This document discusses challenges faced by deaf and hard-of-hearing (D/HH) individuals in employment. It notes that D/HH people experience higher unemployment rates compared to hearing people, due in part to misperceptions about their capabilities. However, entrepreneurship is one pathway around inaccessible workplaces. The document highlights that D/HH individuals are more likely than hearing people to be self-employed or business owners. It discusses how investing in D/HH entrepreneurs can help create jobs, enhance economic power, and uplift the D/HH community while tapping into an $86 billion market. Spotlighting successes of D/HH entrepreneurs and businesses can help shift perceptions and enrich opportunities for the D/HH ecosystem.
Babson & Brandeis - Fundraising 101: How to raise a seed roundDavid Chang
Brandeis Innovation Speaker Series: Overview of tech/startup fundraising basics, some how-to tactics on raising a seed round, and general pitch tips/lessons learned for entrepreneurs who are current students and recent grads.
Raising Capital: Negotiating with Potential Investors (Series: The Start-Up/S...Financial Poise
Every business needs capital (cash) to fund its activities. But not all capital is created equal. At the most macro level, a business can raise cash by selling equity or by borrowing (and these alternatives are not by any means mutually exclusive).
This webinar explains the different types of capital available to fund a startup; how to identify potential funding sources; how to evaluate competing funding proposals; and how (and when) to negotiate financing terms. In addition, this webinar will address the kinds of investors for entrepreneurs to consider for their start-ups.
To view the accompanying webinar, go to: https://www.financialpoise.com/financial-poise-webinars/raising-capital-negotiating-with-potential-investors-2021/
Brandeis & Babson - Fundraising 101: How to raise a seed roundDavid Chang
Brandeis Innovation Speaker Series: Overview of tech/startup fundraising basics, some how-to tactics on raising a seed round, and general pitch tips/lessons learned for entrepreneurs who are current students and recent grads.
Venture Lane Studio - Fundraising ABC's - Jan 2022David Chang
Fundraising ABC’s: How to raise a seed round for B2B SaaS
Overview of fundraising basics, a 3-step how-to guide on seed round raising tactics, and pitch tips/resources
The document discusses raising venture capital and working with venture capital firms. It covers preparing a pitch, finding the right VC partners, delivering the pitch effectively, and closing the funding deal. The ideal VC partners seek superior businesses with large market opportunities, strong management teams, and clear exit strategies. The funding process typically takes around 12 weeks and involves initial meetings, due diligence, negotiations, and final closing.
This document discusses challenges faced by deaf and hard-of-hearing (D/HH) individuals in employment. It notes that D/HH people experience higher unemployment rates compared to hearing people, due in part to misperceptions about their capabilities. However, entrepreneurship is one pathway around inaccessible workplaces. The document highlights that D/HH individuals are more likely than hearing people to be self-employed or business owners. It discusses how investing in D/HH entrepreneurs can help create jobs, enhance economic power, and uplift the D/HH community while tapping into an $86 billion market. Spotlighting successes of D/HH entrepreneurs and businesses can help shift perceptions and enrich opportunities for the D/HH ecosystem.
Babson & Brandeis - Fundraising 101: How to raise a seed roundDavid Chang
Brandeis Innovation Speaker Series: Overview of tech/startup fundraising basics, some how-to tactics on raising a seed round, and general pitch tips/lessons learned for entrepreneurs who are current students and recent grads.
Raising Capital: Negotiating with Potential Investors (Series: The Start-Up/S...Financial Poise
Every business needs capital (cash) to fund its activities. But not all capital is created equal. At the most macro level, a business can raise cash by selling equity or by borrowing (and these alternatives are not by any means mutually exclusive).
This webinar explains the different types of capital available to fund a startup; how to identify potential funding sources; how to evaluate competing funding proposals; and how (and when) to negotiate financing terms. In addition, this webinar will address the kinds of investors for entrepreneurs to consider for their start-ups.
To view the accompanying webinar, go to: https://www.financialpoise.com/financial-poise-webinars/raising-capital-negotiating-with-potential-investors-2021/
Brandeis & Babson - Fundraising 101: How to raise a seed roundDavid Chang
Brandeis Innovation Speaker Series: Overview of tech/startup fundraising basics, some how-to tactics on raising a seed round, and general pitch tips/lessons learned for entrepreneurs who are current students and recent grads.
