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As founders, we understand that a personal brand is the unique combination of skills and experiences that make you, you.

So how does that differ when you're an LGBTQ+ founder?

How can our personal brand as an Out founder build up resiliency in the companies we're leading?

What can we learn from marketing a company to also build our personal brand?

Join StartOut for a night of insight and networking from key marketing strategists. Together, we will make new connections, learn about key PR strategies, and get some useful tips on how to lead with your multiple identities and unique story while networking.

Moderator: AJ DeLeón, Co-Founder of Innovare

Innovare is an ed tech firm disrupting education via data strategy. AJ is a Latinx LGBT entrepreneur and networking master.

Featured Expert: Danielle Roberts

Danielle is a queer, multi-passionate entrepreneur. She co-founded Tail of Two Creatives, LLC., a Wordpress web design agency, alongside her wife in 2017. Through the agency, they built Inclusive Apparel Co., an e-commerce store, to fuel donations to LGBTQIA+ organizations, and they routinely build pro-bono sites for queer businesses and other non-profits that align with the company's values.

Danielle also began a coaching business in 2020, where she works alongside other ambitious millennials to uncover limiting beliefs and unlock the next level of their personal and professional lives through career development, business strategy, productivity techniques, and mindset support.

In her free time, she hosts a podcast called The Darn Good Life, loves cuddling with her two Australian Shepherd rescues, and enjoys biking to breweries on the weekends.

Whether meeting Danielle in a business meeting or for a beer, she shows up the same way in her work as she does in her life - out, proud, and ready to leave this world better than she found it. Connect with Danielle on LinkedIn here.

Pitch Club is an event where entrepreneurs learn the criteria and methods used by real investors to evaluate their venture as a potential investment. This is done by recreating a typical investor meeting where a few companies pitch and receive feedback from TiE Oregon Charter Members. These meetings follow the same basic agenda of an investor meeting with three sections: the pitch, Q&A, and investor discussion & decision.

Join us on Tuesday, December 8th at 2:00 PM for Functional Workshop Tuesday where CEO of Monsoon, Robin Jones will lead a discussion on Recruitment & Team Creation.

Come prepared with a case or a challenge you are dealing with regarding Recruiting. As a group, Robin will moderate a discussion and answer questions to help you work through the issue at hand.

Please note - this is a working sessions where participants work together to solve pressing issues that are blocking them from taking their company to the next level.

Join us on Tuesday, November 10th at 2:00 PM for Functional Workshop Tuesday where Sr. Strategic Financial Analyst and Founder of Wealth & Worth Within, Carla Titus will lead a discussion on Financials.

Come prepared with a case or a challenge you are dealing with regarding Financials i.e. basic bookkeeping, forecasting, etc. As a group, Carla will moderate a discussion and answer questions to help you work through the issue at hand.

Please note - this is a working sessions where participants work together to solve pressing issues that are blocking them from taking their company to the next level.

Pitch Club is a collaborative workshop for any entrepreneur with the desire to create a perfect pitch. This event welcomes people who are practicing any kind of pitch (concept pitch, sales pitch, investor pitch etc.). Participants will receive feedback from their peers and TiE Charter Members and Investors.

TiE Women Pitch Club is moderated by ROBIN JONES and HEATHER SAMARIN, successful entrepreneurs, investors, and TiE Charter Members.

Each attendee who intends to pitch should prepare a five minute pitch presentation. (This can include a power point projection that will be presented from your computer.) Directly after pitching a 10 minute Q&A will take place with questions to the imaginary investors about the product and pitch.

Those who attend pitch club will walk away with a better understanding of what investors look for in a pitch and how to answer the questions possible investor will ask. In addition, each presenter will receive a digital copy of their pitch and feedback from their peers and TiE Charter Members.

Pitch Club - Mock Investor Meeting is a meeting in which entrepreneurs learn the criteria and methods used by real investors to evaluate their venture as a potential investment. This is done by recreating (simulating) a typical, actual meeting of investors during which a few pre-screened companies seeking investment present their company, or “Pitch” the company, as a possible investment. These meetings follow the same basic agenda of three sections: the pitch, Q&A, and investor Discussion & Decision).

Who facilitates Pitch Club?

Pitch Club is organized by Kari Naone, TiE Oregon Executive Director and led by Tom Kingsley, a TiE Charter Member who is an investor and successful entrepreneur.

What to expect?

Each attendee who intends to pitch should prepare a five minute pitch presentation. (This can include a power point projection that will be presented from your computer.) Directly after pitching a five-minute Q&A will take place, followed by a five-minute Investor Discussion & Decision).

Those who attend pitch club will walk away with a better understanding of what investors look for in a pitch and how to answer the questions possible investor will ask. In addition, each presenter will receive a digital copy of their pitch and feedback from their peers and TiE Charter Members.

Join us on Tuesday, September 8th at 2:00 PM for Functional Workshop Tuesday where TiE Oregon Charter Member and Co-Founder of Product Rebels, Heather Samarin will lead a discussion around Product Market Fit.

Come prepared with a case or a challenge you are dealing with regarding Product/Market Fit i.e. finding competitor information, customer interviews, etc. As a group, Heather will moderate a discussion and answer questions to help you work through the issue at hand.

Please note - this is a working sessions where participants work together to solve pressing issues that are blocking them from taking their company to the next level.

Pitch Club is a collaborative workshop for any entrepreneur with the desire to create a perfect pitch. This event welcomes people who are practicing any kind of pitch (concept pitch, sales pitch, investor pitch etc.). Participants will receive feedback from their peers and TiE Charter Members and Investors.

TiE Women Pitch Club is moderated by ROBIN JONES and HEATHER SAMARIN, successful entrepreneurs, investors, and TiE Charter Members.