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Thursday, June 3, 2021 – “Financial Projections” – Zach Giegel, Co-founder and Managing Partner, District Advisory.
Thursday, May 20, 2021 – “Growing a Team” – Jen Pilcher, CEO, Patriot Boot Camp & Meghan Ogilvie, CEO, Dog Tag Bakery hosted a Fireside Chat together.
Thursday, May 13, 2021- “Where Are Your Customers? How to Define, Reach, and Engage Your Target Market” – Every business needs customers to survive, but do you know who your best customers are and how to connect with them? In this session, Kate Fosson and Channing Salava, founders of Brand Pollinators, share strategies you can implement to reach your target market and grow a loyal customer base.
Thursday, April 22, 2021- “Building an Innovative Workspace: An Air Force Story.” – Joey Arora, Chief Scaling Officer at DoD Platform One.
Thursday, April 15, 2021 – “Data Privacy and You – Ensuring Your Company is Ready for the Data Privacy Tsunami.” – Rob Thelen, CEO, and co-founder of Rownd.
Thursday, April 8, 2021 – “Personal Branding for Entrepreneurs” – Pete Canalichio, President and Managing Partner, BrandAlive.
Thursday, March 25, 2021 – “Learn about Grow with Google’s free tools and resources for the military community.” Information for transitioning service members, veterans, and military spouses, who are seeking to grow their career, business, or learn a new skill. Michael St. Germain, Programs Marketing Manager, Grow with Google.
Thursday, March 18, 2021 – “Starting Your Company While Still Full-time in the Military” – Gregory Coleman, CEO, Sworkit (Nexercise Inc.) and PBC Alum.
Thursday March 11, 2021- “Pitch Practice” – Patriot Boot Camp’s CEO Jen Pilcher helps new founders celebrate their new companies through pitch practice. They prepared a 30-second pitch, practiced, and got live instant feedback and tips from our CEO, Jen Pilcher. This was a great opportunity to share your incredible company with our community.
Thursday, March 4, 2021 – Thank you to USPTO, Essama Omgba – Supervisory Patent Examiner with TC3700 (Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Medical Devices/Processes) and Hector Leal – Patent Examiner & Outreach Coordinator for sharing “Introduction to Intellectual Property.”
Thursday, December 10, 2020 – Thank you to Justin Shanken, Principal and CEO, Shanken Security Solutions, for sharing his expertise on “Understanding cybercriminals – How to protect your company from cyber threats on the cheap” followed by a Q & A session.
Thursday, November 19, 2020 – Thank you to Jennifer Pilcher, CEO, Patriot Boot Camp & Selene Martin, Director of Corporate Responsibility, USAA, for engaging in a fireside chat “Behind the Scenes of Funding”.
Thursday, November 12, 2020 – Thank you to Jennifer Pilcher, CEO, Patriot Boot Camp for sharing her “Practical and Tactical Sales Tips”.
Thursday, October 15, 2020 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM EST – Thank you to Travis Sorensen, CEO, Oddball, for sharing how to, “Grow from Sub to Prime: A Journey in Federal Contracting”.
Thursday, October 1, 2020 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM EST – Thank you to Kate Fosson and Channing Salava, Co-Founders, Brand Pollinators, for teaching us how to “Create A Winning One Sheet”!
BRAND POLLINATOR’S WEBINAR SURVEY
LEARN MORE ABOUT BRAND POLLINATORS
BRAND POLLINATOR’S MIGHTY NETWORK
Thursday, September 24, 2020 1:30 – 2:30 PM EDT – Dennis Volpe, Principal, Leadership Research Institute, will discussed “Entrepreneurship and Resiliency” followed by a Q & A session. The intent of the webinar was to explore the subject of resilience, discuss the elements of personal resilience, and provide perspective on living a resilient life. It was amazing! Thank you Dennis!
Thursday, September 17, 2020 1:30 – 2:30 PM EDT – Thank you to Erica! Erica McMannes, COO & Founder, Instant Teams, discussed “How to Build a Remote Team” followed by a Q & A session.
INSTANT TEAM GENERAL COMMUNICATION HANDBOOK
INSTANT TEAM’S TEAM BUILDING PARTY IDEAS
Thursday, September 10, 2020 1:30 – 2:30 PM EDT – Thank you to Jewel Burks, Head of Google for Startups, US! Jewel discussed “How Google for Startups Supports Diversity and the Underserved” followed by a Q & A session.
Thursday, September 3, 2020 1:30 – 2:30 PM EDT – Thank you Warren Katz, Managing Director of the Air Force Accelerator Powered by Techstars! Warren discussed “AFWERX, how the DoD is doing business with commercial startups” followed by a Q & A session.
Thursday, August 27, 2020 1:30 – 2:30 EDT – Lamine Zarrad, SVP, Financial Services, at ZenBusiness PBC, discussed his “Journey to Acquisition”. He has an incredible story. You don’t want to miss is! Watch his webinar below.
Thursday, August 20, 2020 1:30 – 2:30 PM EDT – Zachary Giegel, Co-founder and Managing Partner, District Advisory, discussed, “Financial Projections – Where to Start and How to Build a Projection” followed by a Q & A session. Thank you Zach!
