fnChicago *Virtual* Chapter Event: Landing Customers Online & Off (Mar 25, 2020)

Due to COVID-19 and recent declaration of a state of emergency, this live event has been converted to a virtual event.

Sales can be daunting, but it doesn’t have to be. Bring your sales goals and sales jargon and let’s get to work.

Key Takeaways:

After sharing some secrets, we’ll work in person on your pitch. Key takeaways from the presentation will be:

• Social selling: two hours at an event can get you a deal that's make or break for your company.
• Your digital presence is everything! How to position your site, LinkedIn, etc. to maximize your virtual credibility. We’ll also help you find the sweet spot between credible/impressive and reaching too far
• How to set up your sales infrastructure: while it’s a tedious, boring task; the sooner you do it, the sooner it will start working for you.
• Enterprise Sales: How to effectively handle complex sales

Agenda

• 4:00pm - 4:15pm || Opening Remarks, Leadership Team Intros & Much Shelist Law Firm
• 4:15pm - 5:00pm || Alex Hejazi & Mitchell Schwartz w/ Q&A
• 5:00pm - 6:00pm || Peer Advisory Roundtable Discussion(s)*

*Our members-only Peer Advisory Roundtables are designed to go deep on your real-life challenges. Let our diverse community of founders be your resource and support system.

Speaker(s)

Alex Hejazi is an entrepreneur at the core with an extensive background in investment banking and sales. Before starting his career in the banking industry, Alex started and operated a couple different companies ranging from an ecommerce business to an aquarium installation and fish breeding business. After winding those businesses down and a few years in the banking industry, Alex helped Fintech company Paro to grow from a young seed stage company to raising a Series A. Alex was in charge of building out a robust sales team and revenue growth.

Later, Alex decided to pursue another venture of his own, BallBox. BallBox is a kiosk that allows people to rent a variety of sport, tech and leisure equipment at beaches, hotels and apartments.

Mitchell Schwartz is a salesperson for sales solutions for small- and mid-sized businesses with LinkedIn. Previously, he was in business development and sales with zlien (now Levelset)

Guests Are Welcome!

Please bring a guest! Every member can bring one (1) guest to each event. Each guest must be a full-time tech startup founder so they can bring new perspectives, skillsets, and experience to your chapter.

All guests must be full-time tech startup founders and you can register them directly on this function page. See How to Register a Guest here.

fnChicago Regional Leadership Team

- Regional Director: Marisa Bryce

- Growth Chair: Jason Jacobsohn

- Membership Chair: Alex Hejazi

- Ecosystem Advisor: Raman Chadha

Confidentiality Policy

All information shared within Founders Network is strictly confidential. We are built on a foundation of trust, and the community takes confidentiality seriously. Investors, members, and staff all share experiences and opinions off the record. In this roundtable forum, we continue to model our fnValues of Reciprocity, Humility, Authenticity and Inclusivity.