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Kellogg Alumni Club of Bay Area & Silicon Valley Presents Role of AI in Digital Marketing for Startups or SMBs

Join this FREE Webinar on Role of AI in Digital Marketing for Startups & Small Businesses by StartupWind and see how you can build a powerful marketing engine for your startup.

Thursday, March 28th , 2024 at 06:00 pm PST

Speaker

Naren Patil, Founder & CEO of StartupWind, Former head of Product Marketing at Saba Learning, Former SVP Marketing & Demand Generation at NG DATA, Former Director, Product Marketing at BEA/Oracle, Former Head of Products at TriNet (NYSE TNET), MBA from Northwestern Kellogg

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3-Part Webinar Series: Digital Marketing for Small Businesses and Startups

Webinar Part 1: Segmentation, Targeting & Messaging

Wednesday, March 27th , 2024 at 10:00 am PST

Speaker

Naren Patil, Founder & CEO of StartupWind, Former head of Product Marketing at Saba Learning, Former SVP Marketing & Demand Generation at NG DATA, Former Director, Product Marketing at BEA/Oracle, Former Head of Products at TriNet (NYSE TNET), MBA from Northwestern Kellogg

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3-Part Webinar Series: Digital Marketing for Small Businesses and Startups

Webinar Part 2: Blogging & SEO strategies to turbo charge your startup

Thursday, March 21st , 2024 at 10:00 am PST

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Naren Patil, Founder & CEO of StartupWind, Former head of Product Marketing at Saba Learning, Former SVP Marketing & Demand Generation at NG DATA, Former Director, Product Marketing at BEA/Oracle, Former Head of Products at TriNet (NYSE TNET), MBA from Northwestern Kellogg

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3-part Webinar Series: Growth Hacking for Startups & Small Businesses

Webinar Part 1: How to create an effective marketing plan?

Wednesday, March 20th , 2024 at 10:00 am PST

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Naren Patil, Founder & CEO of StartupWind, Former head of Product Marketing at Saba Learning, Former SVP Marketing & Demand Generation at NG DATA, Former Director, Product Marketing at BEA/Oracle, Former Head of Products at TriNet (NYSE TNET), MBA from Northwestern Kellogg

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2-Part Webinar Series: Mastering Sales Strategies for Your Startup or Small Business

Webinar Part 1: How to Convert Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLs) into Sales Meetings

Wednesday, March 13th , 2024 at 10:00 am PST

Speaker

Naren Patil, Founder & CEO of StartupWind, Former head of Product Marketing at Saba Learning, Former SVP Marketing & Demand Generation at NG DATA, Former Director, Product Marketing at BEA/Oracle, Former Head of Products at TriNet (NYSE TNET), MBA from Northwestern Kellogg

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3-part Webinar Series: Growth Hacking for Startups & Small Businesses

Webinar Part 3: How to grow the pipeline and revenue for your startup?

Thursday, January 18th , 2024 at 10:00 am PST

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Naren Patil, Founder & CEO of StartupWind, Former head of Product Marketing at Saba Learning, Former SVP Marketing & Demand Generation at NG DATA, Former Director, Product Marketing at BEA/Oracle, Former Head of Products at TriNet (NYSE TNET), MBA from Northwestern Kellogg

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StartupWind is excited to be a sponsor for USASBE Conference!

Meet us at Birmingham : Jan 12 to 14, 2024

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3-part Webinar Series: Growth Hacking for Startups & Small Businesses

Webinar Part 2: Zero Dollar Marketing

Thursday, December 7th , 2023 at 10:00 am PST

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Naren Patil, Founder & CEO of StartupWind, Former head of Product Marketing at Saba Learning, Former SVP Marketing & Demand Generation at NG DATA, Former Director, Product Marketing at BEA/Oracle, Former Head of Products at TriNet (NYSE TNET), MBA from Northwestern Kellogg

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3-Part Webinar Series: Digital Marketing for Small Businesses and Startups

Webinar Part 1: Segmentation, Targeting & Messaging

Join FREE Webinar and get ready to drive growth for your startup & small business!

Wednesday, December 6th , 2023 at 10:00 am PST

Speaker

Naren Patil, Founder & CEO of StartupWind, Former head of Product Marketing at Saba Learning, Former SVP Marketing & Demand Generation at NG DATA, Former Director, Product Marketing at BEA/Oracle, Former Head of Products at TriNet (NYSE TNET), MBA from Northwestern Kellogg

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3-part Webinar Series: Growth Hacking for Startups & Small Businesses

Step by step process to create effective marketing plan for your startup.

