From Startup Idea to Launch-Ready Venture
You have the idea. Maybe you've even started building. But what separates the startups that launch from the ones that stall?
We're bringing in Bret Waters - Stanford entrepreneurship instructor, author, and Silicon Valley veteran who has spent decades figuring out exactly that.
Bret teaches entrepreneurship at Stanford Continuing Studies, serves as Executive Mentor at Miller Center for Global Impact (the world's leading accelerator for social ventures, with 1,000+ entrepreneurs who've raised over $750M), and does private 1:1 coaching for startup founders. He's also the author of The Launch Path: Getting from a Startup Idea to a Launch-Ready Venture.
Before all that, he was Founder/CEO of three Silicon Valley software companies. His MBA is from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern. He's been in Silicon Valley his whole life - mostly, he says, because the fish tacos are excellent.
In this session, we'll explore:
What actually separates startups that launch from those that stall
Common patterns of success and failure Bret has seen across hundreds of startups
How to move from idea to launch-ready venture without burning through time and money
What investors are really looking for at the early stage
How to validate your idea before committing serious resources
This is a conversation, not a lecture. Bring your questions, your doubts, and your half-built ideas.
Bret will also share his book The Launch Path and his 1:1 coaching for those who want to go deeper.
As always, we welcome everyone.
Thank you! See you soon.
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