How to get traction for your startup w/ Forbes, VB writer & “Top 50 Influencer”

Join us for our Speaker Series &nNetworking Event where the topic for this month will be how to get traction for your startup, given by two of the world’s top influencers in online marketing.

Murray Newlands and John Rampton will talk about tips and tricks for getting traction by using a variety of tools and growth hacking techniques.

Traction is one of the top criteria investors need to see and is something all startups must be able to demonstrate.  If you are a startup or entrepreneur, this is a talk you do not want to miss!

The event starts with a networking reception where food and drinks will be provided.

Agenda

6:00pm – 6:45pm – Dinner and networking, demo/sponsor tables
6:45pm – 7:00pm – Intros, demo/sponsor tables mentions
7:00pm – 8:30pm – Speakers program and Q&A
8:30pm – 9:00pm – Meet the speaker, networking

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Date:

Thursday, 06/09/2016

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6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Location:

Founders Floor

2 North 1st St., 5th Floor

San Jose, CA 95113

 

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Discussion Topics

Andrew will give invaluable advice about how to best raise capital from CVCs, build partnerships between startups and large corporations and how to avoid potential mistakes and other dangers related to corporate venture capital.

Also, Andrew will share findings from his research and experience on why and how corporates should establish CVCs.

Other topics included:

– How to raise funding from corporate VCs

– How to partner with corporate VCs and big companies

– Landmines to avoid that can be disastrous for startups and other VCs involved

– How to position your startup to be acquired by a large corporation

– How corporations can use venture capital to access startup innovation, a steady pipeline of partnerships, investments and ultimately M&A opportunities

– And much more…

Speaker

MURRAY NEWLANDS

Entrepreneur

Murray has been named by the Huffington Post as one of “The Top 10 People to Know in Silicon Valley”.

Entrepreneur Magazine included him in the “Top 50 Online Marketing Influencers”​.

Inc. Magazine recommended Murray as one of the “21 Thought Leaders Every Entrepreneur Should Follow in 2016”.

Murray is a regular writer for Entrepreneur Media, Forbes, The Huffington Post, VentureBeat, Sina.com (China’s biggest publications with 100 million users), Mashable, Business Insider, Magazine, Adrants, Digital Journal, etc. His topics include entrepreneurship, startups, investing, interviews with VC and founders, etc.

He is also the Deputy Editor of Search Engine Journal “SEJ” a digital marketing site with an audience of 700,000 monthly visitors (hardcore marketers who are hungry for the best tools, tips and strategies).

Murray is an influencer with over 1.3M followers across several social media platforms and he is the Founder of Influence People, a full service marketing and PR agency.

He is also an Adviser to Draper Nexus Ventures (Network of Things Fund) that invests in IOT companies, consumer, enterprise applications and infrastructure.

Murray is the Founder of Due.com, an online invoicing company that helps over 75,000 businesses and was also the Founder of TheMail, a news site covering performance, SEO, SEM, display, mobile, domains, content marketing and tech.

He used to be US Correspondent of YourStory Media, providing event coverage for events such as SXSW and CES.

He is a Lecturer at the Academy of Art University where he talkes about Marketing, PR, and Entrepreneurship.

Murray earned his Green Card by being recognized by the US Government as an “alien of extraordinary ability.”

Murray is also the author of several books:

– “Online Marketing: A User’s Manual”

– “How to Get PR for your Startup: Traction”

– “Content Marketing Strategies for Professionals: How to Use Content Marketing and SEO to Communicate with Impact, Generate Sales and Get Found by Search Engines”

JOHN RAMPTON

Entrepreneur

John Rampton was recently ranked #2 by Entrepreneur Magazine on their list of the Top 50 Online Influencers in the World.

He is also recognized as one of the Top 10 Most Influential PPC Experts in the World.

John blogs about his success and epic failures on Entrepreneur, Forbes, Inc. Magazine, TechCrunch, Mashable, Huffington Post and many more.

Time Magazine recognized John as a motivational speaker and he currently advises several startups on content, marketing, branding, leadership, motivation and conversion marketing.

He is the Founder and CEO of Due.com, an online invoicing platform with over over 75,000 clients.

He also founded, Blogging.org, a company acquired few years ago by MoneyReign and was CEO of Pixloo Real Estate Virtual Tours (over 80,000 customer signups in the first 2 months), a company also acquired.

John was VP Marketing at Adogy and Partner at Maple North a full service marketing agency whose clients include the Toronto Film Festival, Starbucks and Adobe.

He is the Managing Editor at Search Engine Journal, used to be CEO of Red Bulb Media and Marketing Manager at ReeNev where he managed an affiliate advertising budget of $7.8 Million a month.

John has also authored an e-book titled “Search Engine Journals Beginners Guide” and co-wrote “Performance Marketing for Professionals” with Murray Newlands.

Free street parking

Abundant street parking is available for free after 6:00 p.m. in downtown San Jose. Streets closest to Founders Floor with free street parking are Santa Clara St., North Market St. and St. John St.

Free parking garage

Founders Floor will provide a 2 hour free parking voucher to the Market & San Pedro Square Parking Garage. This garage is only one block away from Founders Floor. It’s located at 45 N. Market St., between W. Santa Clara St. and W. St. John St. Upon check-in at the Founders Floor event, make sure you ask for the 2 hour free parking voucher.

Public transportation

VTA Light Rail is right outside our building, and runs every 20 minutes making public transportation fast and easy.  Both the Mountain View-Winchester and the Alum Rock-Santa Teresa VTA light rail stop at the Santa Clara Station(s) which is located just a block away.
Refund Policy

You may request a refund up to 48 hours before the event. Unfortunately, any refunds requested less than 48 hours before the event cannot be honored. Thank you for your understanding.

Disclaimer

By participating in this Founders Floor Event, you agree to this liability disclaimer: www.foundersfloor.com/disclaimer