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7-Steps to a successful startup - Dallas

Event Recap

The first E.Factor event was an overwhelming success. More than seventy serious minded members of the E.Factor and LaCima Club came together for an evening of authentic introductions, vibrant networking and engaging thought leadership. Naeem Zafar was simply magnificent. His talk on the 7 steps to a successful start-up was informative, practical and even humorous at times. Even more, the Q&A period allowed for the entrepreneurs in attendance to ask specific questions to Naeem. Start-up and established entrepreneurs alike learned a lot from this event.

If you would like to see the slides from the keynote, click here.

Join us for the next event in Dallas on Tuesday, August 10th with Mr. Adrie Reinders at The Tower Club. Click here for details.

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Event Details

Details

Date:

Start: Jun 2, 2010 6:00 pm

Venue:

La Cima Club
North O'Connor 26th floor, Irving
Dallas, Texas 75039, Tex
United States

Agenda:

7-Steps to a successful startup: Essential homework (biz plans, customer discovery, personal clarity, life of a CEO entrepreneur)

Host Committee

Robert Perry	Jehosephat Development
Richard Best	A S Consulting
Tyrone Bland	Porter Tellus
Brandon Collins	Reach Local
Patience Jackson	The GLE Group
Toby Alexander	CHASE Bank

Keynote speaker Naeem Zafar, Haas Business School - University of California Berkeley

Starting your own business is an exhilarating yet overwhelming experience. Entrepreneurs don’t like to write a business plan. But how does one know that there is real potential for their idea. Short and to the point, the workshop offers practical, powerful seven questions that all entrepreneurs must answer. If they can answer these questions it will fundamentally improve their chances to succeed in any startup. Perhaps you still have a day job and are contemplating launching your own company—or perhaps you have lots of ideas and are wondering which one is most likely to succeed. This simple but thorough seven-step method will answer your most essential questions—questions that your investors will soon be asking you! Save yourself thousands of dollars and two years of your life before you plunge into your startup

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.

Register early prior to 26th May to qualify for a free copy (US$19 value) of Naeem's book "7-Steps to a Successful Start-Up" (www.FiveMountainPress.com)

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