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FUNDING FOR FAST GROWTH

 An exclusive workshop invitation

In Central London on July 21st 2009
 
Event overview
The Funding for Fast Growth one-day workshop will provide you with the tools to secure the capital your company needs to launch and develop a high growth enterprise - and ensure you retain a large equity stake of your own company.

Who's it for?
The Funding for Fast Growth workshop is ideal for entrepreneurs who have:
  • Already created a company and are looking for growth capital, or are in the start-up phase with a clear business plan
  • A ready-to-go product/service and founders who are passionate and committed to making it happen within the next 3-6 months

This workshop is NOT suitable for businesses looking for steady growth of less than 25% per annum, or for entrepreneurs who are in the preliminary stage of developing ideas and products without any plan to take action in the immediate future.


Event outline

The Funding for Fast Growth workshop addresses three key themes:


The workshop draws on real-world experiences to illustrate the key lessons for successfully funding a fast-growing company.


How you will benefit

The Funding for Fast Growth workshop packs two-day’s worth of valuable content into one informative day.  At the end of the workshop you will leave with:


Expert speakers

Paul Grant founder of The Funding Game

Paul knows what it’s like to be on both sides of the funding fence. As an entrepreneur he raised funds for his own business, securing capital from business angels, bankers, family and friends, and even a government grant.

After seven years of trading he exited his business in 2003 and was invited to join a private equity company, Capital Partners, eventually heading up the business angel division.  Here he had access to nearly 5,000 angel investors and reviewed more than 1,000 business plans every year.

During this time Paul learnt a lot about why so many businesses fail to secure the funding they need in the start-up and growth phases. Paul has met with many investors, bankers, and venture capitalists over the years and in the course of his work has uncovered what they are really looking for.

More importantly, Paul has developed an approach to raising capital that works. He is keen to share with you what he has learnt as an entrepreneur and as an industry insider.

Paul is currently an associate director of BA Capital and Bergstrom Capital and is a regular speaker at events on the subject of raising capital.


Christopher Jenkins co-founder of Wingrave Yeats

Christopher’s speciality is strategic advice to owner-managers of growing businesses: how to manage growth and how change affects financial reporting systems and controls, people management, profitability and cash flow. He has had extensive experience in dealing with banks on behalf of his clients and also in 'turnarounds.'

After qualifying with Deloitte, Haskins & Sells (a predecessor Firm of PwC) in 1979, Christopher became a founder member of the firm's small business unit and then spent two years in their Paris office working in audit and investigations. He left to work for the Vestey Family, where he tidied up a portfolio of small trading companies. He then joined a wholesale international bookseller as managing director where he managed 40 people and a turnover of £10m.  Over the course of five years, on sales trips, he had the dubious privilege of visiting nearly every university in the US and Canada.

Christopher writes extensively for the business press and is a regular contributor to Real Business and Growing Business.  He was voted ‘Best Business Adviser of the Year’ by the CBI in their awards for Growing Businesses for 2001/2002.


Why the traditional approach to raising funding does not work

If you search the web, speak to business advisors and buy small business books you’ll find that common wisdom says: write your full business plan, go out and find funding, then start your business or take it to the next growth phase.

Yet the majority of successful early-stage companies did not get started using this approach.  It may have worked during the internet boom of the 1990s, when everyone with a dot.com plan needed £1m to launch. Today things are very different. There are a new set of rules, and today’s entrepreneur needs to do more than write a business plan and expect investors to line up.

In today's economic climate the funding game is all about learning how to reduce the risk to investors and making it easier for them to invest. Investors and bankers are savvy and expect realistic business valuations and forecasts. More importantly, they are looking for a team that is focused, knows their market and has a plan for raising and using their capital wisely. At The Funding Game we show you where the bad plays are and give you the skills to win at funding your company - all the way from start up to exit.  These skills will be invaluable to you as you build your current business… and perhaps your next one!


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What other entrepreneurs say

“This is a great resource for new businesses”     “Extremely insightful and informative”

        “Nice to hear from somebody who has achieved what they are talking about”

“I’ll recommend this event to others”          "Inspiring and kick-started me into action"

"Clear, concise, basically excellent"     "Really worthwhile attending this event" 

                “You’ve given me a completely new perspective on funding”