YU Start-Up School

Two day start-up school where outstanding industry leaders share essential practical advice on launching and running a successful start-up.

The main goal of the project is to develop a more connected entrepreneurial community in Philadelphia, USA.

YU Start-Up School is dedicated to initiate a conversation between business founders and venture capitalists, angel investors and business evangelists. This event will give its participants practical tools to transform their ideas into strong business projects.

The event is targeted to engage participants in a conversation not only with a YU Start-Up School speakers, but with each other, thus sharing entrepreneurial creativity and bouncing useful business ideas off each other.

The project’s objective is to help building stronger businesses and comprehensive brands, as well as develop transformational leadership and goal setting skills of the entrepreneurs.

December 4th - December 5th, 2015 

Address: 417 N8th Street, #201, Philadelphia, 19123.

Email: info@plugintosocialmedia.com

Section 1. How to raise initial funds for your business idea?

Section 2. Writing an effective business plan and executive summary.

Section 3. Assembling your team and finding business evangelists.

Section 4. Crowdfunding; a way to raise money or a way to ruin your business idea before it was born.

Section 5. Things you need to know about Venture Capitalists and "Angels".

Section 6. Pitch and its structure.

Section 7. Closing the first round of funding and the following steps after it.

Philadelphia, USA.

Friday, December 4^th
Section 1. 9 am EST- 10:15 am EST
Section 2. 10:30 am EST - 11:30 am EST
Section 3. 11:45 am EST - 12:45 pm EST

Saturday, December 5^th 
Section 4. 9 am EST – 10:15 am EST
Section 5. 10:30 am EST - 11:30 am EST
Section 6. 1:00 pm EST - 1:45 pm EST
Section 7. 2:00 pm EST – 3:00 pm EST