Business West held a workshop in Swindon on the 6th October to shocase to SME Businesses some of the programmes they have to help businesses grow through Innovation and Internationalisation.
Workshop to give an overview of programmes available from Enterprise Europe Network, UKTI, Solutions for Business. THese programmes are all supported by UK and European Funding and available to SME's in the South West Region.
Show Me The Money London 2014 - Presentation by John Spindler Ceo of Capital ...TechMeetups
This document provides information for entrepreneurs seeking to raise seed investment in London. It discusses the importance of scaling startups to achieve success and the need for investment to enable scale. It outlines characteristics of scale-focused startups and the lean startup process. It also discusses proving business model fit through customer development and metrics. Sources of funding at different stages are listed, including the importance of tax breaks like SEIS. Finally, it provides tips for successful angel investing. The overall message is that investment can help startups scale fast to solve big problems, but entrepreneurs must demonstrate product-market fit and a business model with potential for growth.
The document outlines a new recipe for turning an idea into a successful business venture. It contrasts the old recipe of working alone in a garage with limited resources to the new recipe of building a team, securing funding, validating the market, and iterating based on customer feedback. The new recipe is presented as a 20 step process that emphasizes learning, adapting, selling, securing investment, and eventually scaling and selling the business for profit. While success is not guaranteed, following this rigorous process combined with a great idea, team, and resources can lead to meaningful success, though it will require many years of hard work.
Governance 101: Early- and Growth-Stage Tech Companies - Entrepreneurship 101...MaRS Discovery District
This lecture will present foundational considerations for building your board of directors, as well as compare and contrast it to an advisory board. The session will emphasize how to build and adapt the board of directors for high productivity and impact, and describe how to do so at the pace of high-performing startup and growth-stage technology businesses.
Lecture takeaways:
-Understand the difference between a board of advisors and a board of directors and how the structures relate to each other
-Understand the basics of building, managing and evaluating your board of directors
-Be equipped to make both incremental and larger changes in how governance is addressed in your business
The presentation shown by Oxford Innovation at the partner launch to show our potential Grow Cornwall partners what we're going to be doing and how we can work with them to help businesses in Cornwall and the Scilly Isles
This lecture outlines the legal and tax considerations of starting a business, including how to register and structure your business. You are introduced to the importance of understanding the entire “ecosystem” of your business, including distribution partners, industry contacts, lawyers and human resource specialists.
This presentation will introduce you to the fundamentals of raising capital for venture builders, startup studios. Compared to raising capital for a single startup, the fundraising process is more challenging. Because you are raising money for an organization that will be active participant in building up an entire batch or batches of startups. So you have to show to your investors that you have:
+ A studio leadership team with the power to build an entire portfolio of ventures;
+ The right financial-organizational structure that matches the goals;
+ A coherent vision and venture building thesis;
+ Viability of your approach supported by benchmarks;
+ Strong portfolio of startups and ideas in your pipeline.
This presentation will help you understand the basics of how to build up your fundraising approach.
If you need more help, reach out and I will guide you in:
+ Structuring your venture builder and fundraising strategy;
+ Assess your current material and identify gaps and risks;
+ Preparing for a successful investor meeting;
Attila Szigeti
https://www.attilaszigeti.com/
Slash | The Venture Builder Playbook (5 may2021)Slash
Talk delivered to tech and corporate community on the Venture Builder Playbook.
We covered:
1) Why Venture Building is the new "growth" strategy for corporates worldwide
2) Flavors of Venture Building
3) The Venture Builder Playbook (at a high level)
Workshop to give an overview of programmes available from Enterprise Europe Network, UKTI, Solutions for Business. THese programmes are all supported by UK and European Funding and available to SME's in the South West Region.
Show Me The Money London 2014 - Presentation by John Spindler Ceo of Capital ...TechMeetups
This document provides information for entrepreneurs seeking to raise seed investment in London. It discusses the importance of scaling startups to achieve success and the need for investment to enable scale. It outlines characteristics of scale-focused startups and the lean startup process. It also discusses proving business model fit through customer development and metrics. Sources of funding at different stages are listed, including the importance of tax breaks like SEIS. Finally, it provides tips for successful angel investing. The overall message is that investment can help startups scale fast to solve big problems, but entrepreneurs must demonstrate product-market fit and a business model with potential for growth.
The document outlines a new recipe for turning an idea into a successful business venture. It contrasts the old recipe of working alone in a garage with limited resources to the new recipe of building a team, securing funding, validating the market, and iterating based on customer feedback. The new recipe is presented as a 20 step process that emphasizes learning, adapting, selling, securing investment, and eventually scaling and selling the business for profit. While success is not guaranteed, following this rigorous process combined with a great idea, team, and resources can lead to meaningful success, though it will require many years of hard work.
Governance 101: Early- and Growth-Stage Tech Companies - Entrepreneurship 101...MaRS Discovery District
This lecture will present foundational considerations for building your board of directors, as well as compare and contrast it to an advisory board. The session will emphasize how to build and adapt the board of directors for high productivity and impact, and describe how to do so at the pace of high-performing startup and growth-stage technology businesses.
Lecture takeaways:
-Understand the difference between a board of advisors and a board of directors and how the structures relate to each other
-Understand the basics of building, managing and evaluating your board of directors
-Be equipped to make both incremental and larger changes in how governance is addressed in your business
The presentation shown by Oxford Innovation at the partner launch to show our potential Grow Cornwall partners what we're going to be doing and how we can work with them to help businesses in Cornwall and the Scilly Isles
This lecture outlines the legal and tax considerations of starting a business, including how to register and structure your business. You are introduced to the importance of understanding the entire “ecosystem” of your business, including distribution partners, industry contacts, lawyers and human resource specialists.
This presentation will introduce you to the fundamentals of raising capital for venture builders, startup studios. Compared to raising capital for a single startup, the fundraising process is more challenging. Because you are raising money for an organization that will be active participant in building up an entire batch or batches of startups. So you have to show to your investors that you have:
+ A studio leadership team with the power to build an entire portfolio of ventures;
+ The right financial-organizational structure that matches the goals;
+ A coherent vision and venture building thesis;
+ Viability of your approach supported by benchmarks;
+ Strong portfolio of startups and ideas in your pipeline.
