Connections!
The goal number of connections by end of program.
What is 100+ connections? (including mentors, investors, 1:1 intros, etc)
The facility that hosted cohort day at Northwestern Mutual.
What is Cream City Labs?
Frequency of 'Friends of The Company' alumni updates.
What is Monthly?
The cohort member nickname that just stuck.
Who is Dr. Nneka Sederstrom aka DOC.
The gener8tor conference where members of the cohort met for the first time.
What is OnRamp Insurance?
Main contacts from the Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures Team.
Who is Moiz Dawoodbhai and Craig Schedler?
Accelerator team hours spent in 1:1 team meetings.
What is 80+ hours?
At least two ways to continue leveraging gener8tor.
What are OnRamp Conferences, Lightning Rounds, Deal Flow Emails, 1:1 Alumni Meetings, etc?
Home of the further cohort member.
What is Houston, TX.
The funtivity location for showcase week.
What is 3rd Street Market?
Two African-American Executives from Northwestern Mutual that participated in the program.
Who is Abim Kolawale? Who is Kamilah Williams-Kemp?
At least three lunch & learn topics.
What is:
Attracting Key Talent with Equity and Options
GTM Strategy with Fiat Ventures
Positive Self Talk
Numbers Investors Care About
Networking with Corporate Scouting Teams
Top ways to support future program cohorts.
What is mentor swarm? What are lunch & learns? What is accept email introduction requests? What are applicant referrals?
Cohort member(s) most likely to give Precious a heart attack.
Who is Dr. Nneka?
*Honorable mention: Who is Kiley?
The third Program Manager.
Who is Moiz Dawoodbhai aka Precious' Executive Assistant?
Number of connections facilitated between the cohort and Northwestern Mutual.
What is 30+?
Abim Kolawole
Alex Czachor
Angue Schaaf
Archna Sahay
Craig Schedler
Dave Van Caste
David Morris
Don Vu
Hiriam Bradley
Jonathan Viard
Kamilah Williams-Kemp
Ken Latus
Kris Vanderkooy
Loren Morris
Marie-Christine Razaire
Moiz Dawoodbhai
Patrick McGinn
Tim Poppert
Tony Santillo
YaaJoy Engel
+ More!
The four 'Ask Me Anything' guest speaker leaders from Northwestern Mutual?
Who are Craig Schedler, Don Vu, Abim Kolawole and Kamilah Williams-Kemp?
Number of NMBFA female-founded startup alumni at the end of 2022.
What is 7 out of 20 alumni companies?!
Furthest location a group travelled to during the kickoff scavenger hunt.
What is Sherman Phoenix?
Precious' favorite saying(s).
What is:
"It doesn't end at 12-weeks. This is a life long commitment!"
"We want to be your most value-added investor."
"Do NOT email us!! Slack or text/phone."
"You're LATE!... by end of day is fine. :)"
The five Executive Mentors
Who is:
Tony Santillo
Kamilah Williams-Kemp
Loren Morris
Kris Vanderkooy
Ken Latus
Group at Northwestern Mutual focused on making a long-term impact that drives equity and inclusion in Black and African-American communities which includes the Northwestern Mutual Black Founder Accelerator.
*Hint: Jonathan Viard joined us at kickoff.
What is Sustained Action for Racial Equity (SARE) Task Force?
Four alumni companies that returned as mentors.
Who is TipaScRxipt, CrossKudi, Qualifi and Mark Labs.
Favorite saying from Kickoff from the founder that's newly relocated to Milwaukee.
What is "are there eggs?"
When in Vegas... this trio will have you out all night, every day.
Who is Bryan Hobbs, Troy Vosseller, and Abim Kolawole?"