Join us for the first-ever Capital Innovators Accelerator Alumni Week. We are bringing together some of our renowned workshop leaders and mentors to offer all Capital Innovators Accelerator alums and portfolio companies the chance to sharpen the skills they need to take their business to the next level.

Sessions will be held virtually via Zoom from Monday, June 12, to Friday, June 16. Attendance at every session is optional but encouraged, you never know what you will learn! We ask that all participants join each session on time, engage with the speaker and stay for the entire presentation.

The Lineup

Monday, June 12 at noon CT - Clint Overton - Operations and Change Management: Building for Success

You are growing your business and need to continue to develop foundational tools to help make your vision a reality. Change Management and Organizational Design are two operating principles that can help your business fully flex its muscles and maintain team connectivity and focus. If you are familiar with both, this is an opportunity to learn and share best practices. If you are not, this is a great opportunity to develop the foundational skills to implement these principles in your business.

Tuesday, June 13 at noon CT - Laura Burkemper - Negotiate Effectively: Improve your outcomes

This workshop covers the basic skills to prepare you to think, listen, structure, and negotiate to achieve win-win outcomes in business and life. Gain the necessary skills and confidence to successfully negotiate at work or in day-to-day conversations. Understanding negotiation dynamics will help you think quickly and craft an agile strategy to improve your outcomes.

Wednesday, June 14 at noon CT - Dustin Riechmann - Podcast Guesting: Reaching customers without spending a dime

How to use a smart Five-Step Podcast Guesting System to add six figures of profitable revenue to your online business by leveraging new audiences. Hear real-world case studies of businesses that have used these exact strategies to scale their income and their impact.

Thursday, June 15 at 9 A.M. CT - Ron Watson - Fundraising Coffee Discussion

Learn and discuss fundraising strategies and the current private capital climate with a former partner from Dundee Venture Capital. This session is going to help you get in the head of a VC firm’s decision-maker so you can position your company for the highest chance of success when fundraising. Come ready to ask relevant questions to help you implement new strategies on your fundraise.

Thursday, June 15 at noon CT - Dana Lorberg and Lori Koenig - Mission Control: Using a dashboard to run your business

Every business should be able to sum up the organization's health in just a few numbers. Do you know yours? Learn how dashboards can help you manage your business like the CEO of a billion-dollar company. A well-designed dashboard will put essential metrics and KPIs at your fingertips with real-time visuals that clearly communicate business trends.

Friday, June 16 at 9 A.M. CT - Grant Zallis - Hiring: A pulse on the current job market

Friday, June 16 at noon CT - Brett Luing and Ryan Patel - Review of Generative AI Tools: A practical approach to improving your efficiency

There are a lot of generative AI tools out there - at this point, it’s become overwhelming. We’re researching all the tools in the market to give you some suggestions to improve your efficiency in running your startup.