Grow Your Organization.
​Change the World.

- Randy Shawn Fisher

Gain Valuable, Practical Skills.

Today's associations, nonprofits and charities need to develop their business and funder knowledge to enable their organizations to grow and thrive.

At Startup Investors Lab, our goal is to provide active, relevant learning in a friendly, social format. 

Our Live Learning Lab Experience is designed for active participation, actionable insights and peer learning.

Our innovative, practical and real-world format - provides learning in small engaging bites, and enables you to use and learn new skills, and share your knowledge and experience.

Benefits for Participants

• Increased Funding Opportunities
• Strategic Growth Alternatives
• Stronger Investor / Stakeholder Relationships
• Validation of Your Assets, and Business / Revenue Model
• Better Negotiation Skills
• Long-Term Financial Savvy
• Networking and Connections
• Confidence and Independence
• Preparation for Future Rounds of Funding

We Teach You HOW to Speak the Language of Funders.

Selected Topics*

• Fundraising Basics
  • Raising Alternate Sources of Revenue (i.e., consulting, expertise, training)
  • Identifying and Valuing Your Intellectual Property and "Secret Sauce"
    
  • Differentiate Your Organization from the Competition
• Developing Your Value Proposition and Messaging
  • Position Your Organization / Projects as Category-Defining
  • Deep Dive into Your Benefit Statement, ROI and Impact / Outcomes
  • Develop an Evergreen Story - as Traction / Results Achieved
• Developing Successful Partnerships
  
  • Targeting the Right Funders - from the Private Sector, Family Offices, Governments
• Marketing, PR & Branding
  • Thought Leadership & Branding
  • Getting Warm Intros & Relationship-Building
  • Building Your Network and Engaging Stakeholders
• Negotiating Partnerships
• Measuring and Evaluating Success
• Next Steps

* Subject to change without notice unless bound by contractual agreement.

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Our Relationships

Washington, DC Arch Angels

Washington, DC Arch Angels
(1200 Angel Investors)

Education Team

Randy Shawn Fisher, MA, has worked with 75+ startups and early-stage companies on customer discovery, business model development, product-market fit and fundraising. He has a Masters in Organization Management and Development from Fielding Graduate University. He is the Founder and CEO of Startup Investors Lab, and Customer Discovery Pros, an agency that helps early startups and early-stage companies find product/market fit, get "investment-ready" and commercialize their technologies.

From 2006-2016, Randy worked in the Education Sector, designing and developing organizational learning, culture and capacity-building programs for organizations such as The Commonwealth of Learning / WikiEducator.org, Caribbean Development Bank and University of Ottawa. He was also the founder and CEO of Development Wisdom, a nonprofit focused on ICT, education and entrepreneurial solutions for people in developing countries. Read his case studies for capacity-building in community media in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean.

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David Friedman, MBA was a consultant and partner at McKinsey, working on strategic and organizational challenges in health care, pharma, transportation, insurance, real estate and many other service industries. After 15 years at McKinsey, he started Bridgewell Partners, a company to train and coach professionals on selling. He also launched Collaborating Minds, an online problem-solving community. From 2015-2021, David was faculty at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management leading Executive Education programs. .David has an MBA from Yale and a BA from Harvard University.

We invite you to join us!