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FG Breakfast: FirstGen Breakfast: Raising Capital in an Unsexy Industry

This event is exclusively for FirstGen members.

​​Join us for a breakfast conversation with Sherveen Mashayekhi, CEO and founder of Free Agency. Sherveen successful raised for a services heavy startup in the HR tech space. Free Agency raised over $20m in funding, including a Series A led by Maveron. Free Agency provides tech professionals with Hollywood-style representation for the first time ever. Free Agency manages “the business end” of its clients' careers, helping them find, win, and succeed at top-of-market roles.

​​As a reminder, we start AT 8:30am. Please make arrangements to be ready to start at 8:30.

​We'll talk about:

  • ​How to craft and tell a good story (sales, fundraising, hiring)

  • ​Lessons learned // system of operating for a tech-enabled business

  • ​How to position/pitch your startup in a stale/unsexy industry

  • ​How Free Agency went from 0 to 1 to and finding product market fit

  • ​Early mistakes at Free Agency and how the company course corrected

  • ​Lessons learned after shutting down his first startup and what Sherveen did differently with Free Agency

  • ​How to hire and what to look for in early hires

  • ​Lessons learned from fundraising ​

​Thank you to Free Agency for hosting us. Bagels and coffee will be provided.

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