SBIR/STTR Funding Strategies

Join Michael Holt, Traverse Management Consulting, for a conversation about diverse fundraising strategies including SBIR/STTRs using Lean Startup principles.

Michael Holt graduated from the University of South Carolina’s Darla Moore School of Business in 2013, with a BSBA in Finance and Real Estate. In 2014, Michael helped launch Virta Laboratories, Inc., where he is currently President & CEO. Michael’s background is in cybersecurity, healthcare, and lean startups. In the course of starting Traverse Management, he has also worked in such diverse fields as robotics, finance, AI and machine learning, indoor farming, and biotech.

About Virta Laboratories, Inc.:

Virta Labs helps hospitals strategically manage cybersecurity, privacy, and continuity risks, and with daily workflows for mission- & safety-critical equipment on clinical IT networks.

About Traverse Management Consulting, LLC:

Traverse Management provides entrepreneurial guidance across business functions with advisory board, executive consulting, and operational services.

Fundamentals for Startups is a weekly one-hour lecture series featuring notable experts who share startup-related information, experience, and insights with our entrepreneurial community. From raising capital to scaling to exit strategies, these seasoned guest speakers deliver valuable content designed to help startups and entrepreneurs thrive. Lectures are typically 30-40 mins, followed by open Q&A.

Each lecture is filmed, live streamed and archived on CoMotion’s Startup Training Videos page.

These lectures are open to the public and you do not have to be currently affiliated with the UW or a startup to join. Please register at the link below for access information. We hope you can join us!