Founder Talks Built on Real Steps, Real Numbers
"I spent 20 years selling other people's products. Then I invented one, and learned that the first thing a founder sells is conviction."
Timothy brings two decades of scaling revenue at VC-backed, PE-backed and public companies, and the candid story of building KARSA from a damp yoga mat to a patent-pending product, a 500-unit production run and a seed round that drew $600K in about ten days. Formats: keynote (15–30 min), breakout or workshop (30–45 min), fireside chat and panels.
From Corner Office to Garage
Flagship keynote · 20–45 min
What 20 years of scaling companies at VC-, PE- and public-company speed did and didn't teach him about building one from scratch, with the real steps from sketch to funding to the production run.
Raising $600K in Ten Days
Fundraising talk or panel · 20–30 min
How a thoughtful plan and playbook (product development, pipeline discipline, seeding the story early, relentless follow-up) became a friends-and-family round, and why original investors came back to double down.
No Degree, No Excuses
Opener, closer or student keynote · 15–30 min
From leaving home at 14 and finding discipline in the Army National Guard to leading sales at HP, Expel and SpyCloud before founding KARSA: discipline, self-belief, integrity, humility, and leading with kindness can open more doors than you might imagine
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