Thursday, November 9th , 2023 at 10:00 am PST

Speaker

Naren Patil, Founder & CEO of StartupWind, Former head of Product Marketing at Saba Learning, Former SVP Marketing & Demand Generation at NG DATA, Former Director, Product Marketing at BEA/Oracle, Former Head of Products at TriNet (NYSE TNET), MBA from Northwestern Kellogg

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3-Part Webinar Series : Webinar Part 3 Email & Social Media Marketing to grow your startup

Join this Webinar and learn how to use Email & Social Media campaigns to drive growth of your small business!

Thursday, September 21st , 2023 at 10:00 am PST

Speaker

Naren Patil, Founder & CEO of StartupWind, Former head of Product Marketing at Saba Learning, Former SVP Marketing & Demand Generation at NG DATA, Former Director, Product Marketing at BEA/Oracle, Former Head of Products at TriNet (NYSE TNET), MBA from Northwestern Kellogg

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Build a Powerful Entrepreneurial Ecosystem for your University and Region!

Join us in - Dallas, Texas

6 October from 11:15 AM to 12:15 PM CT

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Join FREE demo webinar & learn how universities have built powerful digital innovation ecosystems!

Thursday, July 27th, 2023 at 08:00 AM PT

Speaker

Naren Patil, CEO, StartupWind, Marketing & Strategy Executive, MBA Northwestern Kellogg

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Digital Marketing for Startups & Small Businesses!

Join this webinar and get ready to unlock the growth that your business deserves!

10:00 AM PST on Thursday, July 6th, 2023

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Naren Patil, CEO, StartupWind, Marketing & Strategy Executive, MBA Northwestern Kellogg

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StartupWind is excited to be a sponsor at the Deshpande Symposium!
Join us at Phoenix, Arizona

June 5th to 7th , 2023

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Join StartupWind founder to see the live demo of StartupWind Unified Innovation & Mentoring Platform!

Learn how to build powerful digital innovation ecosystems for your region!

10:00am PST (1:00pm EST) on Thursday, June 1st 2023

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Learn how PROOF Alcohol Ice Cream, a winner of the StartupWind Global Accelerator is taking the dessert market by storm!

Listen to the pitch of a High Growth Startup!

8:00am PT on Thursday, May 25th 2023

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StartupWind is excited to be a sponsor at the OPEN conference!

Join us at Alexandria, (Washington, DC)!

March 21st to 23rd 2023

Learn how PROOF Alcohol Ice Cream, a winner of the StartupWind Global Accelerator is taking the dessert market by storm!

Join this webinar to see PROOF Ice Cream’s growth story through the eyes of experienced investors.

Tuesday, January 17th, 2023 at 12:00 PM PT

Speakers -

Dr. Dirk Brown, Chairman, PROOF Ice Cream, Former Silicon Valley Executive, PhD Cornell University

Ido Sarig, Venture Partner Asymmetry Ventures, Former VP of Marketing at Intel, MBA Recanati Business School

Naren Patil, CEO, StartupWind, Marketing & Strategy Executive, MBA Northwestern Kellogg

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Learn how to screen a startup investment opportunity like a seasoned investor!

Join this webinar and learn how to screen a startup investment opportunity like a seasoned investor!

12:00pm PT on Tuesday, December 6th, 2022

Speakers -

Ido Sarig, Former Venture Capitalist at TWVC,Former VP of Marketing at Intel, Former VP of M&A and Marketing at Mercury Interactive (acquired by HP), MBA from Recanati Business School.

Naren Patil, Founder & CEO of StartupWind Former Head of Products at TriNet (NYSE TNET), Former General Manager at Saba Learning, MBA from Northwestern Kellogg.

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Digital Marketing for Startups & Small Businesses!

Join this webinar to learn about drive traffic and grow your small business in a systematic manner!

Part 1: March 17th, 8 am PT

Part 2: March 31st, 8 am PT

Part 3: April 14th, 8 am PT

Speaker

Naren Patil, Naren Patil is the founder of StartupWind and brings over 25 years of experience as a Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer and Entrepreneur. Naren has worked with over 50 economic development and innovation programs in the world to help over 10,000 small business owners on StartupWind platform.Prior to StartupWind, Naren was Head of the Product strategy at TriNet (NYSE: TNET), leading product strategy for a $2 billion portfolio of cloud-based HR applications. At Saba, Naren was General Manager supporting over $100 million annual business. Naren has been a speaker at TiECon Silicon Valley, CLO World, and featured in magazines such as Forbes. Naren has an MBA from Northwestern Kellogg.

