CREATE Workshop: Pitch for funding

This workshop will teach you how to incorporate your story into your pitch to create a cohesive narrative that answers investors' questions and effectively positions you to maximize your funding round.

This workshop will be taught by David Deering, the Founder and CEO of Underpar Life and Venture Associate at Morrison Seger Venture Capital Partners. David is a startup executive with sports marketing and golf experience. David worked at Adams Golf where he was responsible for bringing a new product to market ultimately leading to IPO. After Adams’ IPO, David focused on bringing new technology to market for Silicon Valley startups including IronPort Systems, BlueCoat Systems and OpenDNS, providing him the opportunity be part of two $500M+ acquisitions.

David attended the University of Miami Graduate School after receiving his undergraduate degree from Texas Tech. His sports marketing experience includes Dallas Stars hockey team, America’s Red Clay Court Championships in Coral Springs, Florida, an ATP Tour event, the Byron Nelson golf tournament and Streetball Partners International, working on the NFL’s Air-it-Out property.

David will be there in person to teach this workshop.

Host or Publisher Paul Evans, Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation @ TCU