This presentation will help you understand the basics of how to build up your fundraising approach.
If you need more help, reach out and I will guide you in:
+ Structuring your venture builder and fundraising strategy;
+ Assess your current material and identify gaps and risks;
+ Preparing for a successful investor meeting;
Attila Szigeti
https://www.attilaszigeti.com/
Slash | The Venture Builder Playbook (5 may2021)Slash
Talk delivered to tech and corporate community on the Venture Builder Playbook.
We covered:
1) Why Venture Building is the new "growth" strategy for corporates worldwide
2) Flavors of Venture Building
3) The Venture Builder Playbook (at a high level)
This lecture focuses on understanding the motivation of private venture capital (VC) firms and how it affects their structuring of term sheets and legal agreements.
The document provides an overview of business planning and different types of business plans. It discusses how business plans are used to set up a business, raise investment, and run an existing business. Key points covered include who should write the plan, typical outlines, differences between plans for raising investment versus setting up a business, and common mistakes to avoid.
PSV Academy StartupTalk #32: PR Tactics to Get Coverage as a No-Name StartupPreSeed Ventures
This document discusses PR strategy for startups beyond just funding announcements. It recommends having a clear strategic narrative and purpose for doing PR that is tied to business milestones. The basics of PR like timing of releases, press releases, and mapping media landscape are covered. The challenges of timing a PR strategy and understanding the needs of different media are discussed. Resources for PR help like freelancers and expectations from investors are provided. The key takeaway is that founders should have a strategic PR plan beyond just funding and leverage PR to build their brand and position in the industry.
This document provides an overview of Equity Endeavor, Inc., a crowdfunding platform designed for small businesses. It introduces the founding team and describes two major trends driving the company's creation: 1) Small businesses struggle to access capital for growth, and 2) Crowdfunding has grown significantly but existing platforms are not well-suited for small businesses. Equity Endeavor aims to address this problem with a rewards-based crowdfunding platform focused on local small businesses. An initial pilot in Austin and New Orleans saw success in helping businesses raise funds.
This document provides an overview and introduction to Venturefest North West, an annual event that brings together businesses, investors, and academics from the North West region of England. The event was founded to help businesses access local networks, expertise, funding, and resources to commercialize new products and services. It has grown significantly since its first event in 2014. This magazine serves as a guide to the 2019 event, profiling finalists of the Innovation Showcase competition, and providing "How To" guides on various business growth topics from partner organizations in the region.
Funding for innovation for creative and cultural enterprises (Brighton)golantmediaventures
This document provides an agenda and information for an event on funding innovation for creative and cultural enterprises. The event will include presentations and discussions on various funding opportunities and case studies. Speakers will cover topics such as the funding landscape, growth accelerators, R&D tax credits, private finance options, and European funding. There will also be a working session for attendees and a case study on financing a media distribution platform. The goal is to help creative enterprises understand available funding to support innovation.
Slides from PreSeed Academy StartupTalk #25 - Nicolaj Højer Nielsen (Speaker ...PreSeed Ventures
The document outlines an event on preparing for international scaling. It includes:
- A 10-minute introduction by Nicolaj Højer Nielsen on the why, when, where, and how of scaling internationally. He notes most startups cannot focus only on their home market and must globalize or specialize.
- Presentations by Anders Kjær on the investor perspective of international scaling and Matias Møl Dalsgaard on the founder perspective and insights from scaling GoMore internationally.
- A live Q&A session with both presenters and Nicolaj Højer Nielsen on how to scale a startup.
- The event concludes with an outro and information on applying to Preseed
What are the key reminders for start-ups and entrepreneurs as they begin to scale? Dr. G gathered a list of interesting reminders from fellow angels and venture capitalists. This presentation was aimed for an audience of start-ups.
Grow your own way: Your career opportunities at PwC SwitzerlandPwC Switzerland
This document summarizes the career opportunities available at PwC Switzerland. PwC offers a variety of roles across its business lines of Assurance, Tax & Legal Services, Advisory, and Internal Firm Services. PwC emphasizes developing employees through coaching and training to help them build customized careers and grow personally and professionally. Employees work in diverse, international teams on challenging projects for sophisticated clients around the world.
CatalystBuilder is a Hong Kong based venture builder, started in 2015. CatalystBuilder provides funding, knowledge, connections and practical services to build your startup dreams.
http://www.CatalystBuilder.com
http://www.facebook.com/CatalystBuilder
Human Capital: Building high performance teams for your start-up's successMaRS Discovery District
The document discusses the importance of high performance teams for startup success. It notes that team diversity and open communication are important, as is aligning the team around key initiatives and tracking progress. The document also discusses challenges such as balancing formal policies with flexibility as a startup grows, and managing investor influence on technical teams. It emphasizes the need for open communication, aligning the team around goals, planning for challenges, and focusing on delivering key goals to foster a high performance culture.
This document provides a guide for entrepreneurs on presenting to investors. It outlines the key elements, or "7 P's", that should be covered in an investor presentation: Pitch, People, Pain, Product, Players, Projections, and Proposition. For each element, the document describes what investors are looking for and provides dos and don'ts. The goal is to help entrepreneurs effectively communicate their opportunity to investors and enhance their chances of raising funds. In 3 sentences or less: This guide outlines the essential information that startup founders should cover in their presentations to investors, including describing the problem they solve, product details, team, market opportunity and financial projections, along with best practices for communicating each element effectively.
This document is a sponsorship proposal for the 3rd annual TransPacific Entrepreneurial Joint CanChamHK-HKCBA Conference. The conference aims to promote Hong Kong as a platform for Canadian companies, entrepreneurs, and professionals to grow their businesses. Over 100 delegates from Hong Kong and Canada have attended past conferences. The upcoming conference on November 28, 2016 will feature panels on topics like starting a business in Hong Kong and expanding into China. Sponsorship levels ranging from $15,000 to $50,000 are available, with higher levels providing more branding and speaking opportunities. The goal is to strengthen business ties between Canada and Hong Kong.