Venture Lane Studio - Fundraising ABC's - Jan 2022David Chang
Fundraising ABC’s: How to raise a seed round for B2B SaaS
Overview of fundraising basics, a 3-step how-to guide on seed round raising tactics, and pitch tips/resources
The document discusses raising venture capital and working with venture capital firms. It covers preparing a pitch, finding the right VC partners, delivering the pitch effectively, and closing the funding deal. The ideal VC partners seek superior businesses with large market opportunities, strong management teams, and clear exit strategies. The funding process typically takes around 12 weeks and involves initial meetings, due diligence, negotiations, and final closing.
Angel investing is a great way to participate in the growing trend of entrepreneurship. Responsible investing is very important for the health of your portfolio and for your relationships with founders. Don't invest without understanding a few simple things. Equity investments are long term relationships. Investors must do their part to be good investment partners.
Understanding Angel & Venture Term Sheets: A Play in 3 ActsThe Capital Network
This document summarizes a potential seed investment round for SpeedyCharge, a startup developing a device to speed up electric vehicle charging times. It outlines the key events and terms being negotiated between the founders (Dinesh Melwani and JiWon Park) and a potential seed investor (Will Perkins).
In Act I, the founders present their initial capitalization table allocating 900,000 shares (90%) to themselves and leaving 100,000 shares (10%) for an option pool. In Act II, terms like convertible notes, preferred stock, valuation, and option plans are discussed. In Act III, other important investment terms are brought up such as board seats, information rights, and legal expenses. The document
HBS Field Y - Fundraising 101 - How to raise a round - April 2021David Chang
This document provides guidance on fundraising for startups. It discusses preparing for a fundraising campaign by developing a pitch deck, legal documents, financial projections, and building an investor pipeline. The fundraising process takes 3-6 months on average and involves socializing the opportunity with potential investors without asking for money initially. Once interest is generated, the formal fundraising campaign begins with approaching top investors simultaneously to close a round. Key deal terms to negotiate include valuation, equity stakes, liquidation preferences, and board seats. Choosing investors carefully based on their characteristics and ability to help the startup succeed is also advised.
Crowdfunding can be an effective way for entrepreneurs to raise capital online. There are different types of crowdfunding campaigns including equity, reward, donation, and debt crowdfunding. Equity crowdfunding allows companies to sell shares to many investors under certain regulations, while reward and donation crowdfunding offers perks or products in exchange for donations. To have a successful crowdfunding campaign, it is important to solve a real problem, do research, show your own investment, set a strategic funding goal, craft an effective pitch, and make the campaign a top priority for its duration. Other sources of capital beyond crowdfunding include loans, angel investing, venture capital, and grants
Angel investors are wealthy individuals who invest their own money in startup businesses. They typically invest smaller amounts of up to $250,000 in individual companies and are seeking returns of at least 10 times their investment within 5 years. Angel investors are often former executives who can provide funding, connections, mentoring, and flexible terms that are unavailable from other sources of early-stage financing. Successful companies funded by angel investors are more likely to survive longer and raise additional funding.
Slides from PreSeed Academy StartupTalk #25 - Anders Kjær (Speaker 2 of 3)PreSeed Ventures
This document summarizes a presentation about preparing startups for international scaling. It discusses:
1) Identifying the right metrics and validating the business model in target markets before scaling.
2) Developing an expansion playbook to plan entry into new countries or regions.
3) Ensuring proper fundraising preparation as serious expansion demands substantial planning.
4) PreSeed Ventures' role in strengthening Denmark's startup ecosystem through education and their investment process focuses on building relationships, execution, and moving quickly.
Strategies for Accessing the US Market (Feb 1-2, 2016)Gil Ben-Artzy
In this talk, I try to offer practical advice for you to implement based on real case studies from the past 10 years of working with and investing in dozens of Israeli startups that have successfully brought their companies to the US.
Some of the topics covered include:
* Plans for creating momentum in the US, even while you are based in Israel
* Considerations and best practices for establishing your US office
* If, when and how to begin fundraising in the US
Alternative Financing refers to financial channels and instruments that have emerged outside of the traditional finance system such as regulated banks and capital markets.Examples of alternative financing activities through 'online marketplaces' are reward-based crowdfunding, equity crowdfunding, peer-to-peer consumer and business lending, invoice trading third party payment platforms. Alternative finance instruments include crypto currencies such as Bitcoin, SME mini-bond, social impact bond, community shares, private placement and other 'shadow banking' mechanisms. Alternative Finance differs to traditional banking or capital market finance through technology-enabled 'disintermediation', which means utilizing third party capital by connecting fundraisers directly with funders, in turn, reducing transnational costs and improve market efficiency.
