A Special Offer for the Global Shapers Community
CERTIFICATE IN INNOVATIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP
FOR THE GLOBAL SHAPERS COMMUNITY
All programs are 9 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Pacific Time / 4 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. UTC
Co-Sponsoring Hubs: Las Vegas, Baltimore, London II, Palo Alto, Washington, D.C., Miami
This free program consists of six sessions which cover the fundamentals of innovative entrepreneurship. Although the program will primarily cover approaches used by venture capital backed companies and investors, the first three sessions and the last are also extremely valuable to anyone wishing to create innovative NGOs and nonprofits.
All programs are free of charge to the Shapers community (members, former members, staff, volunteers). Each of the six sessions will consist of two hours of instruction, including breaks and Q&A, followed by 45 minutes of open “office hours.”
At the end, persons who have completed each of the programs (live or by listening to the recordings) will receive the DSV Certificate in Innovative Entrepreneurship.
Saturday, June 15, 2024
0. Why Venture Capital and Innovative Entrepreneurship Matters
1. Building From Nothing and Lean Startup Methodology
2. Design Thinking, Agile, Growth Hacking, and Data Analytics
Saturday, June 22, 2024
3. Innovative Business Models and Disrupting Industries
4. Driving Innovation Through IP Strategy
Saturday, June 29, 2024
5. Starting the Company: Stock, Founders, Boards, and Governance
6. Myths of Leadership and Talent: Finding, Compensating, Leading, and Retaining the Team
Saturday, July 6, 2024
7. Venture Financing I: Fundamental Principles, How Funds Operate, Angels, and Key Terms
8. Venture Financing II: Diligence, Cap Tables, Unusual Deals, and Down Rounds
(No program on July 13 because of Global Shapers Annual Summit)
Saturday, July 20, 2024
9. Legal Survival for Startups: Contracts, NDAs, Taxes, Employment, and More
10. Maximizing Exits: Guerilla M&A and IPOs
11. Distress: Surviving and Thriving in Bad Situations
Saturday, July 27, 2024
12. Innovating for Exponential Impact
Introducing Demystifying Silicon Valley to Global Shapers
My name is David Frazee. I have spent a career as one of the world’s top venture lawyers, then as one of the top global venture capital investors, investing in and helping create many “unicorns,” startups worth over $1 billion. Along the way I have helped promote innovative entrepreneurship worldwide, especially in emerging markets. The companies I have worked with have created billions of dollars of revenue and hundreds of thousand of jobs, literally transforming GDPs of regions. You can learn more about me here.
Silicon Valley has created enormous wealth and enriched our lives. The tools we have pioneered here are critical to building a better future that belongs to everyone. We need to unleash the talent of every person who can dream, create, and execute to transform our world.
I grew up under the poverty level with no one to show me how to live the life I was meant to live. I am now spending the last part of my career sharing my lifetime of knowledge since talent is widely distributed but opportunity is not. What would the world look like if everyone could achieve their dreams? Let’s find out together.
I am eager to work with the Global Shapers community, as you represent the best and brightest the world has to offer to create transformative change.
To paraphrase Dr. King, the moral arc of the universe may bend toward justice, but it does not bend without a lot of pushing from everyone like us. I call on each of you to transform your lives and the lives of your families and communities for generations to come. I want to show you how and be by your side as you make the world more just and beautiful.