The summary provides an overview of NYU ITP's 4th Annual Pitchfest event which gives ITP student teams the opportunity to pitch their startup ideas to investors. The event includes preparatory workshops on May 28th, June 4th and 11th to help teams refine their pitches and business models. On June 18th, 8 to 10 pre-selected teams will present their pitches at the Pitchfest event to receive feedback from mentors and coaches. Lightning round pitches were given by various student teams in attendance to get initial feedback. Teams were then given homework to further develop their pitches in areas like problem statement, market size, and business model for the next workshop.
This summary provides the key details about three job opportunities in 3 sentences or less each:
The first job is for a senior search consultant focused on energy, commodities, and environmental markets with a £40-60k salary plus commission and benefits to focus on growing a new practice area. The second is for business development managers for an international recruitment firm seeking candidates fluent in listed languages with six-figure compensation. The third is for a director to establish a Middle East desk in the UK or UAE for an executive search firm with a £60k+ salary and commission.
Venture & Angel Investments for Startups - 2021Crowd Product
Sanjay Mehta provides a document listing "20 Things Not To Do" as an entrepreneur. Some key mistakes highlighted include raising too much money early, hiring based on credentials rather than potential, building products without customer validation, and not having a clear path to profitability. The document emphasizes the importance of frugality, focusing on financial health over income, having a unique value proposition to avoid competition, and carefully managing equity allocation. Overall, the document aims to help entrepreneurs avoid common mistakes through sharing lessons learned from others.
Katrien Dewijngaert: Scaling up - Going Global - TSD17StartUps.be
Start it @kbc is the largest startup accelerator in Belgium. It has accelerated over 480 startups since 2013 across 6 locations in Belgium. It provides startups with mentoring, coaching, and access to customers and funding. Start it @kbc has experienced rapid growth, doubling the number of startups accelerated each year. It aims to continue expanding its locations both within Belgium and potentially to other European countries.
Strategic planning at the corporate level concerns four main issues: providing an objective-strategy design, specifying growth objectives and competitive advantages, facilitating value delivery through upstream marketing and innovation, and tackling issues related to the future, environment, business portfolio, and integration. Strategic planning helps craft innovation into every firm activity and facilitates value delivery by addressing important upstream marketing activities.
Leveraging Facebook for your business is a scary obstacle for some small businesses to overcome. Through these slides, I walk you through information about Facebook, what content you should be sharing on Facebook, promoting your Facebook page, and finally leveraging Facebook analytics.
This lecture focuses on understanding the motivation of private venture capital (VC) firms and how it affects their structuring of term sheets and legal agreements.
The document provides an overview of business planning and different types of business plans. It discusses how business plans are used to set up a business, raise investment, and run an existing business. Key points covered include who should write the plan, typical outlines, differences between plans for raising investment versus setting up a business, and common mistakes to avoid.
PSV Academy StartupTalk #32: PR Tactics to Get Coverage as a No-Name StartupPreSeed Ventures
This document discusses PR strategy for startups beyond just funding announcements. It recommends having a clear strategic narrative and purpose for doing PR that is tied to business milestones. The basics of PR like timing of releases, press releases, and mapping media landscape are covered. The challenges of timing a PR strategy and understanding the needs of different media are discussed. Resources for PR help like freelancers and expectations from investors are provided. The key takeaway is that founders should have a strategic PR plan beyond just funding and leverage PR to build their brand and position in the industry.
This document provides an overview of Equity Endeavor, Inc., a crowdfunding platform designed for small businesses. It introduces the founding team and describes two major trends driving the company's creation: 1) Small businesses struggle to access capital for growth, and 2) Crowdfunding has grown significantly but existing platforms are not well-suited for small businesses. Equity Endeavor aims to address this problem with a rewards-based crowdfunding platform focused on local small businesses. An initial pilot in Austin and New Orleans saw success in helping businesses raise funds.
This document provides an overview and introduction to Venturefest North West, an annual event that brings together businesses, investors, and academics from the North West region of England. The event was founded to help businesses access local networks, expertise, funding, and resources to commercialize new products and services. It has grown significantly since its first event in 2014. This magazine serves as a guide to the 2019 event, profiling finalists of the Innovation Showcase competition, and providing "How To" guides on various business growth topics from partner organizations in the region.
Funding for innovation for creative and cultural enterprises (Brighton)golantmediaventures
This document provides an agenda and information for an event on funding innovation for creative and cultural enterprises. The event will include presentations and discussions on various funding opportunities and case studies. Speakers will cover topics such as the funding landscape, growth accelerators, R&D tax credits, private finance options, and European funding. There will also be a working session for attendees and a case study on financing a media distribution platform. The goal is to help creative enterprises understand available funding to support innovation.
Slides from PreSeed Academy StartupTalk #25 - Nicolaj Højer Nielsen (Speaker ...PreSeed Ventures
The document outlines an event on preparing for international scaling. It includes:
- A 10-minute introduction by Nicolaj Højer Nielsen on the why, when, where, and how of scaling internationally. He notes most startups cannot focus only on their home market and must globalize or specialize.
- Presentations by Anders Kjær on the investor perspective of international scaling and Matias Møl Dalsgaard on the founder perspective and insights from scaling GoMore internationally.
- A live Q&A session with both presenters and Nicolaj Højer Nielsen on how to scale a startup.
- The event concludes with an outro and information on applying to Preseed
What are the key reminders for start-ups and entrepreneurs as they begin to scale? Dr. G gathered a list of interesting reminders from fellow angels and venture capitalists. This presentation was aimed for an audience of start-ups.
Grow your own way: Your career opportunities at PwC SwitzerlandPwC Switzerland
This document summarizes the career opportunities available at PwC Switzerland. PwC offers a variety of roles across its business lines of Assurance, Tax & Legal Services, Advisory, and Internal Firm Services. PwC emphasizes developing employees through coaching and training to help them build customized careers and grow personally and professionally. Employees work in diverse, international teams on challenging projects for sophisticated clients around the world.
