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SKILLS LAB RECORDINGS

See below for the slides and/or recordings of previous Skills Lab sessions.

Mentoring

Grant Writing

Fall 2020

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  1. Federal Grants Overview and Finding Opportunities*

  2. Navigating Solicitations*

  3. Basics of Narrative and Budget*

    *Slide deck only

Investor Preparedness

Winter 2020-2021

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  1. Investor and Process Overview*

  2. Term Sheets I: Convertible Notes*

  3. Term Sheets II: Convertible Preferred*

  4. Financial Modeling*

  5. Due Diligence Preparations

    *Slide deck only

Sales Preparedness

Summer 2021

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  1. Basic Sales Techniques

  2. CRMs and Other Management Tools

  3. Complex Sales

  4. Additional Sales Tools

  5. Sales Recruiting and Compensation

Customer Discovery

Fall 2021

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  1. ​What is Customer Discovery?

  2. Interview Best Practices

  3. Understanding and Avoiding Confirmation Bias

  4. Customer Discovery Tools

  5. Market Intelligence

Winning Investor Decks & Beyond

Spring 2022

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  1. Preparing to Fundraise

  2. How Venture Capitalists Think

    • Workshop: How Venture Capitalists Think

  3. The Fundraising Deck

    • Workshop: The Fundraising Deck​

  4. Financials 101

  5. Financials 201

  6. Due Diligence

Human Resources

Winter 2022-2023

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  1. ​Human Resources 101

  2. Human Resources 102

  3. Setting People Strategy Part 1

  4. Setting People Strategy Part 2

  5. Human Resources 201+

The Legal Path to Fundraising

Winter 2023

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  1. ​Corporate Structure and Compliance

  2. Anatomy of an Agreement

  3. Preparing for Legal Due Diligence

Securing Pilots and Demos

Spring 2023

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  1. ​Program Overview

  2. Pilots and Demos

  3. Utilities

  4. Regulations and Government

  5. Large Corporations

Trending Topics

Fall 2023

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  1. ​Customer Discovery

  2. Sales

  3. Investor Readiness

  4. HR and Compliance

  5. Grant Writing

Global Strategies for Climate Tech and AI

Summer 2024

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  1. Advancing Climate AI​

  2. Cybersecurity

  3. AI Tool Through a Climate Lens

  4. Success Stories with NVIDIA

Employer of Choice

Fall 2024

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  1. 6 Ways to Become the Employer of Choice

  2. Understanding Your HR Options

  3. Benefits Packages + R&D Tax Credit

  4. Salary and Equity Options

AI and Cybersecurity

Fall 2024

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  1. Top 10 Security Threats Facing Startups and Proper Cybersecurity

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