This document is a presentation on term sheets for startups. It discusses what a term sheet is, why startups need them, and what to look for in a term sheet. Specifically, it notes that a term sheet lays out the main financial and legal terms of an investment, and is produced by the lead investor. It highlights several important terms for founders to understand, such as pre-emption rights, warrant pools, founder lock-ups, and information rights. It also emphasizes the importance for founders to understand the intentions and perspective of venture capital investors in order to best negotiate the terms.
How to define and position your VC brand to attract funding and dealflow.
* note: more recent updated version below:
https://www.slideshare.net/dmc500hats/branding-strategies-for-better-dealflow-and-fundraising-aka-the-helpful-vc
Jaguar Capital an Advisory Practise for Growth Companies in Governance, Financial Management and Strategy. The Jaguar Capital advantage is that our
management team looks for opportunities
where we can add value based on our prior
experiences.
Have you ever considered becoming an Angel Investor? Wondered why people join angel groups as opposed to going it alone? Then this session is for you.
Join MLA Chair and Angel Investor Gerard Buckley as he leads a session that will answer the following:
What is Angel Investing?
Why would someone be an Angel Investor?
Who are Angel Investors?
What types of companies do Angels invest in?
What is Maple Leaf Angels and what are the benefits of joining?
Play Your Cards Right: The Israeli Playbook for Breaking Into the US MarketGil Ben-Artzy
After investing in dozens of Israeli startups that launched, scaled and set up their headquarters in the US, we have seen first-hand how founders planned and executed their US market strategy. Join us as we share the best practices and lessons learned from six years of helping Israeli founders break into the US market and raise over $400M.
This session will cover what works, what to avoid, and what American customers, partners, and investors actually care about. (Hint: it's not your military background...)
Topics will include:
- How and when to find US-based customers and partners while still operating out of Israel
- How Israeli startups should go about raising capital from US-based investors. Do you even need to?
- Should you set up a US office? And If so, when and where?
- Mistakes you can avoid if splitting your team between Israel and the US
* About Gil Ben-Artzy
Gil co-founded UpWest Labs in 2012, opening up the firm’s Silicon Valley Office. Previously, Gil was the VP of Operations Management at Yahoo! for two years after working with the Corporate Development group for four years. He also served as a consultant advising Fortune 500 companies for the Boston Consulting Group in New York. He holds a BA in Economics & Business Administration from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and an MBA with Honors from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
* About UpWest Labs
UpWest invests in Israel’s most promising entrepreneurs. Based in Silicon Valley, we have backed dozens of companies and helped them grow through our hands-on approach. UpWest Labs provides the essential ingredients for success: seed funding, proximity and access to markets and capital, a supportive community of talented peers, and a workspace conducive to rapid development and deployment.
The document describes the favorite experience of Christian Jerez, a 2-year-old sister named Danna Salome who was born on January 4, 2012 and lives with Christian and their parents. Danna enjoys playing with toys every day, including a teddy bear she's had since birth, began walking at 1 year old, said her first word on a Sunday morning which made their mom happy, and now speaks more while painting in books, though she sleeps early each day after playing all day long.
Miten digitaalinen johtajuusviestintä tukee strategiaa?Jukka Saksi
Miten digitaalinen johtajuusviestintä voi tukea yksityisen tai julkisen sektorin organisaation strategisia tavoitteita?
Johdon ammattimainen toiminta sosiaalisissa medioissa voi edistää merkittävästi johtajuutta, brändimielikuvaa, markkinointia, myyntiä, tunnettuutta sekä edelläkävijyyden imagoa.
Lisätietoja: www.spindoctor.fi
Angel investing is a great way to participate in the growing trend of entrepreneurship. Responsible investing is very important for the health of your portfolio and for your relationships with founders. Don't invest without understanding a few simple things. Equity investments are long term relationships. Investors must do their part to be good investment partners.
Understanding Angel & Venture Term Sheets: A Play in 3 ActsThe Capital Network
This document summarizes a potential seed investment round for SpeedyCharge, a startup developing a device to speed up electric vehicle charging times. It outlines the key events and terms being negotiated between the founders (Dinesh Melwani and JiWon Park) and a potential seed investor (Will Perkins).
