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LEARN Full Calendar 23 23.March.0 MMM Fund of the Month Series: Fireside Chat with OpenView Venture Partners https://atdc.org/event/mmm-fund-of-the-month-openview/ 12:00 pm-1:00 pm 2021.03.23 As sponsors of the , Morris, Manning & Martin (MMM) is hosting a Fund of the Month Series in 2021 whereby select funds will be invited to do a fireside chat. It will give ’s startups an opportunity to speak with capital sources from across the country, and it will give the fund chance to market itself to the ’s startups. In March, we will be speaking with Ricky Pelletier of OpenView Venture Partners. At OpenView, Ricky focuses on identifying and analyzing investment opportunities into application software companies. Ricky has invested in companies such as Deputy, Project44, Loopio, VTS, Lessonly, Auvik and others. Prior to joining OpenView, Ricky was an investor at Symmetric Capital, a growth-focused private equity firm investing across industries. He previously worked at Landmark Partners, an investment firm centered on acquiring secondary interests in venture capital and private equity funds. About Morris, Manning & Martin Morris, Manning & Martin ( www.mmmlaw.com ) is an Atlanta-based national law firm delivering value-added legal services to fast-growing technology and tech-enabled businesses throughout the company lifecycle. MMM’s Corporate Tech Group has closed hundreds of VC, private equity and M&A deals. In addition to corporate finance, MMM’s practice areas include technology agreements, patent/IP, employment, international, IoT, open source, blockchain and dispute resolution. Through MMMs expansive network, the firm helps companies grow by connecting tech clients with sources of capital, management talent, key advisors, strategic partners and other experienced entrepreneurs. Register for this event here. 24 24.March.0 Online Event: Accelerate CEO Roundtable https://atdc.org/event/accelerate-ceo-roundtable-2021-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/ 12:00 pm-1:00 pm 2021.03.24 Join your fellow Accelerate founders and CEOs together with members of the team for a virtual and interactive discussion. Registration Accelerate CEOs can click here to preregister. 25 25.March.0 Online Event: Customer Discovery Lab https://atdc.org/event/customer-discovery-lab-2021-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/ 11:30 am-1:30 pm 2021.03.25 Most technology startups fail. Why? They start executing before they have a sound business model. What about you? Have you discovered a scalable and profitable business model yet? Customer Discovery Lab is a Customer Discovery Bootcamp designed for entrepreneurs. Customer Discovery Lab uses a combination of teaching methodologies from Customer Discovery (get out of the building), Lean Startup (iterative loop of experimentation), Startup Engineering (disprove your assumptions) and the Business Model Canvas to uncover your compelling business model. After this program, you will have identified the core of your business model – your customer segment and value proposition. Or you may discover there isn’t one. And that’s OK too. It’s better to find out now than after spending years and a fortune only to find out you were wrong. How does it work? Multi-week intensive program. You should commit to attend every week. Each week, make assumptions about what needs to be true about your business model to succeed. Design tests to disprove each assumptions. Collect data and interpret the results. Update your business model canvas based on what you have learned. Present your findings to the teaching team and get thoroughly thrashed. Repeat. You will be expected to talk to at least 10 potential customers each week. REGISTRATION LINKS Both Customer Discovery Theory and Customer Discovery Tools are prerequisites to Customer Discovery Lab. Please take Customer Discovery Theory first which is offered the second and fourth Tuesday of every month. Once you begin Customer Discovery Lab, you are then expected to attend every subsequent Thursday until you graduate. Click here to register. 26 26.March.0 Online Event: Signature CEO Roundtable https://atdc.org/event/signature-ceo-roundtable-10-2/ 12:00 pm-1:00 pm 2021.03.26 A talented and diverse group, Signature entrepreneurs are always willing to help their peers by sharing their first-hand experiences. The CEO Roundtables play an important part in the Signature experience and are often cited as one of the biggest benefits of being an Signature company. Every week, Signature CEOs gather for peer-to-peer networking and peer learning. The ‘closed door’ roundtables are designed to enable entrepreneurs to discuss their business and technology challenges, successes, and failures. This event is for Signature CEOs only and is not open to the public. 26 26.March.0 Online Event: Alpharetta Circle https://atdc.org/event/alpharetta-circle-2019-2/ 9:00 am-10:30 am 2021.03.26 The Alpharetta Startup Circle is open to all members. It is an organized, freewheeling discussion among early stage entrepreneurs, Mentors, and Catalysts. Periodically, outside guests join us to bring their particular areas of expertise and experience to the table. Registration Get in touch with the team at Tech Alpharetta to get signed up. 31 31.March.0 Investor Readiness Part 2: Overview with the ATA https://atdc.org/event/investor-readiness-part-2-overview-with-the-ata-4-2-2/ 11:30 am-1:30 pm 2021.03.31 and the Atlanta Technology Angels (ATA) have partnered for this five-part workshop that focuses on the final steps required to prepare for talks with investors. Members of the ATA will be leading the discussion, giving attendees an invaluable opportunity to learn from and interact with some of the region’s top angel investors. This class will address: • Preparation – what you need to have before pitching Angel Investors • Process – how to go about it • Landmines – what can kill your deal making • Funding Alternatives – financial resources other than Angels • Valuation – how to determine what your company is worth Registration link Click here to register. Part 1 and Part 2 are open to all members. Only those who have graduated from Financial Literacy or received a bye from Catalyst Bill Hogan may continue to Investor Readiness Parts 3-6. 1 2 3 4 ... CHATTER @atdc · 14h Questions about what VC's are looking for in the current market? Check out the #'s Fund of the Month series, sponsored by @MMM_Law. We're talking with Ricky Pelletier of OpenView Venture Partners ... on March 23rd http://ow.ly/9wg730rAj0q @atdc · 18 Mar Join us tonight at 5 PM for Entrepreneurs' Night! Come network with other entrepreneurs. This event is open to the public! http://ow.ly/sIs730rAjes @atdc · 18 Mar Customer Discovery Lab is today at 11:30. Come share your progress with a team of our mentors to receive feedback. This class is open to all # Educate, Accelerate, and Signature members ... http://ow.ly/g5wS30rAjeu @atdc · 17 Mar Join us tomorrow for Entrepreneurs' Night! This is our monthly, casual, networking event, at 5PM the third Thursday of each month http://ow.ly/lSjv30rAjer Load More... 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