CatalystBuilder is a Hong Kong based venture builder, started in 2015. CatalystBuilder provides funding, knowledge, connections and practical services to build your startup dreams.
http://www.CatalystBuilder.com
http://www.facebook.com/CatalystBuilder
Human Capital: Building high performance teams for your start-up's successMaRS Discovery District
The document discusses the importance of high performance teams for startup success. It notes that team diversity and open communication are important, as is aligning the team around key initiatives and tracking progress. The document also discusses challenges such as balancing formal policies with flexibility as a startup grows, and managing investor influence on technical teams. It emphasizes the need for open communication, aligning the team around goals, planning for challenges, and focusing on delivering key goals to foster a high performance culture.
This document provides a guide for entrepreneurs on presenting to investors. It outlines the key elements, or "7 P's", that should be covered in an investor presentation: Pitch, People, Pain, Product, Players, Projections, and Proposition. For each element, the document describes what investors are looking for and provides dos and don'ts. The goal is to help entrepreneurs effectively communicate their opportunity to investors and enhance their chances of raising funds. In 3 sentences or less: This guide outlines the essential information that startup founders should cover in their presentations to investors, including describing the problem they solve, product details, team, market opportunity and financial projections, along with best practices for communicating each element effectively.
This document is a sponsorship proposal for the 3rd annual TransPacific Entrepreneurial Joint CanChamHK-HKCBA Conference. The conference aims to promote Hong Kong as a platform for Canadian companies, entrepreneurs, and professionals to grow their businesses. Over 100 delegates from Hong Kong and Canada have attended past conferences. The upcoming conference on November 28, 2016 will feature panels on topics like starting a business in Hong Kong and expanding into China. Sponsorship levels ranging from $15,000 to $50,000 are available, with higher levels providing more branding and speaking opportunities. The goal is to strengthen business ties between Canada and Hong Kong.
The summary provides an overview of NYU ITP's 4th Annual Pitchfest event which gives ITP student teams the opportunity to pitch their startup ideas to investors. The event includes preparatory workshops on May 28th, June 4th and 11th to help teams refine their pitches and business models. On June 18th, 8 to 10 pre-selected teams will present their pitches at the Pitchfest event to receive feedback from mentors and coaches. Lightning round pitches were given by various student teams in attendance to get initial feedback. Teams were then given homework to further develop their pitches in areas like problem statement, market size, and business model for the next workshop.
This summary provides the key details about three job opportunities in 3 sentences or less each:
The first job is for a senior search consultant focused on energy, commodities, and environmental markets with a £40-60k salary plus commission and benefits to focus on growing a new practice area. The second is for business development managers for an international recruitment firm seeking candidates fluent in listed languages with six-figure compensation. The third is for a director to establish a Middle East desk in the UK or UAE for an executive search firm with a £60k+ salary and commission.
Venture & Angel Investments for Startups - 2021Crowd Product
Sanjay Mehta provides a document listing "20 Things Not To Do" as an entrepreneur. Some key mistakes highlighted include raising too much money early, hiring based on credentials rather than potential, building products without customer validation, and not having a clear path to profitability. The document emphasizes the importance of frugality, focusing on financial health over income, having a unique value proposition to avoid competition, and carefully managing equity allocation. Overall, the document aims to help entrepreneurs avoid common mistakes through sharing lessons learned from others.
Katrien Dewijngaert: Scaling up - Going Global - TSD17StartUps.be
Start it @kbc is the largest startup accelerator in Belgium. It has accelerated over 480 startups since 2013 across 6 locations in Belgium. It provides startups with mentoring, coaching, and access to customers and funding. Start it @kbc has experienced rapid growth, doubling the number of startups accelerated each year. It aims to continue expanding its locations both within Belgium and potentially to other European countries.
Strategic planning at the corporate level concerns four main issues: providing an objective-strategy design, specifying growth objectives and competitive advantages, facilitating value delivery through upstream marketing and innovation, and tackling issues related to the future, environment, business portfolio, and integration. Strategic planning helps craft innovation into every firm activity and facilitates value delivery by addressing important upstream marketing activities.
Leveraging Facebook for your business is a scary obstacle for some small businesses to overcome. Through these slides, I walk you through information about Facebook, what content you should be sharing on Facebook, promoting your Facebook page, and finally leveraging Facebook analytics.
This document provides an overview of digital marketing strategies for small businesses, including online advertising, SEO, interactive communications, digital branding, and web video. It recommends preparing by considering these strategies, choosing online advertising and targeted budgeting as a destination, mapping the destination with keywords, analytics and tracking competitors, sharing plans through social media and blogging, having a clear digital brand with a logo, mission and goals, and sharing experiences through inexpensive and quick web videos to find success. It also advertises a workshop on leveraging online advertising for small businesses.
Business West held a one day workshop on Innovative Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses on a limited Budget, this covered Guerrilla Marketing, Fusion Marketing, Affilliate Marketing and Joint Venture Marketing along with learning about the socail media tools you can use to put these strategies into action.
The document discusses the concept of value in marketing. It states that customers seek value in the form of benefits when making purchases. Value is defined as the tangible and intangible benefits customers receive from a product or service compared to the total costs of obtaining it. The document also outlines different components of customer value and cost, and explains that firms must design products and services that deliver the values customers perceive in order to satisfy them.
The document discusses how consumers, especially younger consumers, are finding products and services online through social networks, mobile devices, and web searches. It provides statistics showing that the majority of consumers discover products through search engines, emails from merchants, and word of mouth. The document then asks a series of questions about how businesses can attract these online consumers through strategies like analytics, search engine optimization, online branding, web video, and online advertising. It announces a workshop on leveraging online advertising for small businesses.
2011 NATPL National Award Winner for Innovation in Tech Prep/Career PathwaysJeremy Zweiacker
Oklahoma received the Innovation in Tech Prep/Career Pathways award from NATPL. This is the expanded handout covering the Tech Prep Review and Improvement Process. A short video and handouts were provided at the conference.
This document outlines a business model for driving an export strategy. It discusses defining your business model and value proposition, researching export sectors and markets, and creating an export strategy with steps for promoting, selling, delivering, and establishing a local presence globally. The presentation recommends refreshing one's business model, using strategic tools like the Business Model Canvas to develop an export plan, and provides resources and partners to help businesses export successfully.