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University Alumni Innovator Engagement
How to drive engagement between university alumni and student innovators?

Join this webinar to learn how to drive engagement between university alumni and student innovators.

Wednesday, February 23rd at 9:00 AM PT

Speakers -

Dr. Linda Jimenez, Professor at Wayne State, Mentor at TechTown Detroit’s Accelerator

Nicole Spracale, Executive Coach, COO at Thivacy, alumna at Northwestern Kellogg

Robyn Grable, CEO of Veteran’s Ascend, Mentee at several accelerator programs

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How The University of Alabama built a robust digital innovation ecosystem to serve 1,000+ faculty, student and community entrepreneurs?

Join this webinar to learn the strategies, tricks and tips for leading your university in becoming your regions economic engine!

Wednesday, November 3rd at 11:00am CT

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Dr. Theresa M. Welbourne, Executive Director at Alabama Entrepreneurship Institute at The University of Alabama.
Will and Maggie Brooke Professor in Entrepreneurship, The University of Alabama.
Affiliated Senior Research Scientist at the University of Southern California.

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See how University of St. Thomas-Houston built a powerful digital innovation engine in few weeks

Join this webinar and learn how your small team can build a powerful digital innovation engine for your university!

Wednesday, September 22nd at 11:00am PT (2:00pm ET)

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Dr. Patrick Woock, Director, The McNair Center for Entrepreneurship, University of St. Thomas-Houston

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How University of South Carolina built a powerful digital innovation ecosystem!

Join this webinar to learn how you can build a powerful digital innovation engine for your university.

Thursday, August 5th at 8:00am PST (8:30pm IST)

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Dr. Dirk Brown, Director, McNair Institute of Entrepreneurism and Free Enterprise, University of South Carolina

Katherine Swartz Hilton, Special Initiatives, University of South Carolina

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Expand your startup into the North American Market

Join us in a conversation about growing your business in North America and the opportunities of international growth to maximize your potential.

Thursday, June 17th at 8:00am PST (8:30pm IST)

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Padraic Foley, Director Partnerships University of Toronto, last role was at Ontario centres of excellence. Padraic is actively involved in the Acceleration Consortium’s strategic planning to help define the direction, scope, and focus. Padraic supports executing the Acceleration Consortium’s operational plan and activities while also working to raise the national and international recognition of the Acceleration Consortium.

Vinay Johar, CEO, Enrich io. Product Director and Business Head with over 24 years of experience in Business and Technology. Proven capability to the managed end-to-end project with precision, keeping the customer as a centric point, and build scalable solutions. Passionate about working on unstructured data to make it useful and reliable. Worked on various industries viz. E-commerce, B2B EDI interchange, Telecom inventory, HR Technology, Stock Markets, and many more.

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How to create an effective marketing plan for your startup and small business?

Join this webinar and learn the step-by-step process to create a simple and effective marketing plan for your startup or small business.

Part 1: 9:00 AM PT(9:30 PM IST) on May 19th

Part 2: 8:00 AM PT(8:30 PM IST) on June 2nd

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Naren Patil

Naren is the founder of StartupWind and brings over 25 years of experience as Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer and Entrepreneur. Prior to StartupWind, Naren was Head of the Product strategy at TriNet (NYSE: TNET), leading product strategy for a $2 billion portfolio of cloud-based HR applications. At Saba, Naren was General Manager supporting over $100 million annual business. Naren has been a speaker at TiECon Silicon Valley, CLO World, and featured in magazines such as Forbes. Naren has an MBA from Northwestern Kellogg.

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Effective Customer Experience and Onboarding Strategies for Startups!

Join this webinar and learn effective customer experience and on-boarding strategies to turn your customers into promoters.

Thu, March 11th , 2021 at 8:00 AM PST(9:30 PM IST)

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Ganesh Sundaresan, B2B products and services leader with over 25 years of product management, digital transformation and solutions delivery experience. 15 years experience in product strategy and execution experience in B2B HR (payroll, benefits, compliance and HR services) and SCM (procurement, supply chain and ERP) domains at various companies.

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Financials for Startup and SMB Entrepreneurs
Two-part webinar series presented by StartupWind and Finance Ability

The "Finnacials for Startup and SMB Entrepreneurs" 2 -part webinar series, by Stephanie Sims, Founder of Finance-Ability® demystifies the financial planning process, so you can build a solid financial plan and translate that plan into sustainable profits.

