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Replay: Fundraising for Beginners: Disrupting The Funding Process Workshop with Danyel Surrency Jones
There is rarely anything fun about the funding process, but that doesn't have to set you back from meeting your fundraising goals.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
- Strategies to overcome the mental roadblocks that you have around funding your business.
- How to determine the right vehicle for your business at the stage you're in right now
- Tips for reprioritizing your day, time, and growth of the business to take care of funding as you also take care of immediate needs.
- The calculation for how much money you need to grow over the next 5+ years.
- Structuring your fundraising advisory team.
- Strategy for closing smart funding.
- Evaluate your cap table.
- Disrupt the fundraising process to get noticed by investors.
About Your Hosts: Danyel Surrency Jones is a proclaimed "Vision Chaser", business strategist and philanthropist, with two decades of executive leadership and sales & marketing experience. She is the Founder and Principal Business Strategist of Danyel Surrency Jones Consulting and the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of POWERHANDZ Inc., a global product tech company that designs innovative solutions for athletic training and rehabilitation. In 5 years, its core athletic training products have been sold to consumers in >86 countries, established a digital footprint with millions of youth and professional athletes, skills trainers and professional sports organizations. These milestones have captured the attention of major media outlets like CNBC, Sports Illustrated, Essence and Bloomberg Business; positioning POWERHANDZ has one of the most innovative companies in multiple sports verticals, healthcare and technology.
As a CEO and Business Strategist, Danyel has the unique ability to create and articulate a clear vision, while crafting the next steps to best in class execution plans. Prior to her entrepreneurial journey, Danyel developed skills in several executive leadership roles for two multi billion dollar healthcare companies, Philips Medical Systems and Medtronic Surgical Technologies. She led several sales, marketing, product management, IMC and operations teams in her 16 year corporate career, and become the 1st women elected as President of Medtronic’s enterprise sales resource group.
In addition to these roles, Danyel has a passion for the community, women and youth. She is the Co-Founder and President of POWERHANDZ’s non-profit entity, The Power To Give Foundation (50lc3). Its mission is to provide athletic and academic programs to youth in underserved communities. A portion of every product purchased with POWERHANDZ is donated to fulfilling its mission. She also mentors women entrepreneurs, serves on the Advisory Board for the Dallas Sport Commission and the North Texas Food Bank.
Danyel is a graduate of the University of Central Florida, obtained a MBA from Florida International University and is a graduate of Wharton School of Business Marketing Leadership Program. She has been featured in several national business publications and served on entrepreneur and leadership panels. Most recently, Danyel delivered her TEDx focusing on diversity and inclusion. She currently resides in Frisco, Texas with the joys of her life, her husband and business partner Darnell Jones and their daughter Hartley Rose and son Harper Jaz.
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