Date
Sep 17,
2005 |
Time
8:30 am
- 4:00 pm |
Location
Front Range
Community College
4616 S. Shields
Fort
Collins, CO
80526
USA |
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Hosted By
The
Flight School and The Business Catapult |
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The Flight School is a training organization
of business experts and consultants in Northern
Colorado.
The Business Catapult is a
Denver-based network of consultants and entrepreneurs
that helps Colorado businesses reach new heights.
For more information, call Bob Thilmont at
970.310.3960 or Dennis Cole at
970.219.1952. | |
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Event
Details:
This intense 1-day workshop, presented by
Northern Colorado’s Flight School and The
Business Catapult, is designed to help:
- Entrepreneurs starting a business or thinking about
starting a business;
- Businesses that have started and need help to grow; and
- Existing companies that want to become more
entrepreneurial.
The workshop focuses on the following five questions:
- How can I determine if I can be successful with my
business idea?
- What are the mechanics of setting up a business?
- How do I fund a new business or expansion to my existing
business?
- Should I write a business plan? If so, what should I
include and how should I write it?
- How can I simply and effectively implement the systems
to manage the money in my business?
Expected Outcomes: Participants will have a
clearer understanding of:
- What determines business success.
- How to set up a business entity and how this affects
their taxes and future options.
- How to establish a name for their business, their
products and their services.
- How to approach funding for their business.
- How to write a business plan based on who the audience
for the plan will be.
- How to manage the money in your business to optimize
success and avoid bankruptcy.
LOCATION: Front Range Community College, 4616 S.
Shields, Fort Collins, CO 80526 (see map)
CLASSROOM: East
Conference Room, Longs Peak Student
Center
INSTRUCTORS: Bert Vermeulen, Jim and Lynda
Pelichowski
COST: $99 ($49 for students of
accredited academic institutions, and who present a valid
student id at the door)
The workshop consists of:
- Shared best practices and references that
have been developed by:
- Bert Vermeulen, an experienced entrepreneur and
successful consultant to other entrepreneurs;
- The Northern Colorado Flight School;
- The Business Catapult, a Denver-based
network of consultants and entrepreneurs; and
- The Entrepreneurial Standards Forum; an open
non-profit Colorado-based organization that is developing
standards for entrepreneurial processes.
- An actual case study presented by successful
local entrepreneurs.
- Discussion of the participants’ specific situation and
questions.
Participants are encouraged to bring their own
questions, problems, and success stories to share and work on
with others. |