WORKSHOP SERIES: The Kellogg/1871 Scaling Series: Building Your Initial Team, Board, and Culture

A unique program with Northwestern University and 1871.

"The Kellogg/1871 Scaling Series: Building Your Initial Team, Board, and Culture"

A three session (June 30, July 8, July 13) series. All sessions are from 11:30-1:00 in the IMSA Classroom at 1871.

Individuals that attend all three sessions will get a badge of recognition which can be placed on their 1871 and LinkedIn profiles.

Session 1: Building Your Initial Team
June 30: Joe Dwyer, Kellogg adjunct lecturer: Partner, Founder Equity

• Who to add?
• How to incentivize them to join?
• Owner equity split
• NDAs, employment agreements, non-competes and other legal aspects of employment

Session 2: Building your Advisory Board, Corporate Board
July 8: Mark Achler, Kellogg adjunct lecturer: Partner, MATH Venture Partners

• The profile of your advisory board. How can they help you? How to best leverage this group?
• How do you identify and recruit the best people?
• How a corporate board differs?
• Your input on the board.
• How to manage a Board.

Session 3: Scaling your company and the talent
July 13: Daniel Weinfurter Kellogg Adjunct Lecturer: CEO, Growthplay

• How to determine who to hire?
• Moving from a ‘flat’ organizational structure to a hierarchical organization.
• Managing communications in a growing organization.
• Maintaining the initial culture of the founding team
• How to lead a fast growing team

Series Contacts:

1871: George Vukotich george@1871.com
Kellogg: Linda Darragh l-darragh@kellogg.northwestern.edu

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