In Act I, the founders present their initial capitalization table allocating 900,000 shares (90%) to themselves and leaving 100,000 shares (10%) for an option pool. In Act II, terms like convertible notes, preferred stock, valuation, and option plans are discussed. In Act III, other important investment terms are brought up such as board seats, information rights, and legal expenses. The document
HBS Field Y - Fundraising 101 - How to raise a round - April 2021David Chang
This document provides guidance on fundraising for startups. It discusses preparing for a fundraising campaign by developing a pitch deck, legal documents, financial projections, and building an investor pipeline. The fundraising process takes 3-6 months on average and involves socializing the opportunity with potential investors without asking for money initially. Once interest is generated, the formal fundraising campaign begins with approaching top investors simultaneously to close a round. Key deal terms to negotiate include valuation, equity stakes, liquidation preferences, and board seats. Choosing investors carefully based on their characteristics and ability to help the startup succeed is also advised.
Crowdfunding can be an effective way for entrepreneurs to raise capital online. There are different types of crowdfunding campaigns including equity, reward, donation, and debt crowdfunding. Equity crowdfunding allows companies to sell shares to many investors under certain regulations, while reward and donation crowdfunding offers perks or products in exchange for donations. To have a successful crowdfunding campaign, it is important to solve a real problem, do research, show your own investment, set a strategic funding goal, craft an effective pitch, and make the campaign a top priority for its duration. Other sources of capital beyond crowdfunding include loans, angel investing, venture capital, and grants
Angel investors are wealthy individuals who invest their own money in startup businesses. They typically invest smaller amounts of up to $250,000 in individual companies and are seeking returns of at least 10 times their investment within 5 years. Angel investors are often former executives who can provide funding, connections, mentoring, and flexible terms that are unavailable from other sources of early-stage financing. Successful companies funded by angel investors are more likely to survive longer and raise additional funding.
Slides from PreSeed Academy StartupTalk #25 - Anders Kjær (Speaker 2 of 3)PreSeed Ventures
This document summarizes a presentation about preparing startups for international scaling. It discusses:
1) Identifying the right metrics and validating the business model in target markets before scaling.
2) Developing an expansion playbook to plan entry into new countries or regions.
3) Ensuring proper fundraising preparation as serious expansion demands substantial planning.
4) PreSeed Ventures' role in strengthening Denmark's startup ecosystem through education and their investment process focuses on building relationships, execution, and moving quickly.
Strategies for Accessing the US Market (Feb 1-2, 2016)Gil Ben-Artzy
In this talk, I try to offer practical advice for you to implement based on real case studies from the past 10 years of working with and investing in dozens of Israeli startups that have successfully brought their companies to the US.
Some of the topics covered include:
* Plans for creating momentum in the US, even while you are based in Israel
* Considerations and best practices for establishing your US office
* If, when and how to begin fundraising in the US
Alternative Financing refers to financial channels and instruments that have emerged outside of the traditional finance system such as regulated banks and capital markets.Examples of alternative financing activities through 'online marketplaces' are reward-based crowdfunding, equity crowdfunding, peer-to-peer consumer and business lending, invoice trading third party payment platforms. Alternative finance instruments include crypto currencies such as Bitcoin, SME mini-bond, social impact bond, community shares, private placement and other 'shadow banking' mechanisms. Alternative Finance differs to traditional banking or capital market finance through technology-enabled 'disintermediation', which means utilizing third party capital by connecting fundraisers directly with funders, in turn, reducing transnational costs and improve market efficiency.
This document is a presentation on term sheets for startups. It discusses what a term sheet is, why startups need them, and what to look for in a term sheet. Specifically, it notes that a term sheet lays out the main financial and legal terms of an investment, and is produced by the lead investor. It highlights several important terms for founders to understand, such as pre-emption rights, warrant pools, founder lock-ups, and information rights. It also emphasizes the importance for founders to understand the intentions and perspective of venture capital investors in order to best negotiate the terms.
How to define and position your VC brand to attract funding and dealflow.
* note: more recent updated version below:
https://www.slideshare.net/dmc500hats/branding-strategies-for-better-dealflow-and-fundraising-aka-the-helpful-vc
Jaguar Capital an Advisory Practise for Growth Companies in Governance, Financial Management and Strategy. The Jaguar Capital advantage is that our
management team looks for opportunities
where we can add value based on our prior
experiences.
