Bill Joos will be conducting two 1-day interactive seminars focused on specifically preparing and delivering your all-critical 'Elevator Pitch' as well as your initial PowerPoint presentation to attract investors... and customers. This workshop is tailored for nascent entrepreneurs coming out of SICSA, as well as existing ambitious Scottish informatics software companies, particularly those who are currently or shortly seeking investor funding. Because of the popularity of this event, the workshop will be held twice; Firstly on Monday 6 February at the Informatics Forum in Edinburgh and thereafter on Tuesday 7 February at the Hillington Innovation Centre in Glasgow. The workshop is a must for any informatics and computing science related enterprise looking to perfect the sales pitch for their business. The workshop will cover the following key areas; - The Top Ten Mistakes in Business Plans - Perfecting Your Positioning - Perfecting Your Pitching - The Power of an Advisory Board Bill Joos is the principal of "Go To Market Consulting'', based in Palo Alto, California. He works with early stage startups, venture capital firms and their portfolio clients. He previously spent nearly 7 years as the VP of Entrepreneur Development at Garage Technology Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm that he co-founded with Guy Kawasaki. His reputation at Garage was that he provided their clients with effective, hands-on, action-oriented strategic and tactical mentoring and coaching. Bill has worked with literally hundreds of early-to-mid stage startups and helped them polish and clarify their messages and refine their fund-raising and customer presentations; but his contributions to them extended well beyond being a "Pitch Doctor". He has mentored and coached them in go to market strategies, revenue and pricing optimization, business alliances, business development, partnerships, and marketing. Over 20,000 entrepreneurs worldwide have attended conferences where Bill has been a featured keynote speaker on various entrepreneurial topics. He has also held sales and marketing positions with a variety of companies, including IBM and as a VP at the software division of Apple Computer.” The event is part of the Informatics Ventures programme of activity in the build up for the Engage Invest Exploit 2012 investor showcase event taking place on 10 May 2012 in the Informatics Forum. The link to the Eventbrite page with further information and to register: http://billjoos2012feb.eventbrite.com/ |