Event Review: TVC/CCET: Preparing and Presenting the Business Plan (17 Apr 2007)
There were three guest speakers at this month’s Technology Ventures Corporation entrepreneurial training session. #4 in sequence, the session covered various aspects of the business plan.
Sarah Jane Militello, of TVC, focused on the business plan itself. She covered all of the typical items in the business plan, and emphasized how important the marketing section is, especially for the technical entrepreneur with little business or marketing experience. No other earth shattering revelations.
Brenda Besdansky of Speakers World led a workshop on developing your elevator pitch. The workshop was pretty hard to follow, given the size of the audience (approx. 100), and the venue (an auditorium type facility). However, she handed out a worksheet to help develop the pitch, and an evaluation sheet to help in practice and refinement.
(Edit 24 Apr 07: Brenda contacted me to inform me that the worksheet and evaluation form are copyright material. I’ve removed them. Please accept my apologies.)
The last guest was Geoff Roach, an angel investor with the Keiretsu Forum. Geoff provided details on the Keiretsu Forum and what their evaluation process is. His slides are here.