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An engineer’s guide to starting your company
This session aims to provide a step-by-step guide for engineers who want to start a company, raise your first million, and gain your first 1,000 customers.
Hear from Dani Grant, Jam CEO, about everything Jam has learned—from day zero to raising over $10 million and earning 125,000+ users. She'll break down each step along the path to growth and share actual examples of Jam's email outreach to venture capitalists (VCs), fundraising pitch decks, and outbound messages aimed at early users.
In this session, you'll see how engineers have the power to change the world through software, and Dani will make sure you’re armed with information you need to raise capital, attract users, and go forth to build your startup.
, CEO, Jam
Session Type: Breakout Session
Key Takeaway 1: Learn two formulas for writing cold emails to VCs that will actually get you meetings.
Key Takeaway 2: Take away 10 practical tips for impressing a VC in a pitch meeting.
Key Takeaway 3: See which GitHub products Jam used during each stage of growth.
Topic: Human Factors, Software Engineering, Collaboration, Community
Target Audience: Startups
Industry: Applicable to all
Level: Level 200: Intermediate
GitHub Product: Copilot, Pages, Projects and Issues
Delivery Format: In-person, Recorded, On-demand