firm.
She is an expert at fundraising and VC capital, and during her masterclass, she’ll be debunking many myths and facts that surround raising capital as a female founder.
This class is closed. Become a Sohuis member to get access to Brittany’s recording and all of our other classes!
June
30
2021
Lauren is the cofounder and CEO of Fundr, a platform that automates and removes bias from seed investing by creating portfolios of AI-vetted startups.
Lauren also cofounded Black Women Talk Tech, the largest membership organization and only conference for black women founders and KeepUp, a social listening platform. Her companies have won multiple awards including the world’s largest pitch competition, 43North and the Advanced Imaging Society’s Distinguished Leadership Award. She has been featured in The New York Times, Elle, Inc and Black Enterprise and has been listed as a top female entrepreneur in Essence Magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine and CIO Magazine among others.
Lauren is going to be chatting with our members about funding, bootstrapping, scaling, and growing a business and a community from scratch to success.
*for Sohuis Community Members only. If you’re not a member yet, you can join here to meet Lauren to and get access to this session!
July
14
2021
July Masterclass
Influence and Powerful Speaking for Small Businesses: How to Master Public Speaking with Your Core Values
with Gino Perrotte, Award-Winning Educator, Business Coach + Mentor
- Identify your top 5 current Core Values
- Explore the foundational belief that is underlying each Core Value
- Practice the extemporaneous style of public speaking in front of a small group by verbally articulating one of your Core Values and explaining why it is important to you
- Receive expert feedback from Gino Perrotte, M.A. about the verbal and nonverbal aspects of your public speaking style (optional — it’s ok if you prefer not to receive feedback during this workshop
More about Gino:
Gino Perrotte is an award-winning Human Communication consultant, instructor, speaker and coach. For the past decade, his professional career has been dedicated to helping others grow creative potential, increase perspective-taking abilities, and enhance human connections through improved soft skills. He is a published author, well-known professor and interpersonal communications expert, public speaking coach, and an expert in gender studies.
July
28
2021
Chenny is an experience designer, technologist, and serial entrepreneur. She’s played a leadership role at multiple design consultancies for over a decade before deciding to focus on one big, hairy challenge: creating a more equitable healthcare system through decolonization.
Her current venture, Gotcare, scaled to become a business generating 7-digit revenues within their first year. Her projects have received numerous international awards, including Best of CES and the Consumer Electronics Association Innovation Award. Chenny has also been awarded funding from SheEO and has been named one of Canada’s Next 36 Leaders.
In her spare time, she works on DIY home renovation projects, hosts leadership retreats and community circles, and experiments with intercultural cooking. Her friends often call her an “energizer bunny” – if you come to her excited about an opportunity, she’ll likely be just as excited as you are by the end of the conversation.
Chenny will be talking with our members and sharing everything she has learned about growing and building her million+ business, GotCare. She’ll also be mentoring our members live on their businesses and answer all of their questions about building and scaling businesses.
*for Sohuis Community Members only. If you’re not a member yet, you can join here to meet Chenny to and get access to this session!
Past Workshops & Member Fireside Chats
Join as a Sohuis Insider and unlock our entire library of branding & marketing workshops, courses, templates, and more.
How to Start an Email List from Scratch with Newsletters, in Partnership with ConvertKit
Featuring Angel Marie
Member-Only Fireside Chat: Building an Online Empire
with Abagail Pumphrey, Co-founder of Boss Project
How to Build and Scale Your Influencer Marketing Strategy
Featuring Kristen Wiley, Founder/CEO of Statusphere
Member-Only Fireside Chat: Landing Press and Getting Published
with Jessica Abo, award-winning journalist and best selling author
Member Only Fireside Chat: The Formula to Scaling Globally
Featuring Kimberly Ofori, serial entrepreneur, startup mentor and consultant at ScaleUp Company
Why You Need a Genuine Personality Brand: How to Stand Out in a Sea of Sameness and a World of Duplicates
Featuring Danielle Hughes, founder of More Than Words Marketing
Marketing: The Driver of Your Purpose & Social Impact
Featuring Dr. Conway Dato-on, Professor of International Business & Social Entrepreneurship, Faculty Director: Global Links Initiative
Member-Only Fireside Chat: Fundraising Bootcamp and the Basics of VC
with Anne Cocquyt, Founder of the GUILD
Intro to Feminist Marketing & Business Practices: How to Build a Business that Generates Money & Justice
Featuring Kelly Diels, Feminist Writer, Educator and Feminist Marketing Consultant
Join the Sohuis Membership Community and get access to all of these workshops
(and our entire library of courses and marketing tools), and a lot more.
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