Have you ever considered becoming an Angel Investor? Wondered why people join angel groups as opposed to going it alone? Then this session is for you.
Join MLA Chair and Angel Investor Gerard Buckley as he leads a session that will answer the following:
What is Angel Investing?
Why would someone be an Angel Investor?
Who are Angel Investors?
What types of companies do Angels invest in?
What is Maple Leaf Angels and what are the benefits of joining?
Play Your Cards Right: The Israeli Playbook for Breaking Into the US MarketGil Ben-Artzy
After investing in dozens of Israeli startups that launched, scaled and set up their headquarters in the US, we have seen first-hand how founders planned and executed their US market strategy. Join us as we share the best practices and lessons learned from six years of helping Israeli founders break into the US market and raise over $400M.
This session will cover what works, what to avoid, and what American customers, partners, and investors actually care about. (Hint: it's not your military background...)
Topics will include:
- How and when to find US-based customers and partners while still operating out of Israel
- How Israeli startups should go about raising capital from US-based investors. Do you even need to?
- Should you set up a US office? And If so, when and where?
- Mistakes you can avoid if splitting your team between Israel and the US
* About Gil Ben-Artzy
Gil co-founded UpWest Labs in 2012, opening up the firm’s Silicon Valley Office. Previously, Gil was the VP of Operations Management at Yahoo! for two years after working with the Corporate Development group for four years. He also served as a consultant advising Fortune 500 companies for the Boston Consulting Group in New York. He holds a BA in Economics & Business Administration from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and an MBA with Honors from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
* About UpWest Labs
UpWest invests in Israel’s most promising entrepreneurs. Based in Silicon Valley, we have backed dozens of companies and helped them grow through our hands-on approach. UpWest Labs provides the essential ingredients for success: seed funding, proximity and access to markets and capital, a supportive community of talented peers, and a workspace conducive to rapid development and deployment.
The document describes the favorite experience of Christian Jerez, a 2-year-old sister named Danna Salome who was born on January 4, 2012 and lives with Christian and their parents. Danna enjoys playing with toys every day, including a teddy bear she's had since birth, began walking at 1 year old, said her first word on a Sunday morning which made their mom happy, and now speaks more while painting in books, though she sleeps early each day after playing all day long.
Miten digitaalinen johtajuusviestintä tukee strategiaa?Jukka Saksi
Miten digitaalinen johtajuusviestintä voi tukea yksityisen tai julkisen sektorin organisaation strategisia tavoitteita?
Johdon ammattimainen toiminta sosiaalisissa medioissa voi edistää merkittävästi johtajuutta, brändimielikuvaa, markkinointia, myyntiä, tunnettuutta sekä edelläkävijyyden imagoa.
Lisätietoja: www.spindoctor.fi
Johtajuus on murroksessa väitöstutkimuksen esittely |Jukka Saksi|Jukka Saksi
Jukka Saksin väitöstutkimus "Johtajat toimialamurroksen keskiössä" tulosten esittely ja kommentit. Johtajuus on vahvassa murroksessa ja varsinkin finanssialan johtamisessa on paljon kehittymismahdollisuuksia. |Finanssiala|
New River Valley Presentation, March 11, 2010Sandy Ratliff
The Virginia Department of Business Assistance partnered with the Montgomery County Economic Development to host an Entrepreneur Expess Workshp on March 11 at the New River Valley Mall, Christiansburg, Virginia.
Smyth Entrepreneur Express #4 Presentation, March 18, 2010Sandy Ratliff
This document discusses marketing strategies for small businesses. It provides information on developing a marketing plan, social networking, advertising, and budgeting for marketing. The key points covered include:
- Developing a marketing plan with objectives, strategies, and an action calendar can help guide marketing efforts.
- Social networking and websites are important marketing tools for small businesses to connect with customers.
- Advertising raises awareness and reminds customers of a business, but the messaging needs to be memorable and focus on customer benefits.
- Marketing budgets for small businesses typically range from 4-10% of sales, with retail businesses often spending more than wholesale businesses.
Russell Ee #4 Presentation, February 25, 2010Sandy Ratliff
Russell County Entrepreneur Express Workshop Presentation, held on February 25, 2010 in Lebanon, Virginia. The event hosted by the Russell County Chamber of Commerce and Wachovia Bank.
