Happy Thursday,
It's a really big day for us. We are leading the 2020 Demo Day tonight at 6pm ET.
The Lineup is the following:
6-6:05 - Intro to the Program
6:05 - 6:10 - Dean, Frank Buckless (PCOM)
6:10 - 6:15 - Chip Andrews (accelerator founder and Board of Trustees)
6:15 - 6:30 Updates from Arepa Culture, Aeva Labs, Freshspire, Medicom, Tennisbloc, and WAAM
6:30 - 7:15: Pitches from Simpliworks, 321 Coffee, Sol, Sani, Vetletics
7:15 - 7:30: Breakout Rooms for attendees to meet specific teams
If you wish to join us, please register here.
Happy to answer any questions and feel free to forward to community members or investors that may be interested in attending.
Thought of the day for the founders out there:
“When I play my match, everything else is completely not in my mind anymore"
― Naomi Osaka
TOP FIVE
🌵Trailblazing / Do you get outreach offering to turn a blog post of yours into a visual animation you can use to re-amplify it? How about an offer to translate and republish your work in other languages with attribution? Or an offer to include your company in a case study for a major industry publication? Or one that features your software’s solution to a problem for a presentation to 1,000 people on a webinar? -- That's just a hint of the gold you'll find in "Outreach Tips (that are better than anything you’ll find searching Google)".
🚀Vision / I'm a fan of Fred Wilson. He always has a balanced take on how to do things. In "Some Thoughts on New Tax Revenues" He expresses creative ways to funnel cash to state and local budgets by leveraging transactions that should already be happening.
🦄 True Unicorn / I know it's basic but if I can meet any living entrepreneur, I'd pick Bill Gates all day long. Here's Bill's take on "How do we move around in a zero-carbon world?".
👍SaaS / In this deep piece the A16Z team dissects Fintech in our new world. It's worth a read "Fintech Scales Vertical SaaS".
🔢1:1 / Different to what I normally share but timely, new rules around who qualifies as an Accredited Investor,"SEC Modernizes the Accredited Investor Definition".
EVENTS
Accelerator
This summer we took 5 companies started at NC State and helped them gain initial traction. We made our best to support them in their launch and now are ready to share their progress with our network. Come and see what some of the most exciting NC State companies are doing and watch them pitch their businesses at our Virtual Demo Day Tonight!! Check out the event here.
RIoT
RIoT is crafting their popular Developer Day event into a virtual month-long event series! Join in every Wednesday, 9am-1pm EST, during the month of September for FREE half day interactive workshops. Learn more and register here.
THE SCOOP
BCVP Portfolio Companies
Their Portfolio Companies are Hiring!
Let us know if you are interested, or if you know someone who may be.
Head of Communications – Even
Salesforce Administrator/Developer – Adwerx
Marketing Director – Circonus
Director of Sales – Full Measure
Various positions – Levitate
Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer – ServiceTrade
CTO – Spoonflower
Mann+Hummel Corporate Ventures Intern
We are looking for an undergraduate or graduate student to intern with our Corporate Venture group for the fall semester. Tasks will range from helping streamline how we source and evaluate investments candidates, to assisting internal digital venture teams on various tasks, to conducting research on different market and technology areas. Engineering or science backgrounds preferred, particularly if you like automating systems and have diverse areas of technology interests.
Signature Bank
The newly formed Venture Banking Division of Signature Bank is hiring a portfolio analyst for its Durham location. Unique opportunity to work directly with an experienced lending team focused on early stage companies in the venture space. The Analyst will assist the team with the underwriting analysis for new and existing deals including monthly monitoring, spreading of financial statements and preparing sections of the deal memos. Assist with loan closing process including working with other areas of the Bank to fully onboard the client.
Requirements:
- Strong interest in the venture industry and desire to work with early stage
- Ability to work in a team environment
- Strong attention to detail and analytical skills
- Able to prioritize tasks in a fast-paced environment
- Microsoft outlook, Word and Excel; Spreading Financial Statements
- Strong communication and analytical skills
- College Graduate with 0-1 years of relevant experience
See you next week,
Gabe
