Workshop: Getting press for your startup & crowdfunding campaign
Join us for our monthly Founders Floor Workshop Series where Conrad Egusa, PR guru, will discuss about how to get press for your startup launch or crowdfunding campaign, including a case study about his client – SpeedX – one of the most successful crowdfunding campaigns, who raised over $2MM on Kickstarter.
If your startup or crowdfunding campaign needs press coverage inTechCrunch, VentureBeat and other tech publications, then this event is for you.
The 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:
Tuesday, 05/03/2016
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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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Interested in taking your startup to the next level?
Topic
• PR strategies to use when launching your startup or a Kickstarter and Indiegogo campaign
• How startups can best integrate PR with other marketing tools (ex: email marketing) to maximize results
• Case studies on how other startups approached the media for crowdfunding campaigns (good examples and bad examples)
• Things to watch out for when approaching the media
• How to continue to attract media coverage during & after your crowdfunding campaign or startup launch
• Which angles/announcements work best for crowdfunding campaigns and startup launches
• How to find journalists who can cover your industry
• And much more…
Speaker
Conrad Egusa
Founder & CEO
Publicize
Conrad Egusa is the Founder & CEO of Publicize, the Startup PR Company. He works with many startups from Y Combinator, 500 Startups, and other accelerators.
Conrad is a contributor writer at TechCrunch and earlier he was a writer for VentureBeat.
He and his company have been featured in many publications including The Financial Times, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, Forbes, The Next Web, Entrepreneur Magazine, Inc. Magazine, etc.
Conrad’s passion is for startups, but he also works with more established companies like Microsoft, Hallmark Cards and others.
Conrad’s PR machine was able to place many startups’ stories in the largest technology and business publications, including The Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, Business Insider, VentureBeat, BizJournals, Wired, etc.
Conrad is a Global Mentor at 500 Startups and has founded an angel-investor backed startup in Silicon Valley.
What people say about Conrad and Publicize:
“GREAT PR resource!” – Guy Kawasaki, VC at Garage Technology Ventures
“Conrad Egusa’s gift to us all” – Steve Blank, Stanford Professor and a leader in the lean startup movement