Elite business schools are exceptional at training employees. They are rarely equipped to train founders. The result: a generation of brilliant executives stepping out of corporate with an MBA, a title, and zero infrastructure for what comes next. This talk delivers the missing syllabus — the real fundamentals of entrepreneurship that no professor covered. Tax structures and entity selection. Advisory and board composition. Executive coaching frameworks. Cap tables, operating agreements, and equity structures. How to build your first team when there's no HR department. What leverage actually looks like in practice. This is the education that would have saved most founders years of expensive mistakes — and it's exactly what audiences leave able to act on immediately.
- 1 Why elite business schools produce exceptional employees — and what they leave out about being a founder
- 2 Entity structure 101: S-Corp, C-Corp, LLC — which one, when, and why it matters for taxes and investors
- 3 How to structure equity from day one: cap tables, vesting, and the mistakes that are nearly impossible to undo
- 4 Building your advisory board: who to target, what to offer, and how to make the ask
- 5 The first 5 hires every founder eventually needs — and how to build them without an HR department
Keynote
Full talk with curated frameworks, case studies, and a clear action checklist audiences walk away with. Ideal for conferences, commencements, and executive leadership events.
Intensive Workshop
Expanded format with breakout exercises, peer accountability structures, personalized action planning, and 1:1 office-hours time with Lynn. Ideal for cohorts, accelerators, and executive leadership programs.
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