Dare to dream.
Dare to be great.
6-Week Sprint to Build Confidence,
Capabilities, Connections & Courage
Just requires an investment of your time & energy!
Peggy Bessellieu
Managing Director, GSV
Highlights from previous bootcamps
6 Weeks of World-Class Speakers from the Global Silicon Valley Community
Weekly General Sessions (1.5h) Plus Local Market, Industry & Affinity Breakouts (1h)
Includes Real-World Case Studies Showing How to Not Just Survive But Thrive as a Startup
Grand Finale: Demo Day! You Pitch Your Startup to Investors
Week 1
The Magic of Thinking Big
Mindset of the Entrepreneur
Week 2
Are the Dogs Eating the Dog Food?
Launching Your MVP
Week 3
Skinning the Cat
Business Models & Growth Strategies
Week 4
People Power
Team & Culture
Week 5
Show Me the Money
Finance & Stakeholders
Week 6
Turning Your Silver Tongue Into Gold
Pitching Your Startup
Some of Our Previous Bootcamp Faculty/Speakers
John Donahoe
Nike
Harriett Seitler
Course Hero
Jim Shelton
Blue Meridian
Joy Chen
TAL Education Group
Michael Moe
GSV
Bill Sahlman
Harvard Business School
Jesse Draper
The Valley Girl Show
RADM. Tom Lynch
U.S. Navy (Ret.)
Karen Ivy
Forbes
Thea Knobel
GSV Ventures
Plus Other GSV Speakers & Community Members
Bill Gates
Barack Obama
Condoleeza Rice
Sir Richard Branson
Laurene Powell Jobs
Malcolm Gladwell
Sal Khan
Valerie Jarrett
James Carville
Reed Hastings
Magic Johnson
Sandra Day O’Connor
Eric Yuan
Jeb Bush
Bill Nye
Tony Blair
Howard Schultz
John Legend
Ronnie Lott
Matthew McConaughey
Andre Agassi
Steve Case
Jeff Weiner
George Bush
Offered with Support From our Presenting Partners & Generous Sponsors
We power pioneers! GSV—aka Global Silicon Valley—is a growth & investment platform focused on the world’s transformative “EIEIO” ecosystem: Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Education, Impact & Opportunity.
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