Grayson Entrepreneur Express Workshop #2, December 9, 2010 PresentationSandy Ratliff
FREE workshop geared towards small business owners as well as those who are thinking about becoming entrepreneurs. Accessing resources is crucial for a small business to start or grow. But in these challenging economic times finding financing, new customers/markets and accessing help within state and federal government can be difficult.
The Virginia Department of Business Assistance partnered with the Blue Ridge Crossroads Small Business Development Center and Blue Ridge Crossroads Economic Development Authority to conduct an Entrepreneur Express Workshop in Independence, Grayson County, Virginia. The program is designed to provide insight into areas of business ownership that often go overlooked and help connect you to FREE resources available to small business in Virginia.
Wytheville Entrepreneur Express #3 Presentation, april 29, 2010Sandy Ratliff
This document provides information about resources available for small business owners and entrepreneurs in Virginia. It discusses the importance of small businesses to Virginia's economy, noting that small businesses constitute 99% of all Virginia businesses and are responsible for over half of the state's GDP. It then outlines the services provided by the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and SCORE to help small businesses with counseling, business planning, financing assistance, and workshops. The document encourages business owners to take advantage of these free resources to start and grow successful enterprises.
Bristol Entrepreneur Express Workshop Presentation, February 23, 2010Sandy Ratliff
The Virginia Department of Business Assistance partnered with the Bristol TN/VA Chamber of Commerce and King College hosted an Entrepreneur Express Workshop in celebration of National Entrepreneurship Week. Other participating organizations included SCORE, Virginia Highlands Small Business Incubator, Virginia Tourism Corporation, People Inc. Financial Services, Virginia Highlands Small Business Incubator, and Virginia Economic Bridge.
Find out about more upcoming workshops to be held around Virginia at www.vastartup.org.
The Ohio Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Columbus State provides no-cost business advising services through four centers focused on core business, manufacturing, international trade, and Latino business issues. Led by Michael Bowers, the SBDC advised over 900 businesses in 2011, facilitating millions in financing and hundreds of jobs. Services include one-on-one advising, seminars, and assistance with business startups, improvements, and expansion into international markets. The SBDC works to support small business growth and address pressing business needs in the community.
A Unique Small Business Association Concept, Foundations (FSBA) is designed to make small business succeed in achieving their strategic goals and improve their overall success.
One of the biggest challenges of starting a company is to maintain a steady cash flow. An entrepreneur's worst nightmare is: "What if I run out of money!"
Jo Van Betsbrugge is an Innovation Advisor at the National Research Council’s Innovation Access circa November 2013. He will be sharing his experiences with you on: starting and running a company in Quebec, and will demisify exactly how he successfully raised over $1M without the help of venture capital.
He helps entrepreneurs and small and medium-sized businesses navigate through the multitude of available innovation support programs offered by provincial and federal governments.
Douglas college sep presentation july 23, 2010dwong9
This document summarizes David Wong's background and consulting services for entrepreneurs and small businesses. It provides an overview of his 15+ years of experience in investment finance and working with startups. The document also outlines some challenges of entrepreneurship and strategies that have worked well, such as creating multiple revenue streams and building scalable operations. It emphasizes the importance of perseverance, as most businesses do not succeed in the first year. The graduation class is congratulated at the beginning.
The document provides information on financial considerations and resources for small businesses. It discusses elements of a business plan including financial plans, questions to consider around funding needs, sources of capital, types of loans, and tips for working with banks. It also lists several state and federal resources that small businesses can utilize for funding, financing assistance, and industry benchmarks.
The document provides information on financial considerations and resources for small businesses. It discusses elements of a business plan including financial plans, questions to consider around funding needs, sources of capital, types of loans, and tips for working with banks. It also lists several state and federal resources that small businesses can utilize for funding, financing assistance, and industry benchmarks.
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.
The document summarizes various programs and resources from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to support small businesses. It outlines SBA's mission to aid, counsel, and protect small businesses. It then describes several SBA programs that provide business development assistance, financial assistance, and procurement assistance to small businesses. Finally, it provides contact information for SBA local offices and partner organizations that can help small business owners.
Smith Mountain Lake Entrepreneur Express, November 15, 2011 PresentationSandy Ratliff
The document provides information about resources for small businesses in Virginia from the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and SCORE. It summarizes the services offered by these organizations, including free confidential counseling and workshops on topics like business plans, marketing, and financing. Business owners are encouraged to use these resources to help start and grow their business.
This presentation walks the Entrepreneur through the steps to raising Angel and Venture Capital. Topics include assessing the ability to raise capital, assessing the company's value, and a checklist for funding success.
