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Capital without giving up Equity

Hosted by The Ready Lab Inc.

When
7:00 PM
Where
Inglewood
Format
Roundtable / Workshop
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In The Room: Capital Without Giving Up Equity What funders look for before they write the check

Most founders are not underfunded. They are underprepared. Equity is the most expensive money a founder will ever take, and most take it because they never learned the alternatives. This immersive masterclass is built around the three gaps that quietly kill deals: revenue positioning, contract literacy, and capital access.

This is not a panel. There is no theory. You will sit across from a funder who writes checks without taking ownership, hear exactly what gets a brand funded and what gets it passed over, and audit your own business against that standard in real time. Expert educators cover all three pillars, and you walk out with a activated account on The Ready Lab, the EdTech platform built to close the gap between where founders are and where capital, contracts, and customers actually live. Come ready to work. Leave ready for what is next.

This event is a part of #LATechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com.

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