Events
Startup IQ events are built for early-stage founders navigating real-world challenges. We host webinars and GTM "Office Hours" that deliver no-fluff, practical advice founders can act on right away. Our focus? Helping underrepresented and minority founders cut through the noise and get traction faster.
From cracking customer fit to refining your pitch, every session is a chance to get expert guidance, ask hard questions, and connect with others walking the same path.
New York State Innovation Summit
Drawing on decades of startup advisory experience, this practical workshop explores the critical fits every founder must validate: Founder-Problem Fit, Customer-Problem Fit, Problem-Solution Fit, and ultimately Product-Market Fit.
Whether you’re bootstrapping toward revenue or pursuing VC funding, this session will equip you with frameworks for customer discovery, value proposition testing, and founder-led sales. You’ll leave understanding why you can’t hire your way out of GTM problems, how to map your customer ecosystem effectively, and why traction is your secret power in 2025.
Upstate New York Week - September 2025
Startup IQ’s Founders GTM Office Hours is not a panel, and it’s not a pitch competition. It’s a fast-moving, highly interactive session where you bring your toughest GTM questions—and get direct, no-fluff feedback.
Following the GTM “Office Hours”, the Startup IQ team will provide their popular Pitch Deck Stress Test sessions to pre-approved registrants.
Founders GTM "Office Hours"
In today’s unforgiving market, early-stage tech founders can’t afford to get Go-to-Market wrong. Whether you’re Seed or Series A, the path to scalable revenue and investor confidence is paved with smart, tested GTM moves, and this session gives you a rare chance to get real-time advice from those who’ve done it at the highest level.
LATAM Founders: Building and Scaling in the U.S.
Are you a Latin American tech founder looking to enter the U.S. market—or already building your company here and seeking to scale? This special NY Tech Week event is designed specifically for Latin American entrepreneurs, whether you're navigating expansion from abroad or growing your startup on U.S. soil.
Founders GTM "Inside Access"
In today’s unforgiving market, early-stage tech founders can’t afford to get Go-to-Market wrong. Whether you’re Seed or Series A, the path to scalable revenue and investor confidence is paved with smart, tested GTM moves, and this session gives you a rare chance to get real-time advice from those who’ve done it at the highest level.
Under Pressure: GTM for Underrepresented Founders
In today’s volatile economic climate, founders face more pressure than ever to turn early momentum into sustainable growth. For underrepresented founders—who too often navigate these challenges with fewer resources and less access—resilience isn’t optional, it’s essential.
Founders GTM "Office Hours"
Join us at SF Tech Week for an exclusive Founders GTM "Office Hours" featuring Jack Nolan and Michael Queralt from Startup IQ, two seasoned veterans with over 80 years of combined experience. This interactive session offers early-stage founders a rare opportunity to get personalized advice on building a scalable, revenue-generating business.
Founders GTM "Coffee Chat"
With investor's expectations skyrocketing from startups generating $100k per employee in 2019 to $300k in 2024, our session is critical for founders aiming to build scalable, revenue-generating businesses.