Top mailing list providers in the USA.pptxJeremyPeirce1
Discover the top mailing list providers in the USA, offering targeted lists, segmentation, and analytics to optimize your marketing campaigns and drive engagement.
Implicitly or explicitly all competing businesses employ a strategy to select a mix
of marketing resources. Formulating such competitive strategies fundamentally
involves recognizing relationships between elements of the marketing mix (e.g.,
price and product quality), as well as assessing competitive and market conditions
(i.e., industry structure in the language of economics).
Storytelling is an incredibly valuable tool to share data and information. To get the most impact from stories there are a number of key ingredients. These are based on science and human nature. Using these elements in a story you can deliver information impactfully, ensure action and drive change.
IMPACT Silver is a pure silver zinc producer with over $260 million in revenue since 2008 and a large 100% owned 210km Mexico land package - 2024 catalysts includes new 14% grade zinc Plomosas mine and 20,000m of fully funded exploration drilling.
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The 10 Most Influential Leaders Guiding Corporate Evolution, 2024.pdfthesiliconleaders
In the recent edition, The 10 Most Influential Leaders Guiding Corporate Evolution, 2024, The Silicon Leaders magazine gladly features Dejan Štancer, President of the Global Chamber of Business Leaders (GCBL), along with other leaders.
Understanding User Needs and Satisfying ThemAggregage
https://www.productmanagementtoday.com/frs/26903918/understanding-user-needs-and-satisfying-them
We know we want to create products which our customers find to be valuable. Whether we label it as customer-centric or product-led depends on how long we've been doing product management. There are three challenges we face when doing this. The obvious challenge is figuring out what our users need; the non-obvious challenges are in creating a shared understanding of those needs and in sensing if what we're doing is meeting those needs.
In this webinar, we won't focus on the research methods for discovering user-needs. We will focus on synthesis of the needs we discover, communication and alignment tools, and how we operationalize addressing those needs.
Industry expert Scott Sehlhorst will:
• Introduce a taxonomy for user goals with real world examples
• Present the Onion Diagram, a tool for contextualizing task-level goals
• Illustrate how customer journey maps capture activity-level and task-level goals
• Demonstrate the best approach to selection and prioritization of user-goals to address
• Highlight the crucial benchmarks, observable changes, in ensuring fulfillment of customer needs
How MJ Global Leads the Packaging Industry.pdfMJ Global
MJ Global's success in staying ahead of the curve in the packaging industry is a testament to its dedication to innovation, sustainability, and customer-centricity. By embracing technological advancements, leading in eco-friendly solutions, collaborating with industry leaders, and adapting to evolving consumer preferences, MJ Global continues to set new standards in the packaging sector.
Zodiac Signs and Food Preferences_ What Your Sign Says About Your Tastemy Pandit
Know what your zodiac sign says about your taste in food! Explore how the 12 zodiac signs influence your culinary preferences with insights from MyPandit. Dive into astrology and flavors!
Best practices for project execution and deliveryCLIVE MINCHIN
A select set of project management best practices to keep your project on-track, on-cost and aligned to scope. Many firms have don't have the necessary skills, diligence, methods and oversight of their projects; this leads to slippage, higher costs and longer timeframes. Often firms have a history of projects that simply failed to move the needle. These best practices will help your firm avoid these pitfalls but they require fortitude to apply.
Building Your Employer Brand with Social MediaLuanWise
Presented at The Global HR Summit, 6th June 2024
In this keynote, Luan Wise will provide invaluable insights to elevate your employer brand on social media platforms including LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X (formerly Twitter) and TikTok. You'll learn how compelling content can authentically showcase your company culture, values, and employee experiences to support your talent acquisition and retention objectives. Additionally, you'll understand the power of employee advocacy to amplify reach and engagement – helping to position your organization as an employer of choice in today's competitive talent landscape.