This document outlines a business model for driving an export strategy. It discusses defining your business model and value proposition, researching export sectors and markets, and creating an export strategy with steps for promoting, selling, delivering, and establishing a local presence globally. The presentation recommends refreshing one's business model, using strategic tools like the Business Model Canvas to develop an export plan, and provides resources and partners to help businesses export successfully.
1) Vitalitry Business Advice is a consulting firm that aims to stimulate business growth and transformation for all stakeholders through a client-focused approach and simple processes.
2) They work with experienced business professionals internationally to provide flexible, scalable, and cost-effective solutions through exploring new opportunities and a global network of associates.
3) Their goal is to provide actionable steps and practical implementations to help clients take their business to the next level through services like business coaching, solution building, and change management.
WBS Entrepreneurship Mentoring Workshop -28 July 2011 - John GriffithsWarwick Business School
This document discusses various funding options for entrepreneurs, including grants, debt, angel investors, and venture capital. It emphasizes the importance of developing an investment-ready business by creating a strong proposition, proof points, compelling business plan, and focused pitch. The Connect Midlands program is highlighted for its success in helping over 1,000 businesses become investment-ready and assisting over 300 entrepreneurs in raising £200 million total.
Pioneer Equity Partners is a corporate finance boutique that provides M&A advisory, fund raising assistance, and due diligence services primarily to fast growing companies in Europe and the US with deal values over £10 million or funding needs over £1 million. The presentation introduces PEP's team of serial entrepreneurs with over 100 years of combined experience in areas like corporate finance, business development, and technology. It then outlines PEP's business model, credentials on past deals, and value proposition in helping clients access growth capital and markets.
Slides from the Marketing workshop at An Grianan Hotel presentedby Suzanne Hill on Behalf of Donegal County Enterprise Board during Enterprising Donegal Business Week 2011
This document contains summaries from multiple experts on topics related to growing a business internationally such as intellectual property protection, structuring ownership of IP, tax considerations, developing an IT strategy, travel optimization, the role of events, choosing partners and sales channels, and considerations for raising investment funds.
Dr Ricardo Schäfer and Sia Houchangnia from the Seedcamp investment team, were invited to give a lecture at the Oxford University Said Business School, as part of its flagship lecture series Building a Business. The lecture was given to 200 students interested in learning more about starting a business and the key principles of how to do so. The topic of this lecture is on How to Raise Capital.
How do I Raise Capital? - Lecture at University of OxfordSia Houchangnia
Dr Ricardo Schäfer and Sia Houchangnia from the Seedcamp investment team, were invited to give a lecture at the Oxford University Saïd Business School, as part of its flagship lecture series Building a Business. The lecture was given to 200 students interested in learning more about starting a business and the key principles of how to do so. The topic of this lecture is on How to Raise Capital.
The lecture was filmed and you can watch the video here:
https://youtu.be/KWjtRikKDLE?list=PLtXf43N26ZiefSYP5o2GmMnN6V_WYkUe3
Slides from the Equity for SMEs event held on 22nd October 2014 at Francis Clark offices, Truro. Joint event with Francis Clark, Stephens Scown and Get Set for Growth.
Enterprise Ireland supports Irish businesses in manufacturing and internationally traded services sectors to start-up, innovate, and achieve global success. George Kiely reviews about 1,500 business proposals and plans annually. He discusses the types of start-up businesses Enterprise Ireland supports, the importance of an investor-ready business plan with clear value proposition and customer identification, common mistakes made in plans, and sources of funding available for Irish start-ups.
Perfect10 is an organization that specializes in building, nurturing, and sustaining brand equity for businesses. They take a comprehensive approach, addressing brand opportunities and problems based on balancing realistic market potential with business constraints. Perfect10 consists of a strategy consulting team from multi-disciplinary backgrounds that aids company management in brand decisions and acts as an objective sounding board. They work as an outsourced partner, taking single-window accountability for an organization's entire brand-building initiative. Perfect10 believes that a brand is the engine of a business and that nurturing a brand allows a business to grow. Their approach to branding is scientific and transparent.
What are the key building blocks when building out your business and brand? Learn how to build a business plan to achieve change, gain internal alignment and manage a digital transformation’s impact on your brand. This session will take a look at what works, what doesn’t and the core lessons learned from recruitment leaders at the top of their game.
2015 Finance in the South West Segment 3 - Case Study, Business Support and C...PKF Francis Clark
This document summarizes a morning event on finance in the South West of England in 2015. The event included presentations on access to finance, business support resources, and an SME perspective. It consisted of sessions on becoming investment ready, keynote speakers, discussions of equity, grants and investments, and a closing address. Time was also allotted for networking and one-on-one Q&A. The document provides an agenda outline and summaries of several presentations, including on the Business Growth Service, British Business Bank programs, university resources for SMEs, and an aviation services case study.
Francis Clark is delighted to present our 9th annual Finance in Cornwall event, which has become an integral part of ‘Cornwall Business Week’.
The event looks to bring together people representing the funding and support streams potentially available to SMEs. Therefore, the event is of great relevance to Business Owners and Managers looking to find the best finance options available for their business and the support on offer to help them achieve their aims.
This year's event includes presentations from the big banks as well as the "alternative" finance providers. There will also be a number of organisations contracted to provide business support; including the providers of the Growth Hub and an update on 'European Funding'.
Salco Business Consulting is a global business consulting firm headed by Sal Assiri that helps clients expand their businesses through services like marketing, business development, and executive coaching. The company's team of specialists uses research and their network to provide innovative, insightful solutions. Salco's mission is to deliver the highest quality services to entrepreneurial clients seeking to grow customer base and profits through strategic advice.
Module 5 explores the concept of funding for creatives- it discusses grants, funding, trading vouchers and other means of funding for your creative business.
This document provides information about a workshop on career development and entrepreneurship for researchers. The workshop will cover introducing business planning, conducting a team-based business simulation activity, having team presentations on their business ideas, and hearing from a real-life academic entrepreneur. The workshop aims to help researchers consider commercializing their research and pursuing careers outside of academia. It will discuss intellectual property and provide guidance on business planning, developing unique value propositions, and pitching ideas to potential investors.
