May 18, 2016, 10:00 PM – May 19, 2016, 1:00 AM (UTC)
Pivotal, 145 Broadway, 3rd Floor, Cambridge, 02142
Melissa Withers is Managing Director of Betaspring. Betaspring has accelerated 92 companies and the portfolio has raised $65MM in follow-on funding and produced four exits. In 2015, Betaspring launched RevUp--the first accelerator for revenue-driven companies. She is also co-founder and director of Founders League, a co-working community in Providence, as well as a MassChallenge mentor and judge.
Melissa Withers is Managing Director of Betaspring. Betaspring has accelerated 92 companies and the portfolio has raised $65MM in follow-on funding and produced four exits. In 2015, Betaspring launched RevUp--the first accelerator for revenue-driven companies. She is also co-founder and director of Founders League, a co-working community in Providence, as well as a MassChallenge mentor and judge.
• Managing Director at RevUp, the first accelerator for revenue-first startups, pioneering a novel non-equity approach for building better companies.
• Experienced startup mentor advising ventures on PR, communications, customer discovery/engagement, marketing, team building, and management.
• Unique role developing communications for the Human Genome Project, one of the largest publicly funded science ventures in U.S. history, part of 6+ years service at Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research at MIT
• Co-founder of the Business Innovation Factory, a leader in the design and testing of new and disruptive business models.
• 15+ years experience in strategic communications and public relations.
• Masters Degree in technical communications, special focus on emerging technologies.
RevUp by Betaspring
May 18 – 19, 2016
10:00 PM – 1:00 AM (UTC)
| 10:00 PM | Food & Networking |
| 11:00 PM | Fireside Chat |
| 12:00 AM | Networking |
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