Think Like a Startup with Alisa Cohn

Think Like a Startup: How to Help Your People Building an Entrepreneurial Mindset

Even if you work inside of a large company, learning to think like an entrepreneur has powerful benefits. Whether you want to think bigger and become more creative, ensure your teams take more ownership of their goals and become more proactive, or identify new strategies for growth, entrepreneurial thinking can help transform your business and your career. 

In this session with Alisa Cohn, leading executive coach and author of the award winning book From Start-Up to Grown-Up, you'll learn tools to increase your agility, unlock creativity, and increase your comfort with new opportunities - while transmitting that mindset to your team, as well. 

In this dynamic session drawn from her experiences coaching companies like DraftKings, Venmo, and Etsy into billion dollar enterprises, you'll discover how to:

• Think more like an entrepreneur, no matter what environment you're in
• Increase your agility
• Help your team learn to 'think like owners' and become more proactive
• Get comfortable with taking strategic risks
• Reconnect with the creative potential of your day-to-day work life

Alisa Cohn is an Executive Coach who has worked with C-suite executives at prominent startups (such as Venmo, Etsy, Draft Kings,) and Fortune 500 companies (including Dell, Microsoft, Google, Pfizer, and The New York Times.)  She is the author of From Start-up to Grown-Up and the creator and host of a podcast with the same name. She was named the Top Startup Coach in the World at the Thinkers50/Marshall Goldsmith Global Coaches Awards and the #1 Global Guru for Startups. Her articles have appeared in HBR, Forbes, and Inc, and she's been featured as an expert on BBC World News and in the NY Times and WSJ.

You can download Alisa's 5 Scripts for Delicate Conversations at www.alisacohn.com/5scripts. Read Alisa's book here and check out her podcast. You can follow her on twitter & instagram @AlisaCohn. Alisa Cohn was profiled in First Round Review and check out her podcast with Tim Ferriss.

6:00pm reception; 6:30pm lecture, gratis. Advance registrations required.  Copies of her book will be available for sale at the event.