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2006-07 Series
Finding Start-up Capital - January 16, 2007
Short Description: Are bank loans or equity investors the best answer to your company’s start-up needs? How does a banker or investor look at your business? What other capital sources are available? Let us show you the best ways to approach commercial lenders and find additional investment opportunities. We will show you how successful start-up businesses are really funded.
Presenter: Jim Chamberlain
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Entrepreneurial Panel - February 6, 2007
Short Description: Entrepreneurs are trailblazers, defining their own paths, following their intuitions and passions, and sometimes risking it all in the hopes of success. What personal characteristics set the exceptional apart from the masses? And what are the key elements to getting your business off to a smooth start and keep it going for the long haul? This panel discussion will provide a chance for you to hear the exciting stories of entrepreneurs who started from the ground and built successful ventures. Starting a business is risky, but you can improve your chances of success by leveraging the insights gained by others!
Presenter: Simon Singh: Scienstream Technologies, David Diamond: Global Student Experience, Ronallee Zarate-Bayani: Global Leadership Adventures
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Secrets to Successfully Pitching Investors - February 20, 2007
Short Description: It’s not your business plan. It’s how you present it.
It's not your business plan that captures the investor. Your business plan only earns you an invitation to the table. It’s the presentation that wins investors' hearts and minds--and ultimately their money. Pick up tips on how to write your business plan--but more--how to present it in this dynamic, content-rich hour with Mike Cannon.
- Learn the structural secret of a great business plan
- Discover how to keep the investors' attention as they read
- Find out how to start your presentation
- Learn THE BEST way to organize your PowerPoint slides
- Find out how to use your eyes and your voice--your most powerful presentation assets
Presenter: Mike Cannon
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Internet Marketing Boot Camp – Part I - March 6, 2007
Short Description: Get the most from your website…this two part workshop will help you to maximize the return on your internet investment. You need to attract visitors to your website. But, your website should also do more than generate visitors; it should help to achieve your business objectives including revenue, profit, market share, and customer loyalty. We will demystify the technical jargon of “internet design, development and marketing” in order to help you increase your website traffic, as well as how to convert these visitors to some desired action, all while managing the costs of maintaining your site.
Part I of the workshop will focus on driving traffic to your website from search engine visitors and via email marketing. Part II of the workshop will focus on converting your website’s visitors to a desired action, how to measure the success of your internet marketing efforts, and the general approaches to developing your internet presence.
Presenter: Mike Mata
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Internet Marketing Boot Camp – Part II - March 20, 2007
Short Description: Get the most from your website…this two part workshop will help you to maximize the return on your internet investment. You need to attract visitors to your website. But, your website should also do more than generate visitors; it should help to achieve your business objectives including revenue, profit, market share, and customer loyalty. We will demystify the technical jargon of “internet design, development and marketing” in order to help you increase your website traffic, as well as how to convert these visitors to some desired action, all while managing the costs of maintaining your site.
Part II of the workshop will focus on converting your website’s visitors to a desired action, how to measure the success of your internet marketing efforts, and the general approaches to developing your internet presence.
Presenter: Mike Mata
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What Makes a Successful Business Idea? - April 3, 2007
Short Description: The imagery of American business success is steeped in the notion of the technological “Big Idea” which disrupts the status quo and dramatically changes the way we behave and do things. Yet, we all know of entrepreneurs like Howard Schultz of Starbucks who have built great businesses based on simple notions of customer service, quality and convenience without having a single technological breakthrough in sight.
What do these extremes have in common? Are they really different sides of the same coin? In this workshop, presenter Mike Mata discusses those attributes of a particular business idea that strongly indicate the likelihood that the business will not only survive but indeed prosper. Included in the discussion are the pivotal roles played by various success drivers.
Presenter: Mike Mata
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10 Things To Keep You From Getting Sued - April 17, 2007
Short Description: We will explore the most common myths and practices of employers that tend to give rise to claims or lawsuits, such as misclassification of workers as contractors versus employees, using non-compete agreements, not paying employees properly for breaks, meal periods, OT, etc. We also review what an employer can do to reduce their risk and liability, and increase their employees’ effectiveness in the workplace.
Presenter: Audrianne Adams Lee
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