RESTAURANT FINANCIAL PROJECTION EXAMPLE
DISTRICT ADVISORY EXAMPLE SAAS FINANCIAL MODEL
Thursday, August 13, 2020 1:30 – 2:30 PM EDT – Pete Canalichio, President and Managing Partner, BrandAlive, discussed “Personal Branding for Entrepreneurs” followed by a Q & A session. Thank you Pete!
Thursday, June 25, 2020 1:30 – 2:15 PM EDT – Thank you to Matt Hyde, Partner & Co-Founder at Catalyst Law Group LLP, for discussing “Legal Startup Mistakes to Avoid”.
Thursday, June 18, 2020 1:30 – 2:15 PM EDT – Thank you to Kelsey Gernert, Head of Partnerships, HubSpot for Startups US & Canada, for discussing best practices in “How To Build Your Marketing Foundation-Building Your Brand in Uncertain Times”. Here are the two blogs Kelsey promised; How to build a detailed buyer persona and How to Ignite Organic Growth With a Topic Cluster Strategy in HubSpot
KELSEY GERNERT VIDEO RECORDING
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Thursday, June 11, 2020 1:30 – 2:15 PM EDT – Thank you to John Bungert, AVP – Complex Deals | MetLife. John discussed “The Virtual Pitch – Selling Behind a Screen” and had many brave entrepreneurs share their 30 second pitches.
JOHN BUNGERT VIRTUAL PITCH SLIDE DECK
Thursday, June 4, 2020 1:30 – 2:15 PM EDT – Thank you to Conrad Holloman, Growth Team at Techstars | Veteran and Milspouse Advocate at Operation Code, for leading a discussion about doing business with the government, specifically AFWERX and SBIR.
OVERVIEW OF THE US FEDERAL MARKET FOR STARTUPS SLIDE DECK
CONRAD HOLLOMAN WEBINAR RECORDING
Thursday, May 28, 2020 1:30 – 2:30 PM EDT – Thank you to PBC Alum, Ryan Hogan, Hunt a Killer CEO & Co-Founder, for an awesome discussion on E-commerce. “No better time to Launch or Grow (or Transition to) E-commerce.”
Wednesday, May 27, 2020 1:00 – 1:45 PM EDT – Thank you to Taylor McLemore, Founder, PBC and Managing Director, Techstars for taking us inside an accelerator and sharing what he looks for in a candidate.
TAYLOR MCLEMORE WORKFORCE ACCELERATOR RECORDING
Thursday, May 21, 2020 12:30 – 1:30 PM EDT – Thank you to David Brown, Founder and CEO, Techstars for discussing what Techstars is looking for in a founder. There is a lot of great Q & A at the end.
Thursday, May 14, 2020 1:30 – 2:15 PM EDT – Thank you Matt Lembright, CEO and Co-Founder, Cybermarketdc.com (by ENABLD) for helping our community understand “How to prevent “Zoom-Bombing” and other online threats”.
MATT LEMBRIGHT WEBINAR RECORDING
Thursday, May 7, 2020 1:30 – 2:30 PM EST – Patriot Boot Camp would like to thank Brittney Martino, MBA, Strategic Engagement Officer, AFWERX and team for discussing AFWERX Challenge with us. AFWERX Challenge is a platform for strengthening our U.S. Air Force (USAF). It is a mechanism for finding the right solution for the USAF customer despite the size, structure, and origin of the organization offering the solution. The challenge process is a user-centric market research approach that empowers Air Force contracting officers to utilize the appropriate procurement method to rapidly partner with the top emerging technology providers participating in the challenge.
Thursday, April 30, 2020 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM EST – Dave Drach, VP Innovation Sales, Techstars and Patriot Boot Camp Board Member, discussed B2B Sales which was followed by a Q & A Session.
Thursday, April 23, 2020 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM EST – Bunker Labs and Patriot Boot Camp welcomed Randy H. Nelson to our Lunch and Learn series. Randy discussed Contingency Planning for Entrepreneurs which was followed by Q & A.
DECISION SERIES MINI QUAL CARD
RANDY H. NELSON WEBINAR RECORDING
Thursday, April 16, 2020, 5:00 PM EST – Mark Mhley, PBC alum, from Re4ormed had an inaugural “All Call” networking event for veteran and military-spouse owned small businesses and their supporters.
Thursday, April 9, 2020 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM EST – Patriot Boot Camp’s team and JJ Montanaro, CFP®, Relationship Director, Military Advocacy Group, Military Affairs, USAA. JJ discussed personal finances during COVID-19 followed by Q & A. Thank you to JJ for a great discussion!
Thursday, April 2, 2020 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM EST – Patriot Boot Camp’s team and Brandon Shelton, Task Force X Capital, Founder and Managing Partner. Brandon discussed funding during COVID-19.
BRANDON SHELTON’S VIDEO RECORDING
Thursday, March 26, 2020 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM EST – Patriot Boot Camp’s team and founder, Taylor McLemore, for our first “Lunch and Learn”. Taylor discussed crisis advice overload and helped provide a framework for identifying the right advice for your company and a path to apply it.