Drop-in Startup Coaching: Traverse City

Happens every Thursday. No RSVP required. Just show up and bring your questions!

Connect with startup experts who can help you grow.

Startup coaches share their time, wisdom, and connections to help entrepreneurs build successful businesses and avoid common mistakes. They can provide guidance to entrepreneurs with new and growing businesses on a full range of topics including business planning and entity formation, funding strategy, sales, operations, human resources, and much more.

New business owners routinely state that mentorship and connections are very important. However, entrepreneurs must be open and committed to learning, as well as willing to make the time to meet with their coach.

What to expect:

• For your small business, startup, or idea
• A private, one-on-one meeting with a startup expert
• Troubleshoot your business goals and challenges
• Honest, supportive feedback
• Recommendations on resources and tools

Meet your coach:

Delaney Keating is the Director of Entrepreneurship & Commercialization at 20Fathoms. In this role she leads startup services programming at 20Fathoms and oversees our business incubation and acceleration initiatives, access to capital program, and technology transfer.

Delaney has spent her career in entrepreneurship, startups, and technology. Prior to moving to Michigan and joining 20Fathoms, Delaney was Managing Director of Pando Telecom where she led the company to 10x growth over 12 months. She was also the Executive Director of Startup Colorado where she developed the organization from the ground up, establishing a first-of-its-kind statewide rural startup network. Additionally she served as Co-founder of Catapult Outdoor Industry Accelerator, Founder and Creative Director of RoShamBo: Marketing + Creative, and Director and Small Business Consultant for the Colorado Small Business Development Center Network.