The European Business community needs to be more pro-active and dynamic if it wants to keep moving forward in a growingly competitive world. Our European Venture Market offers just that possibility - a moment to meet but also an opportunity to be part of a bigger Pan-European business community, both online and offline.

What is it?
The European Venture Market, organised by Continua AG, is a platform for investors, service providers and entrepreneurs to meet, network and further develop business ideas and projects, in a relaxed yet professional atmosphere. During the event the participating entrepreneurs will be able to pitch their business projects for around 5 minutes to a crowd of interested investors and service providers. The two conference days will also feature keynotes speeches, specific industry presentations, coffee and lunch breaks, a large dinner reception on the Thursday night and, finally, a themed club party on the Friday night.

Finding and Funding Growth

A 3 part webinar designed to help you grow your business

If you're wondering where the prospects are, how to find them, and how to fund your growth, you will want to read on . . .

Marilyn Landis of Basic Business Concepts and Diane Helbig of Seize This Day Coaching bring you a 3-part, action oriented webinar designed to answer those questions. With our collective 60 years of business and sales expertise, we have developed a dynamic and results-oriented program for small business owners who are looking to do better things with their businesses.

Is your company strong enough to withstand
the stress of growth?

Good companies get tangled in sales and financial processes all the time.

End the uncertainty, struggle, and stress of wondering how to navigate this current economy. You CAN grow your business - and we can show you how.

This program will provide you with concrete steps to strengthen your company

Curious? Great!

Here are the details:

Finding and Funding Growth Webinar

Part I

August 3, 2010

2:00 - 3:30 PM EDT

In this discussion we will review a handful of business growth challenges and how to solve them.

We'll talk about

•Ø      why these things happen

•Ø      What steps to implement to keep them from happening again

•Ø      how to grow out of them

You'll have an opportunity to share your current situation or questions

Attendees will be provided an exercise to perform for Part II

Part II

Attendees will work on some discovery and processes on their own. These will be based on exercises provided to you. There will be a sales plan exercise and a financial exercise.

Part III

August 17, 2010

2:00 - 2:45 PM EDT

We will discuss your results in a roundtable format. Each attendee will have an opportunity to report out to the group about what they've learned and what plans they are setting in motion.

You will leave this program with a better understanding of where you want to go and how to get there. You will know where you stand financially and what you can do to improve your firm's financial health.

Facilitators:

As President & CEO of Basic Business Concepts, Inc., Marilyn D. Landis runs a multifaceted service firm providing support to keep businesses financially balanced, on track and growing. She has more than thirty years of experience in financial services.

Diane Helbig is a business and leadership development coach and the president of Seize This Day Coaching. Diane works with small business owners, entrepreneurs, and salespeople, helping them create effective business development strategies. Diane is also the author of Lemonade Stand Selling, a common sense guide to the sales process.

 Cost: $125.00 value - limited time pricing only $79.00!!

Space is limited so sign up TODAY! Register online at: Growth Webinar

As part of the 1M/1M initiative, Sramana Mitra offers free weekly online strategy roundtables for entrepreneurs looking to discuss positioning, financing, and other aspects of a startup venture.  Up to 1,000 people can attend each session, but only the first five who register to pitch will be able to present their business ideas.  All attendees are able to join in on the conversations via a live chat.

 Sramana requests that entrepreneurs use the Clarify Your Story appendix of herPositioning book to prepare their pitches. While many entrepreneurs find it difficult to answer all the questions in the CYS framework, we strongly recommend that you address the following items in your roundtable pitch at the minimum:
(1) A validated customer value proposition
(2) Detailed segmentation analysis and target customer definition at a fairly granular level
(3) A customer acquisition strategy that is pragmatic, and
(4) We also recommend that you present a succinct summary of whatever customer validation work you have done.
Your roundtable pitch should be no more than three minutes, and consist of four slides, as suggested above. No more. No less.

Upcoming 1M/1M Roundtables:
Thursday, December 09, 2010, 8 a.m. Pacific Time, Register Here...
Thursday, December 16, 2010, 8 a.m. Pacific Time, Register Here...

  

Am a Ambassador in the global initiative One Million by One Million 1M/1M (http://www.sramanamitra.com 1m/1m/). 

There are only about 5 pitching slots each week, and I would like to get startups from Africa participating in the roundtables at least each week. There are plenty businesses in around the world that need this.

If you have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to email me ...
ejnyandat@errandmanager.com: Subject Line :Global Initiative One Million by One Million

Eunice Nyandat, 1M/1M Ambassador

As part of the 1M/1M initiative whose aim is to help one million entrepreneurs reach $1 million in revenue each, serial entrepreneur and strategist Sramana Mitra invites start-up entrepreneurs to participate in the next free online strategy roundtable on Thursday, November 11, 2010, starting at 11 a.m. Eastern Time/8 a.m. Pacific Time. These sessions are centered around virtual presentations in which up to 1,000 participants can observe strategic design conversations as Mitra reacts, real-time, to several entrepreneurial pitches. You can read the recaps and listen to the recordings of previous roundtables here: 
http://www.sramanamitra.com/previous-strategy-roundtables-recordings/ 

Please find more details here: 
http://1m1m.sramanamitra.com/free-public-roundtables/ 

and register to attend or pitch here: 
http://strategyroundtable-nov11.eventbrite.com/ 

All are welcome!Reply