This document provides information about an upcoming workshop on career development and entrepreneurship for researchers. The workshop will be held on October 21-22, 2015 in Sofia, Bulgaria. It will include sessions on business planning, an activity involving developing a business plan for a given scenario in teams, and brief team presentations of their plans. The goal is to help researchers consider entrepreneurial options and develop skills for career development outside of academia.
ENterprise Europe Network's role is to stimulate business growth through collaboration, innovation and internationalisation.
Our 4 key offerings are:
Identifying new International business opportunities through our Partnership Service
Provide advice on how to trade more effectively in European Markets and Internationally
Guidance on accessing European Funding
A European policy-feedback service, including business consultation
Enterprise Europe Network held at Workshop on their partnership Tool at the Annual Rise conference "Knowing and Growing 2011" at UWE Conference Centre in Bristol on Tuesday 1st November 2011
This document summarizes an event about innovative marketing strategies for small businesses with limited budgets. The event included presentations on guerrilla, fusion, affiliate, and joint venture marketing strategies from Dan Storey of Guerrilla Marketing. It also included a session on social media tools for effective lead generation from Andy Poulton of Business West. The event was hosted by Tara Gillam of Business West and the Enterprise Europe Network and provided information on accessing European markets and business opportunities through their partner search services.
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Enterprise Europe Network have the unique Partner Search Database which currently has over 14,000 opportunities available for businesses looking for partners, agents and distributors throughout our network of 48 countries.
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3. What does Business West do? The Initiative Bristol, Bath, Swindon & Wiltshire Chambers Of Commerce Bristol, Bath, Gloucestershire Associated Associated Chambers of Commerce Public Sector Contracts Enterprise Europe Network, UK Trade & Investment, Solutions for Business (Coaching for High Growth, Understanding Finance for Business, Starting a High Growth Business), IYRE Commercial Leigh Court Events, Acorn Interactive, Ignite IP, Workspace, Recognising Excellence, UK Professional Services, Mediation in Business, Training, International Trade Services
4. Agenda 09.00am Registration and Coffee 9.30am Welcome from Business West Ian Larrard, GWE Business West 9.45am Setting the Scene Dan Storey, GMYB 10.15am Workshop 1 – Finance Mike Stutter, Business West 10.45amRefreshment Break 11.00am Workshop 2 – UKTI Andrew Fawcett, UKTI 11.30am Workshop 3 – EEN Tara Gillam, Business West - EEN 12.00pm Workshop 4 – Solutions for Business Neil Higginson, Business West – High Growth 12.30pm Workshop 5 – Marketing Dan Storey, GMYB 1.00pm Close 1.15pm Lunch and Networking
5. Dan Storey Guerrilla Marketing your Business Setting the Scene for the Day Mindset of a Business Leader “How to achieve your goals and create winning teams!”
6. Mindset of a Business Leader How to achieve goals and create winning teams Dan Storey
7. Over the next 30 minutes… Examples of great leaders Results Formula 3 C’s of Success Goal setting Traits of successful people
8. Who am I? Marketer & Marketing Trainer Mindset/NLP Trainer Sales Trainer “Athlete” / ”Sportsperson”
9. Examples of Great Leaders What do these great leaders have in common?
20. Focus You will see different opportunities depending on your mindset and what you chose to focus on. Must learn to control your focus & that of your employees
21. Focus Business Plan? Company Mission Statement? Incentive/Bonus structure? Corporate Values?
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24. Beliefs 2 ways to install new beliefs 1 – Intensity 2 – Repetition
25. Action “You can map out a fight plan or a life plan. But when the action starts, you’re down to your reflexes. That’s where your roadwork shows. If you cheated on that in the dark of the morning, you’re getting found out now under the bright lights” - Joe Frazier
27. 3 C’s of Success Clarity Clear image of your goals Specific on exactly what you want Commitment What do you need to start doing? What do you need to stop doing? Communication Who do you need to communicate to?
28. Exercise Write down 3 major goals for either your business or yourself Decide on 5 actions that you need to help get this goal started Think of 1 person you need to have on your team who can help make this happen
29. 5 Traits of Successful People Mindset Education/Ideas Networking Extra Mile Action Takers
44. Enterprise Finance Guarantee (EFG) Replaces SFLGS Accredited Lenders Min £1k Max £1m Refinance of existing debt Government Guarantee 75% on debt 2% premium Personal Security
45. Regional & Other Schemes R&D Grant – TSB EU Grants – EEN SW Loan Fund Enterprise Development Funds
46. Equity Sources Investment for shares in a Limited Company Dragons Den! Flotation/IPO Venture Capital/Private Equity Angel Investors (e.g SWAIN) Crowd Funding Friends, Family, Staff
47. Equity Statistics Most equity invested in mature larger companies 6% of private equity into start up & early stage companies 5% average success rate with angel investors Expensive money – ROI 35%+ 6 months average lead time
48. Characteristics of Equity Risk Capital Ownership dilution No interest cost but high returns required No Security No repayment until maturity Potential skills of investor Leverage for debt
53. 50 UK Trade & Investment The government organisation that can help you achieve your international business potential
54. 51 How does UKTI operate ? International Trade Advisers in the South West. International Trade Centres in Bristol and Exeter. Trade Officers in Embassies, High Commissions and Consulates in countries throughout the world. Working in partnership with trade organisations and Chambers of Commerce.
55. 52 International Trade Centre 0845 60 60 969 General advice and information Regulations - labelling, certification, standards Documentation - invoices, declarations, customs Procedures - formalities, transportation, payment Signposting - sector specialists, Posts overseas Information on UKTI services
56. 53 Passport to Export 2 day strategy workshop Business Development Credits – BDCs -Matched funding. Free additional training courses Intensive assistance from International Trade Adviser in the development of your own action plan Scheme runs for 12 months from agreed start date
57. 54 Matched funding: Business Development Credits (BDC), used for example: Exhibitions/Trade Fairs inc shipping & freight Overseas Market Visits (not food & drink) Literature (design & production) International Internet Development Export Consultancy (incl. legal assistance) Advertising Overseas Language Services (translation, Interpreter) Market Research/Information Export Training Seminars Video Production Other, as agreed with ITA
58. 55 Free Additional Training Appointment and Management of Agents & Distributors International Presentation Skills Internet Strategy Researching Export Markets International Exhibiting Skills
59. 56 Other Training Local Chambers of Commerce also run training export documentation and payments Letters of Credit BDCs can be used to meet up to half the cost
60. 57 UKTI Website - www.ukti.gov.uk Registration gives access to: Country information Sector information Business opportunities overseas Diary of Events and Trade Shows
61. 58 Events Seminars and Workshops. “One to One” clinics with specialists, including Overseas Trade Officers. Meet the buyer opportunities. Explore Export. Trade Missions and Market Visits.
