How can the DMV area compete with Silicon Valley? As clusters of startups are blooming everywhere around the DMV area, Silicon Valley is the undisputed global epicenter of tech unicorns; it's hard for other metro areas to compete. Can Silicon Valley’s remarkable success be replicated in the DMV area? Can the DMV area possibly compete with its stunning record of innovation, creativity, and wealth generation? Could the DMV area become a similar magnet for the world’s most brilliant minds? Tonight’s debate will identify challenges, threats, and insights to transform the DMV’s business ecosystem. About Hector Del Castillo: Hector Del Castillo has over 15 years of experience collaborating with executives and entrepreneurs to transform ideas into a great business. He’s passionate about building and marketing products customers love. As a consultant, trainer and coach, he helps individuals and organizations accelerate growth by building capacity and capability, guiding and training product teams, improving processes and deploying best in class tools to make smarter decisions and get better results from product investments. As an entrepreneur, he is CTO of V-Sense Medical, Inc. A vendor of smart connected devices for healthcare professionals that want to measure a patient’s heart and breathing rate seamlessly to improve their quality of life. Contact Hector if you are looking for an engaging speaker and topic for your next group meeting. Connect with Hector and let him know how he can help you build a startup that grows. Contact: hector@boldpm.com Connect: linkd.in/hdelcastillo Follow: @hmdelcastillo

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DMV vs Silicon Valley
Introduction
How can the DMV area compete with Silicon Valley?
As clusters of startups are blooming everywhere around the DMV area, Silicon Valley is the undisputed global
epicenter of tech unicorns; it's hard for other metro areas to compete.
Can Silicon Valley’s remarkable success be replicated in the DMV area? Can the DMV area possibly compete
with its stunning record of innovation, creativity, and wealth generation? Could the DMV area become a
similar magnet for the world’s most brilliant minds?
Tonight’s debate will identify challenges, threats, and insights to transform the DMV’s business ecosystem.
About Hector Del Castillo:
Hector Del Castillo has over 15 years of experience collaborating with executives and entrepreneurs to
transform ideas into a great business. He’s passionate about building and marketing products customers
love.
As a consultant, trainer and coach, he helps individuals and organizations accelerate growth by building
capacity and capability, guiding and training product teams, improving processes and deploying best in class
tools to make smarter decisions and get better results from product investments.
As an entrepreneur, I’m CTO of V-Sense Medical, Inc. A vendor of smart connected devices for healthcare
professionals that want to measure a patient’s heart and breathing rate seamlessly to improve their quality
of life.
1. Engage the entire entrepreneurial
community
2. Implement master plan
3. Maintain a long-term commitment
4. Must include everyone who wants
to participate
5. Engage key stakeholders
6. Implement action steps and
metrics
7. Regularly report progress
8. Adopt a learning process
9. Readjust course as needed
Contact Hector if you are looking for an engaging speaker and topic for your next group meeting. Connect
with Hector and let him know how he can help you build a startup that grows.
Hector Del Castillo
Contact: hector@boldpm.com Connect: linkd.in/hdelcastillo Follow: @hmdelcastillo

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