STARTOUT EXPERTS

Access all things entrepreneurship from building a team, to designing your product, to fundraising. Peter is a serial entrepreneur who has raised 10s of millions of dollars and built numerous companies.

Understand how to define what makes you different, how that differentiation is defensible, what is disruptive about your offering, and the importance of competitive analysis in regard to your PR strategy.

Build an understanding of how to raise capital and meet investor’s needs.

Jason is the President and founder of Ootem advertising He has more than 15 years of experience and will provide guidance in branding, media, and marketing.

Proudly building brands that matter. Liz enjoys building and growing brands – brands with a purpose that helps people and/or the world. As Executive Vice President for GIVN, former founder of Pieces of There, and Partner of early stage startup CheddarTown, Liz has vast experience in all phases of startups.

James A Wilson is a vice president for SVB’s Start-Up Banking team in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he crafts flexible banking solutions that help pre–Series A companies build a profitable business around a bold idea. In this role, James draws on the entire SVB network as well as an international community of peers and partners to help improve each client’s odds of scaling to the next level. James is passionate about serving ambitious founders during this exciting and pivotal stage of their growth, and he thrives on doing his part to help them advance problem-solving breakthroughs that will truly make a difference.