Details:

Date: Jul 2, 2010
End Date: Jul 3, 2010
Start Time: 9:00 am
Venue: TBC

Fee: $1800.00 for entire event, or
  $500.00 per session

Agenda:

DAY ONE

Morning Session (Module 1):

7-Steps to a successful startup:
Essential homework (biz plans, customer discovery, personal clarity, life of a CEO entrepreneur)
· How to start your own business?
· How to get started and do essential market research
· How to write a business plan
· Are you sure that you are cut out to be an entrepreneur – how to be sure?

Afternoon Session (Module 2)

Formation:
Market research, team, soft skills, business models and modeling, legal issues
· How is your customer and where to find them
· How to develop your product at minimal cost
· How to identify your sales strategy
· How to start selling
· How to use social media to find customers and sales


DAY TWO

Morning Session (Module 3):

Funding:
How to find the right investors, how to pitch and how to bootstrap, how VCs work
· How to know you are ready for investors
· What are your funding options and how to raise money
· Understanding venture capitalists and angel investors
· How to pitch to these investors
· What information are they looking for and how to be prepared

Afternoon Session (Module 4):

Proliferation:
Go-to-market strategies, jumpstarting sales, social media marketing
· Where to find and recruit your team
· How to divide equity and deal with legal issues or incorporation
· What is the life of a founder CEO like? What to expect and how to manage this transition?
· How to save money on lawyers or use DIY (Do it Yourself) options
· How to run your startup effectively
· How to not lose control of your company
· What legal aspects you need to know about raising money and investors term sheets

An E.Factor Bootcamp Event

Description:

E.Factor Boot Camps - by Naeem Zafar, Haas Business School, Berkeley University
 
This two day boot camp is designed for entrepreneurs with big dreams but no time to waste.  Conducted by a serial entrepreneur who now teaches entrepreneurship at one of the leading business schools in the world this is one place where you can learn about all aspects of starting your business. It distills over 20 years of experience of a veteran Silicon Valley entrepreneur into one weekend.  The boot camp is broken into four half-day modules which you can choose to take individually or all together.

Your Speaker - Naeem Zafar

Naeem Zafar is a member of the faculty of Haas Business School at the University of California Berkeley, where he teaches Entrepreneurship and Innovation as part of the MBA program. He founded Concordia Ventures, a company focused on educating and advising entrepreneurs on all aspects of starting and running a business ConcordiaVentures

Naeem did six startups and has extensive experience in mentoring and coaching entrepreneurs. He was the president and CEO at Pyxis Technology, Silicon Design Systems and Veridicom, a Bell Labs spin-off that invented the silicon fingerprint sensors. Naeem has held senior marketing and engineering positions at Quickturn which had an IPO in 1993, XCAT and Honeywell.

Naeem obtained an Sc.B. degree in electrical engineering from Brown University (magna cum laude), and a MSEE from the University of Minnesota. Naeem is a charter member of TiE, world’s largest nonprofit focused on entrepreneurship and the president of OPEN Silicon Valley. He has published five books on entrepreneurship that can be viewed at www.NaeemZafar.com. Naeem has served on 25 advisory boards for startups and have mentored over 700 entrepreneurs.

Registration prior to 2nd June to qualify.

All participants will receive a free copy (US$29 value) of Naeem's book "Finance Essentials for Entrepreneurs"