Part 1: Thu, January 14, 2021 8:00 AM PT(9:30 PM IST)

Part 2: Thu, January 28, 2021 8:00 AM PT(9:30 PM IST)

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Stephanie Sims, Founder of Finance-Ability® Stephanie Sims is a capital strategist, startup advisor and the founder of Finance-Ability, where she helps founders build economic stories that make dollars…and sense.

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Entrepreneur's guide to effective fundraising

Join us in a 2-part series to learn about the end-to-end investment process and best practices for raising venture capital.

Part 1: 8:00 AM PT(9:30 PM IST) on December 3rd

Part 2: 8:00 am PT(9:30 PM IST) on December 17th

Speakers -

Ido Sarig, former Venture Capitalist, senior Marketing and Corporate Development executive, with both big-company and start-up experience. Proven track record of successful new product launches and strategic acquisitions. Former VC with successful exits.Ido has expertise in Venture Capital, Product Strategy, Marketing, Corporate Development, and M&A.

Naren Patil, founder of StartupWind and brings over 25 years of experience as Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer and Entrepreneur. Prior to StartupWind, Naren was Head of the Product strategy at TriNet (NYSE: TNET), leading product strategy for a $2 billion portfolio of cloud-based HR applications. At Saba, Naren was General Manager supporting over $100 million annual business.Naren has been a speaker at TiECon Silicon Valley, CLO World, and featured in magazines such as Forbes.Naren has an MBA from Northwestern Kellogg.

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Making Your Financial Model Investor-Ready
Startup Wind & Finance-Ability Partner Webinar

Join this webinar and discover the numbers investors expect to see so that you can build projections that get you funded instead of rejected.

Thu, November 19th at 9:00 AM PST & 10:30 PM IST

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Stephanie Sims, founder, Finance-Ability

Stephanie Sims is a capital strategist, startup advisor, and the founder of Finance-Ability, where she helps founders build economic stories that make dollars…and sense. After nearly a decade in investment banking working with Goldman, Lehman, and CSFB on over $5B (BV) of transactions, she successfully rode the high tech start-up roller coaster in Europe - complete with angels, venture capitalists, and the coveted exit to a publicly-traded company. Stephanie educates and mentors early-stage entrepreneurs through programs like Arizona Commerce Authority’s Venture Ready, Founders Institute, Flinn Foundation, and Seed Spot.

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Customer Discovery
Best practices for effective Customer Discovery & Market Research
StartupWind FREE Webinar

Join this webinar and learn best practices and a guided process for effective customer discovery so that you can bring breakthrough innovative products and see them succeed in the market.

Wed, October 7th at 9:00 AM PST & 9:30 PM IST

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Naren Patil is the founder of StartupWind and brings over 25 years of experience as Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer and Entrepreneur. Prior to StartupWind, Naren was Head of Product strategy at TriNet (NYSE: TNET) leading product strategy for a $2 billion portfolio of cloud based HR applications. At Saba, Naren was General Manager for Saba Learning & Social Learning products supporting and growing over $100 million annual business.

Naren has been a speaker at TiECon Silicon Valley, TiE Pune, CLO World and featured in magazines such as Forbes and TechStory. He has worked in executive roles for large public companies (BEA, Saba, SumTotal, Sun & TriNet) as well as startups (NGDATA, Optimyz).Naren has an MBA from Northwestern Kellogg.

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From discovery to the roadmap to a product release plan
StartupWind FREE Webinar

Join speakers Ganesh Sundaresan and Naren Patil, in the StartupWind webinar on “From discovery to the roadmap to a product release plan" and demystify the strategic product management processes.

Wed, 26th August, 9 AM PST and 9:30 PM IST

Speakers -

Ganesh Sundaresan, B2B products and services leader with over 25 years of product management, digital transformation and solutions delivery experience. 15 years experience in product strategy and execution experience in B2B HR (payroll, benefits, compliance and HR services) and SCM (procurement, supply chain and ERP) domains at various companies.

Naren Patil, Founder & CEO with 25+ years in Marketing & Strategy. Formerly CMO at NGDATA, Head of Products at TriNet, and Head of Product Marketing at Saba Learning. MBA from Kellogg/Northwestern.

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Intellectual Property
How to turn your idea into Intellectual Property: A startup’s guide to Patenting
StartupWind FREE Webinar

This webinar will be facilitated by Dr. Dirk Brown, Faculty Director at the McNair Institute for Entrepreneurism and Free Enterprise, and a seasoned executive with a strong track record of developing, marketing, and licensing disruptive, proprietary technologies.

