Startup Founder 101: Howard Love on The Six Steps to Entrepreneurial Success
VIP Event with Howard Love
Who Should Attend?
- Anyone who has an idea for a startup or an early-stage company
- Anyone that is interested in joining a new startup or looking for a co-founder
- Anyone curious about what it is like to build a successful startup
What are some of the Topics?
- What is it like to be a succesful founder
- What are the first steps in an entrepreneurial journey
- How do you know if you have a good or bad idea
- How to recruit initial Co-Founders, employees and partners
- and more...
What is the Agenda?
- Welcome and Socializing
- Introduction to the Founder Institute
- Howard Love on The Six Steps to Entrepreneurial Success
Howard Love is a life-long entrepreneur who has founded, co-founded, funded and managed startups for over 30 years. He is the Founder & CEO of LoveToKnow, one of the largest US digital media companies, whose web properties include lovetoknow.com, yourdictionary.com, trails.com, and golflink.com.
Love founded his first company, Inmark Development, while an undergraduate at Colgate University. Inmark Development was eventually sold as Rogue Wave and subsequently went public. Since then, Love has founded or co-founded over 15 businesses and invested in over 50 startups including:
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Hotel Tonight – Angel Investment, Board Member
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FlexJobs – Co-Founder, Investor & Chairman
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Trulia – Angel Investment
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GigaOm – Chairman of the Board & Investor
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Liftopia – Angel Investment
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Titan Aerospace (acquired by Google) – Angel investment
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iSpot.tv – Angel Investor
Love speaks frequently on entrepreneurship for conferences, summits & events in North America and overseas, including Techtoberfest, Start-Up Grind, Start-Up Week, Tech Stars, Plug & Play, Capital Factory - as well as Slush Helsinki & the Government of Spain.
Love recently published his first book, the Amazon bestseller The Start-Up J Curve (Greenleaf Book Group 2016). He resides in Silicon Valley, CA.
This event is free to attend, and the first 100 attendees will receive a free copy of Howard's book, The Start-Up J Curve. For more free startup events, visit http://FI.co/events.
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