Key Entrepreneur Development Center at Corporate College
Presents
FastTrac Tech
Who: FastTrac Tech is the course for people who are serious about starting and growing their technology companies.
What: FastTrac Tech is a two-phase, multi-session program created by technology entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs like you.
Delivered locally by seasoned entrepreneurs in the community, our course is facilitated
by Bettie Sogor, a seasoned entrepreneur in the Northeast Ohio region. FastTrac Tech's
hands-on program where you will use your business as a case study, giving you the
opportunity to put proven business practices to work in today's environment.
We will help you look at all aspects of your venture through the investor's scrutinizing
eyes. In the first phase of the course you will weigh the risks against the opportunities,
determine what potential problems exist, and decide whether these can be eliminated or
minimized. Then, you'll have the tools to write a Business Plan that addresses present
and future financing needs.
Through FastTrac Tech, you'll learn with a group of peers, entrepreneurs like yourself,
who are working to improve and grow their businesses successfully. You'll also work with
certified facilitators, people with real entrepreneurial business experience, who
understand the challenges of operating and growing entrepreneurial technology-based
business ventures. In this supportive environment, you'll incubate new business ideas,
uncover areas that need reinforcing, build an entrepreneurial network, and establish a
foundation from which to make future decisions.
Feasibility Planning
• The Technology Entrepreneur
• Feasibility Introductions
• Market Research
• Model Business
Feasibility Checklist
• Technology Feasibility Checklist
• Next Steps
Business Planning
• Business Plan Basics and Writing
• Management and Organization Plan
• Product/Service Plan
• Marketing Plan
• Operating and Control Systems Plan
• Financial Plan
• Growth Plan
• Finalizing the Business Plan
• Future Steps
Who will be speaking?
September 27th, Anne Hach, Executive Director, The Key Entrepreneur Development Center
October 4th, Phil Alexander, President & CEO, BrandMuscle, Inc
October 11th, Adele Luta, Project Manager, Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Program, Case Western Reserve University
October 18th, Brian Deegan, CEO, Knotice Ltd
October 25th, Mark Saffran, President & CEO, MDG Medical Inc.
November 1st, Ron Cohen, MD, President & CEO, Acorda Therapeutics, Inc
November 8th, Jeff Nischwitz, Vice President of Business Development, CBiz, Inc.
November 15th, Warren Goldberg, Attorney, Hahn, Loeser & Parks, LLP
November 22nd, Lynn Ann Gries, Chief Investment Officer, JumpStart Inc
Pat Volente, State of Ohio
Mike DeAloia, Tech Czar, City of Cleveland
November 29th Scott Rickert, President & CEO, Nanofilm
November 30th Graduation
Why: 12 reasons why you need FastTrac
• Determine the feasibility of your technology.
• Develop a business that meets a market need and helps you reach your own personal goals.
• Identify future market opportunities.
• Investigate and plan for all aspects of a potential business once it is determined to be feasible.
• Determine the amount and sources of money needed to start, operate, and grow the business.
• Practice and apply a proven planning process that increases the likelihood of
success.
• Create a business plan focused on growth strategies and effective business
management.
• Use resources to your best advantage.
• Build a network of other technology entrepreneurs
• Identify the steps necessary to present your business plan to potential investors to secure financing for each stage of business.
• Have an opportunity for review of your business plan by experienced business advisor's following the course
• Present your "elevator pitch" for your business to an audience of potential funders at the final networking "graduation" event
YOU NEED FASTTRAC!
Date (Days): Program 09/27/06 - 11/29/06 (W) Graduation 11/30/06 (H)
Time: 6:30PM - 9:00PM
Location: Corporate College East, 4400 Richmond Road, Warrensville Hts
Instructor: Bettie Sogor
Fee: $225.00
How: For more information or to register please call 216-987-5875.
Brought to you in partnership with: MAGNET, JumpStart, Omeris, BioEnterprise, NorTech, NEOSA, OAI, and Corporate College