SoftBank Group’s Operator School (SBOS) will resume on February 24 its seven-week program designed to equip startup founders and operators to build and manage startups in South Florida, Latin America and beyond.
The program targets startups from Seed to IPO. This year’s program follows SBOS launch in 2021, which was done in partnership with Florida International University, Miami Dade College and the University of Miami. According to SoftBank, in 2021, over 5,000 registrants from 50 countries attended the classes, and thousands more watched the lessons on-demand.
With Operator School, the Japanese conglomerate wants to cultivate a new generation of diverse tech talent. SoftBank says it complements the operating content that the SoftBank Latin America Fund provides its founders.
The curriculum covers tech startup operations, the venture capital ecosystem, and how to add value in the tech industry. Operator School will feature an online master class speaker series focused on venture capital and startup fundraising, which will be hosted remotely by Laura Gaviria Halaby, head of ecosystem development and crypto value creation for SoftBank Group International, and available to the general public online. Topics will include: Introduction to Venture Capital, Startup Valuation, Fundraising Process, Pitching, Term Sheets, Deal Negotiation, Board Management, and Growth Venture Capital.
Confirmed speakers include SoftBank Latin America Fund Managing Partner Paulo Passoni, SoftBank Group International Managing Partner and CHRO Francisco Sorrentino, SoftBank Latin America Fund Early Stage Managing Partner Rodrigo Baer, Olist Founder and CEO Tiago Dalvi, VTEX Founder and Co-CEO Geraldo Thomaz, and Pipefy Founder and CEO Alessio Alionco.
“Our vision for the SoftBank Group Operator School is to continue delivering content that can help accelerate tech startups’ growth in Latin America, South Florida and around the world,” Gaviria Halaby said, in a press statement. “We know the importance for entrepreneurs and operators to learn from each other, and SBOS is the ideal platform to do that. We are excited to launch the new edition of SBOS with a curriculum that is meant to inspire and teach the next generation of tech operators how to thrive and make an impact.”
Registration is open for global participants here.
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