Bill Dawson, MBA, MSEI

Flywheel Fund is a member-managed capital fund based in Bloomington, Indiana. We invest in early-stage and high-potential startups. Flywheel Fund is committed to investing a minimum of 13% of our fund to Black founders and teams. In-person office hours at The Mill: Thursdays, 9:30-11:30 We screen companies continuously to find the one that will be considered for investment every other month. The three main criteria we look for are:​ 1. Team 2. Market 3. Product Because we invest in early, team is extremely important. And in particular for software and technology, we’re looking for capital-efficient companies.

Flywheel Fund is a member-managed capital fund based in Bloomington, Indiana. We invest in early-stage and high-potential startups. Flywheel Fund is committed to investing a minimum of 13% of our fund to Black founders and teams. In-person office hours at The Mill: Thursdays, 9:30-11:30 We screen companies continuously to find the one that will be considered for investment every other month. The three main criteria we look for are:​ 1. Team 2. Market 3. Product Because we invest in early, team is extremely important. And in particular for software and technology, we’re looking for capital-efficient companies.

DK New Media is the parent company to Douglas Karrs publications, speaking, and training. His flagship publication is Martech Zone, which reaches millions of sales, marketing, and business professionals. Douglas is a recognized international technology and digital transformation expert. He speaks, trains, and consults companies on how to leverage their marketing and technology stacks to get a greater return on their marketing investment. Douglas also advices investors on marketing and technology investments, including due diligence investigations. Douglas has helped found several companies, one which was sold to Oracle. Douglas is also the co-host and producer of Dell Technologys Luminaries podcast. Douglas newest company, Highbridge, is a Salesforce Partner and helps assists their customers (across any platform or technology) with fully leveraging their technology investment to transform their internal customer service and external customer experience.

4 Dogs Design, LLC has been serving start-ups and established companies for almost a decade. We specialize in branding, graphic design and usability services. We believe in creating clean, simple and user-friendly designs that succeed in all medium.