62. 59 Enterprise Europe Network Network of 400+ offices throughout Europe. Information on EU policy and legislation. Advice on EU R&D Programmes. Help with finding European collaboration partners. Advice on Intellectual Property.
63. 60 Export Marketing Research Scheme Service provided in conjunction with the British Chambers of Commerce. Advice on market selection. Designing research project. Choosing market research agencies. Desk research sources. Planning fieldwork. Writing research report.
64. 61 Export Marketing Research Scheme Desk/published research - 33% - £5k max. In-house research visit - 50% of expenses- £5K max.Must be carried out to an agreed visit schedule. Market Research Agency/Consultant- 50% of total project cost - £15K max.
65. 62 Overseas Market Introduction Service (OMIS) Bespoke information and support from overseas Trade Officers Cost effective & subsidised by UK Government Charges based on number of hours of work Company prepares a brief of their requirements Trade Officers respond with a quotation, timescale and a “workplan” £500 grant towards OMIS for Passport companies
66. 63 OMIS Assessments of market potential Competitor analysis Identification of potential representatives Help to arrange appointments Product launches and events Use of British Embassy premises
67. 64 Market Visit Support Support to visit Overseas Markets. Group visits or “Solo” trips. Level of funding determined by market visited e.g. Brazil £600, South Africa £500 . Grant paid on return from visit on completion of questionnaire. Companies may make a total of 6 MVS subsidised visits over their lifetime but may not visit one market more than twice.
68. 65 Tradeshow Access Programme (TAP) Tradeshow Access Programme (TAP) – 600+ high profile international exhibitions supported by accredited trade organisations. Grants up to £1800.
69. 66 TAP eligibility Not in receipt of other support from public funds for this exhibition. Must be trade exhibitions overseas – min.4 sq m stand space or have paid equivalent to the amount of grant being claimed (certain costs only). Application must be submitted at least 8 weeks before exhibition. From April 2009 - 6 grants available (funding is finite so may be capped towards the end of the year if demand exceeds supply). Please contact the International Trade Centre on 0845 60 60 969 for more information.
70. 67 Export Communications Review (ECR) Export Communications Consultants (ECCs)– help you develop a strategy for communicating effectively in your overseas target markets. ECCs can recommend solutions for your company, your staff, the way you do business, and your budget Practical advice on how to optimise your website for international trade. The review costs £500 + £75 VAT – companies pay £250 + £75 VAT (VAT is charged on the full cost of the review)
72. Tara Gillam Business West – Enterprise Europe NetworkClient Services Manager Access over 14,000 European Business Opportunities for FREE via Enterprise Europe Network’s Partnership Tool
73. Enterprise Europe Network Connecting you to New Business Opportunities in Europe European CommissionEnterprise and Industry
74. What we will cover: Who are Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) Our Role Organisation Capability Services we cover in the South West European Partnership Service Case Studies Activity – creating your own profile Next Steps Questions
75. Who are Enterprise Europe Network Established in 2008 through merging the Innovation Relay Centre and European Information Centre, with additional support for R&D including FP7 & Eurostars Funded in part by the European Commission’s Competitiveness and Innovation Programme Global Reach covering 49 Countries 600 offices with approx. 5,000 staff on the ground Currently 15 people in South West, ensuring regional coverage
76. Our Role To stimulate business growth through collaboration, innovation and internationalisation. Our 4 key offerings are: Identifying new International business opportunities through our Partnership Service Provide advice on how to trade more effectively in European Markets and Internationally Guidance on accessing European Funding A European policy-feedback service, including business consultation
77. Organisational capability Europe’s largest business support organisation 11 Enterprise Europe Networks in the UK Not just EU Countries Now in 49 Countries Local yet Global Scotland (3 partner in consortium) Northern Ireland (1) North East of England (2) North West (4) Yorkshire (4) Midlands (3) East of England (1) Wales (2) London (4) South West of England (1) South East (3)
78. 49 Countries including:27 Member States + 21 Non-EU Members Armenia Bosnia and Herzegovina Chile China Croatia Egypt Macedonia Iceland Israel Japan Mexico Montenegro Norway Russia Serbia South Korea Switzerland Syria Tunisia Turkey USA
84. European Partnership Service Over 14,000 Business Opportunities Currently FREE to use Commercial, Technical and Research Opportunities Search by Sector, Country of Origin, Offer or Request and Keyword
85. European Partnership Service No limit to how many “Expressions of Interest” you make Add your own profile to the database Find Partners for Collaborations Find Agents / Distributors / JV Partners
87. Commercial Profile 20110608016 Spanish company supplier of wines requests distributors / Commercial agents for its products in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, UK and other countries. PDF Download E-Mail details to yourself Direct Enquiry through the website
88. Technology Profile 11 RU 86FG 3LJ9 Energy saving machine drive. The application of the technology reduces energy consumption of machine drives by up to 30-40%. The SME seeks partners for joint further development and adaptation of the technology to specific needs. PDF Download E-Mail details to yourself Direct Enquiry through the website
89. Case Study: Hemisphere Freight Engagement to Date: 47 Expressions of Interest 2 Partnership Agreements 1 Profile
90. Case Study: Isoperla Engagement to Date: 9 Expressions of Interest 1 Partnership Agreements 2 Profiles
91. Case Study: Rokkaplay Engagement to Date: 41 Expressions of Interest 2 Partnership Agreements 2 close to agreements 2 Profiles
92. Case Study: McCormick Weeks Engagement to Date: 2 Expressions of Interest 1 Partnership Agreements 1 Profiles
93. Next Steps Webinar “How to get the most from our Partner Search Tool” Monday 10th October 2011 at 11.00am Monday 24th October 2011 at 2.00pm
95. Tara Gillam – Client Services Manager Enterprise Europe Network South West T: 01275 370 867 M: 07765 999 296 E: tara.gillam@enterpriseeuropesw.org.uk W: www.enterpriseeuropesw.org.uk or www.eensw.co.uk
96. Neil HigginsonBusiness West – Solutions for BusinessERDF Programme Manager Solutions for Business in the South West Coaching for High Growth, Understanding Finance for Business and Starting a High Growth Business
97. Business West Starting a High Growth Business Coaching for High Growth Understanding Finance for Business
98. Neil Higginson Programme Manager – ERDF Projects What is high growth business coaching Why now? Top benefits Our Programmes
99. What is High Growth Coaching and why now? Focussed on improving business Take the next step Enabling Driving the business forward Why now? Why not?
