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  • 1.  Member introductions

    Posted 02-14-2023 13:36

    Hello! 

    Welcome to the Founders Lounge! We're happy that you're here. 

    We'd love to get to know you better. Please take a moment to introduce yourself to the community including: 

    • Name
    • Position and company
    • What you're looking forward to seeing in the Founders Lounge

    We're excited to continue to grow this community and encourage your participation. 



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    Brent Devey
    Community Manager
    Carta
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  • 2.  RE: Member introductions

    Posted 02-15-2023 10:27

    Hey Brent! So happy to be a part of this community.

    My name is Chris Hoffmann & I'm the founder of Equity Admin Co., a consulting firm that helps companies to manage their cap table and equity data on Carta.

    I'm looking to network with and get to know other founders  and hopefully help answer some equity questions!

    Thanks for having me!



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    Chris Hoffmann
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  • 3.  RE: Member introductions

    Posted 02-17-2023 13:14

    Hello,

    I am Alok, Founder at FunnelStory. Looking for learnings on this platform.

    Best,

    Alok S



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    Alok Shukla
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  • 4.  RE: Member introductions

    Posted 02-20-2023 19:28

    Hey Everyone,

    My names Nick & I'm the CEO/Co founder of Prosal (Techstars '22)

    Prosal helps small to medium sized agencies & consultants find and win more business, through the RFP.

    We're starting by leveling the playing field for BIPOC-owned web dev & marketing firms, and we help them find RFPs with mission driven orgs like nonprofits and foundations.

    We're gonna make the RFP not suck, and on the way there, we'll become any agency's business development secret weapon.

     Looking forward to meeting other early stage founders and developing mutually-beneficial partnerships! Reach out if you'd like to chat 😁🤝



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    Nicholas Lopez
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  • 5.  RE: Member introductions

    Posted 05-01-2023 14:57

    A warm welcome to our newest founders! We'd love to learn more about you. Please introduce yourself!

    @Lisa Mathias @pramod aggarwal @Ishan Sharma @Bashar Kachachi @Matthew Miller @Adam Stenftenagel @Michael Mc Cannon @Campbell Yule @Ian Harley @Alex Westner @Emily Adler @Jason Mann @Nancy Schoenbrunner @Ben Emmrich @Dede Willis @Kim Havens @Mary Gaffney @Kristy McCann @Paul Martinchuk @William Leigh @Tania Seger @Valentin Haarscher @Jeff Bennion @Tyler Hayes @Sarah Ellenbogen @Kofi Gyasi @Maneesh Sagar @Rushabh Sadiwala @Rob Koyfman @Charise Flynn @Johnny Wang @Elias Wehbe @Erica Armstrong @Jim Olson @Gonçalo Ribeiro @Ravi Kopuri @Steve Burt @Tobin Sebastian @Samantha Gadd @Brandon Clarke @Henry Schueller @Dong Wang @Fernando Taliberti @Christina Pawlikowski 



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    Brent Devey
    Community Manager
    Carta
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  • 6.  RE: Member introductions

    Posted 05-02-2023 16:48

    Thanks for the nudge @Brent Devey 

    Brandon Clarke

    Co-Founder/CEO Scratch - a work-first set of tools and resources to help teens and pre-teens manage their neighborhood gigs and side hustles.  We're weeks away from launching our lightweight CRM designed to inspire and level up young owners.  I'm here to give/get support and connectivity.  Find me on LI https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandonclarke25/

    https://startscratch.co/



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    Brandon Clarke
    CEO
    Scratch
    AZ
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  • 7.  RE: Member introductions

    Posted 05-03-2023 07:42

    Nice to meet you, @Brandon Clarke ! Scratch sounds super interesting! I wish I would've had something like that when I was a kid. Thanks for introducing yourself and welcome to the Founders Lounge. 



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    Brent Devey
    Community Manager
    Carta
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  • 8.  RE: Member introductions

    Posted 05-04-2023 09:37

    My name is Genevieve and I'm the founder and CEO of Origins Education and I'm grateful to be a part of this community and look forward to connecting with you all:  https://vimeo.com/819342641

    Who We Are:  Edutech company Origins Curriculum Inc. is a global, tech-leveraged Delaware Corporation that has set out to address the astronomical issue of climate change through a novel approach: by going back to the beginning. We provide year-round B2B and B2C SaaS digital nature-based curriculum for schools, classroom educators and homeschool families of kids ages pre-k through high school. 

    Our Why: We can invest billions into AI and tech, and launch missions to Mars, but our only chance of having grandchildren that live long enough to have their own is if we create broad changes to the systems that support both environmental AND economic sustainability, which will require having an entire generation of people who understand humanity's place in a healthy global eco-system, and who have the understanding, drive and skills to make systemic change. And our current education system is the antithesis to this. Why early education? It's where our default modes are set. And when the climate is reaching the tipping point, it will be the generation of kids that are being born now and those that are currently in grade-school, middle school and high school who will be running the world!

    Our Solution: This is why I created Origins Curriculum. We are the world's first Conscious Curriculum brand, combining high level academics with eco-literacy and mindfulness, and we are giving educators the tools and the platform they need to transform themselves, their students and the world through a desperately needed paradigm shift to education. Origins Curriculum is an award-winning and comprehensive approach to education that guides and grows a child's connection to their emotional, social, and environmental consciousness. Kids will develop critical-thinking skills toward solving real-world problems, while gaining confidence in their identity, meaning, and purpose.

    Our History: We completed an initial beta test year and then publicly launched at the beginning of this 21/22 school year providing research-based, nature-inspired, eco-conscious curriculum and resources for schools, classroom educators and homeschool families that is easy for educators to deploy and transformational for students. 

    Our Success: In less than a year, with nearly no ad budget, we already have hundreds of subscribers in 4 countries and counting while maintaining a CAC of less than $100. We are seeking seed round equity funding, terms negotiable. Origins will use this funding to accelerate customer growth through marketing and onboarding more development and support staff to achieve our 3 year post-funding projection of 17,000+ monthly subscribers and over 12M revenue.

    Our Team: Origins has a diverse team of credentialed professionals with decades of experience and the passion for the mission. We tested our curriculum in brick and mortar schools for over 11 years and are confident we have the keys to a high level of success. See our team bio's here: https://www.originscurriculum.com/site/about



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    Genevieve King
    Founder & CEO
    Origins Curriculum
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  • 9.  RE: Member introductions

    Posted 05-04-2023 10:39

    Welcome, @Genevieve King and thanks for sharing! Sounds like Origins is an extremely noble cause. Best of luck on the seed series! There are plenty of founders here who have gone through it, so be sure to reach out if you have any questions that the community can help out with.



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    Brent Devey
    Community Manager
    Carta
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