Thu, 30th July, 10 AM PST and 10:30 PM IST

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Dr. Dirk Brown, Faculty Director of the University of South Carolina’s McNair Institute for Entrepreneurism & Free Enterprise & a faculty member of the management department at the Darla Moore School of Business.

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Financials for startup entrepreneurs
Arizona Commerce Authority & StartupWind presents a 2-part webinar series

The "Financials for startup entrepreneurs" 2 -part webinar series, by Stephanie Sims, Founder of Finance-Ability® demystifies the financial planning process, so you can build a solid financial plan and translate that plan into sustainable profits.

Thu, Jun 25, 2020 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PDT &

Wed, Jul 1, 2020 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PDT

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Stephanie Sims, Founder of Finance-Ability® Stephanie Sims is a capital strategist, startup advisor and the founder of Finance-Ability, where she helps founders build economic stories that make dollars…and sense.

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How you can use Lean Model Canvas to create a compelling business plan?
How you can use Lean Model Canvas to create a compelling business plan?

Learn how you can use the Lean Model Canvas to create a compelling business plan and to evaluate the economic viability of your idea.

22nd October 2019, 8:30 AM PST, 9 PM IST

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Naren Patil is the Founder & CEO with 25+ years in Marketing & Strategy, Formerly CMO at NGDATA, Head of Products at TriNet and Head of Product Marketing at Saba Learning, MBA from Kellogg/Northwestern.

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Digital Trends and future of Innovation

Register NOW and learn how to prepare your startup to benefit from the rapidly evolving digital trends!

Jul 11, 2019, 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM CDT & 12:00 PM PST

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Dr. Robert Wolcott is the Co-Founder & Executive Director of the The World Innovation Network (TWIN) and a Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship & Innovation at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.

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Zero Dollar Marketing
Zero Dollar Marketing

Zero Dollar Marketing webinar by Professor Mohanbir Sawhney from Kellogg School of Management would allow you to leverage the assets you already own to amplify your marketing with very little incremental cost.

May 16th: 8am PST and 8:30pm IST

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Professor Mohanbir Sawhney Director of Center of Research in Technology & Innovation at Northwestern Kellogg

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How to drive market traction, pipeline and revenue for your startup?

In this webinar, you will learn:How to map your campaign tactics to your sales and pipeline objectives.

Fri, Apr 5, 2019 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PST & 9:30 PM - 10:30 PM IST

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Ido Sarig, General manager at Intel/Wind River and former venture capitalist
Naren Patil-Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer and Silicon Valley Entrepreneur

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How to create an effective marketing plan for your startup?

Join this webinar and learn the step by step process to create a simple and effective marketing plan for your startup.

Thu, Feb 21, 2019 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM PST & 9:30 PM - 10:30 PM IST

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Ido Sarig, General manager at Intel/Wind River and former venture capitalist
Naren Patil-Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer and Silicon Valley Entrepreneur

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Learn how you can help your university entrepreneurs to transform raw ideas into compelling Business Plans!

Professor Mark Werwath shares his experience about how his university entrepreneurs developed their ideas into compelling business plans in Northwestern’s NUvention courses using StartupWind platform.

Thu, Jul 12, 2018 9 AM -10AM PST & 9:30 PM - 10:30 PM IST

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Professor Mark Werwath Director of Farley Center of Entrepreneurship at Northwestern University.

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webinar on Keys to Evaluating Crowd-funding Investment Opportunities
StartupWind conducts a webinar on Keys to Evaluating Crowd-funding Investment Opportunities

Webinar #3 Powering up the Entrepreneurs: 3-Part Webinar Series

December 19th: 9am PST and 10:30pm IST

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Ido Sarig, General Manager, IoT Solutions Group at Wind River, Former venture capitalist

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StartupWind conducts a webinar on Assessing Product Opportunities: From Discovery to MVP

Webinar #2 Powering up the Entrepreneurs: 3-Part Webinar Series

December 5th: 9am PST and 10:30pm IST

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Professor Mohanbir Sawhney Director of Center of Research in Technology & Innovation at Northwestern Kellogg

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Assessing Product Opportunities
Startup Methodology
StartupWind conducts a webinar on Lean Startup Methodology– from Ideas to Business Plan

Webinar #1 Powering up the Entrepreneurs: 3-Part Webinar Series

November 14th: 9am PST and 10:30pm IST

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Professor Mark Werwath Director of Farley Center of Entrepreneurship at Northwestern University.

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General Enquiry: info@startupwind.com

Sales Enquiry: sales@startupwind.com

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+1(408)645-5766

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Cupertino, California