The Evolution and Impact of OTT Platforms: A Deep Dive into the Future of Ent...ABHILASH DUTTA
This presentation provides a thorough examination of Over-the-Top (OTT) platforms, focusing on their development and substantial influence on the entertainment industry, with a particular emphasis on the Indian market.We begin with an introduction to OTT platforms, defining them as streaming services that deliver content directly over the internet, bypassing traditional broadcast channels. These platforms offer a variety of content, including movies, TV shows, and original productions, allowing users to access content on-demand across multiple devices.The historical context covers the early days of streaming, starting with Netflix's inception in 1997 as a DVD rental service and its transition to streaming in 2007. The presentation also highlights India's television journey, from the launch of Doordarshan in 1959 to the introduction of Direct-to-Home (DTH) satellite television in 2000, which expanded viewing choices and set the stage for the rise of OTT platforms like Big Flix, Ditto TV, Sony LIV, Hotstar, and Netflix. The business models of OTT platforms are explored in detail. Subscription Video on Demand (SVOD) models, exemplified by Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, offer unlimited content access for a monthly fee. Transactional Video on Demand (TVOD) models, like iTunes and Sky Box Office, allow users to pay for individual pieces of content. Advertising-Based Video on Demand (AVOD) models, such as YouTube and Facebook Watch, provide free content supported by advertisements. Hybrid models combine elements of SVOD and AVOD, offering flexibility to cater to diverse audience preferences.
Content acquisition strategies are also discussed, highlighting the dual approach of purchasing broadcasting rights for existing films and TV shows and investing in original content production. This section underscores the importance of a robust content library in attracting and retaining subscribers.The presentation addresses the challenges faced by OTT platforms, including the unpredictability of content acquisition and audience preferences. It emphasizes the difficulty of balancing content investment with returns in a competitive market, the high costs associated with marketing, and the need for continuous innovation and adaptation to stay relevant.
The impact of OTT platforms on the Bollywood film industry is significant. The competition for viewers has led to a decrease in cinema ticket sales, affecting the revenue of Bollywood films that traditionally rely on theatrical releases. Additionally, OTT platforms now pay less for film rights due to the uncertain success of films in cinemas.
Looking ahead, the future of OTT in India appears promising. The market is expected to grow by 20% annually, reaching a value of ₹1200 billion by the end of the decade. The increasing availability of affordable smartphones and internet access will drive this growth, making OTT platforms a primary source of entertainment for many viewers.
Recruiting in the Digital Age: A Social Media MasterclassLuanWise
In this masterclass, presented at the Global HR Summit on 5th June 2024, Luan Wise explored the essential features of social media platforms that support talent acquisition, including LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X (formerly Twitter) and TikTok.
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Introduction
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4. Benefits & Rewards
Benefits
Freedom
Invest in you
Tax deduction
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Rewards
Wealth creation
Job creation
Take charge of your
time
Economic
contribution
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5. Risks & Mitigation
Choose nonviable business
Financial
Research, research, research
Speak to those already in business
Utilize resources
Have at least 6 months expenses in savings
Second form of income
Keep job until business established
Lost time in corporate
Nurture network and new contacts
Invite respected leaders to advisory board
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6. Basic steps for start-up
Understand your life mission
List your talents, abilities & interests
Research potential businesses & industries
Develop a business plan
Choose
Business structure
Partners (internal and external)
Financing
Advisory Board
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7. Your Passion
Services
Web Development
Independent Contracting
Training
Products
Consulting
Planner
Real Estate
Patents
Wholesale distribution
Retail
Write a Book
Speaking circuit
Become industry expert
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10. Things to Ponder
Change to Information/Knowledge Society
Globalization
Value of diversity
Supplier diversity programs
U.S. African-American Entrepreneurship
One of fastest growing segments
NC is eighth in number of African-American businesses
Still only 6% of business ownership
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11. Resources
What Color is Your Parachute? (Richard Bolles)
How to Succeed as an Independent Consultant
(Herman Holtz, David Zahn)
The Startup Company Bible for Entrepreneurs
(Michael Stathis)
101 Best Businesses To Start (The Phillip Lief Group and
Russell Roberts)
Minority Business Development Agency
www.mbda.gov
www.Entrepreneur.com
Fast Company
Black Enterprise
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12. Resources
Business Plan Creation
Financial Planning
IRS
CPA, Lawyer referred by colleagues
Minority Certification
SCORE
SBA – 8(a)
WBENC
Government HUB/MWBE
Courses
Small Business Centers – Durham & Wake Tech
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13. Resources
NC Minority Business Development Center
Business Consultation
Financial Analysis
Loan Packaging
Procurement Assistance
Small Business Technology Development
Center
Management Counseling & Education
Export Financing
Marine Trades
Technology Commercialization
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14. Next Steps
Consider information presented
Seek out resources
Ask questions
Take your time, but…
Just do it!
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15. Contact Info
Yolanda Brown
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