101. Programme Overview There are three projects under the High Growth Programme, all of which provide coaching and two mentoring: Starting a High Growth Business Coaching for High Growth Understanding Finance for Business
103. Eligibility Guidelines - 1 Starting a High Growth Business Potential to achieve between £500k & £1m turnover or higher within 3 years of trading Coaching for High Growth Available for businesses with turnover of £1m plus [max £50m] Understanding Finance for Business Aimed at pre-start, start-up or established business showing evidence of growth or growth potential – no financial levels
104. Eligibility Guidelines - 2 To be eligible for support from any of these projects, companies must exhibit at least six of the following 12 characteristics: A high level of aspiration and a positive attitude to business growth A highly capable leadership team (or planned) Commitment – a willingness to invest time and to pay in part for support An intention to seek external finance Evidence of a strong order book Sound industry and sector knowledge Firms already growing who lack structure and process Evidence of willingness and capacity to innovate Willingness to engage in sustainable strategy and practice Use of emergent technology and new techniques Export potential Growth for a purpose
105. Delivery Area The three projects will be delivered across the South West excluding Cornwall
106. What does a business get and we in return The support of a ‘validated’ High Growth Coach and/or mentor Minimum of two days support (12 hours) which can include workshop attendance Improved GVA (Gross Value Added) Improved coaching and mentoring standards across the South West
107. An example of a Coach selection Client will be assessed for eligibility and support requirements An Action Plan will be issued Brief posted to website Applications invited from local coaches with relevant skills/specialism's Client will receive profiles of responders and select from these
109. Costs Currently, all coaching and workshop support is fully subsidised to the client – this may change Up to 10 days coaching provision at a cost to a/the Programme of £5,500 Change in the funding arena means that we may well move to a matched costs basis as well as charging for workshops – yet to be decided
110. Summary High Growth coaching – why now The benefits The Programmes Business West’s joined up approach Don’t leave it too late
113. Dan Storey Guerrilla Marketing your Business Head Guerrilla Innovative Marketing Strategies for small business owners on a limited budget
114. Understand Innovative Marketing Strategies on how to impact your profit/turnover on a limited budget Dan Storey Guerrilla Marketing Your Business
115. My background Specialist in marketing training and education Guerrilla Marketing Master Trainer Marketer & Marketing Trainer
116. What is Marketing? Marketing is an Investment Need to be able to measure ROI Art of changing people’s minds Truth made fascinating All contact with your business
117. Marketing Must Haves Marketing Plan Demographics, USPs, Niche, Techniques Budget Time, Energy, Imagination, Knowledge Commitment Develop and follow through
118. Marketing Psychology 3000-5000 Marketing messages per day What makes you stand out? Clients are confused and unsure Tell them what to do next Clients have no time Make the next step really simple Clients are skeptical Need to develop a relationship
119. Marketing Strategies Joint Ventures Identify partner that already has access to your target market Deal that adds value to their clients, their business, then YOU
120. Marketing Strategies Fusion Marketing Identify partners that offer complimentary services and share marketing investment
121. Marketing Strategies Affiliate Marketing Locate other people who want to sell your products to their contacts Existing affiliate networks Referral marketing incentives
122. Marketing Strategies Guerrilla Marketing Conventional business goals using unconventional methods 22 differences between traditional and Guerrilla marketing Specifically designed for small businesses with limited marketing budget
123. Top 5 ways to waste yourmarketing budget! Please don’t make these mistakes…
124. Top 5 ways to waste budget No Targeting Broadcast marketing with no measurement No idea of client demographics
125. Top 5 ways to waste budget Not building relationships Like trying to ask someone to marry you when you first meet them Permission Marketing
126. Top 5 ways to waste budget 3 – One Hit Wonder Not reselling. Existing clients are your best source of new business. Upsell? Cross-sell? Referral? Affiliates?
127. Top 5 ways to waste budget 4 – Wrong Medium Need to be advertising in areas where your demographic are present. Combination of marketing techniques
128. Top 5 ways to waste budget 5 – Bad Design Design may be lovely but completely lacking in practical elements Website designed by an internet marketer
129. Case Study Austin Degge – Mortgage Broker Problem 1 Only 1 source of leads Company ‘disappeared shortly before xmas 2010 Goal Multiple lead generation options
130. Case Study Solutions Clearly identify niche Identify marketing media Redesign/tweak ‘new’ website Referral scheme
131. Case Study Result Over £1m new borrowing generated in next 5 weeks just through new channels Equivalent of 3 months business in 5 weeks
132. Innovative Marketing Workshops An overview of marketing Joint venture, affiliate and fusion marketing Differences between innovative marketing and traditional marketing The mindset of marketing 200 strategies/techniques of guerrilla marketing Social media and internet marketing tactics
133. Forthcoming Innovative Marketing Workshops Wednesday 19th October 2011 Royal Bath Hotel, Bournemouth Tuesday 25th October 2011 Bristol Golf Course, Bristol £39 per person Complete the booking form in your delegate pack and hand to the reception desk
134. What's Next! Complete the Feedback Form Book onto a Marketing Event Book onto a Webinar NETWORK OVER LUNCH