Funding Growth with Brad Feld and Marshall Hawks
Navigating the world of venture debt can feel like a balancing act between fueling growth and protecting your equity. This is your chance to get practical advice directly from the experts.
Join us for a conversation with Marshall Hawks, author of Venture Debt Deals, and Brad Feld, partner at Foundry, Cofounder of Techstars, and author of "Startup Communities. We’ll dive straight into a fireside chat followed by a Q&A session where you can ask your specific questions about debt structures, timing, and strategy.
About the Speakers
Marshall Hawks
Before becoming an author, Marshall spent more than 20 years in venture banking and lending. The bulk of that time was at Silicon Valley Bank where he held nine different roles across three countries over sixteen years. Most recently, he led SVB's Relationship Management organization in Northern California and was also responsible for SVB's in-house private credit team, the Strategic Capital Group. Prior to that he spent three years building SVB's Canada Branch as Head of Credit Solutions and the best/only/token American north of the border.
Over his career, Marshall has worked with hundreds of high-growth startups — including Airbnb, Twitch, Fitbit, Planet Labs, Tubemogul, and Egnyte — giving him a front-row seat to how founders use (and sometimes misuse) venture debt.
Marshall holds a Degree in Economics from Sonoma State University, which really only means he can draw an excellent graph. In his free time Marshall is an avid skier, soccer player, and lifter of oddly shaped heavy objects, including his two children.
Brad Feld
Brad Feld is a partner and co-founder of Foundry. He has been an early-stage investor and entrepreneur for over 35 years, since founding his first company, Feld Technologies, in college. Brad is also a co-founder of Techstars and, with his wife Amy Batchelor, runs the Anchor Point Foundation.
Brad has written several books on entrepreneurship and venture capital and started blogging in 2004 before VC Twitter existed.
Brad holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Management Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Brad is also an art collector and long-distance runner who enjoys wandering around alone in the mountains for hours at a time.
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