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Event
Details:
This fourth and final in a series of
Flight School workshops focuses on building a business
that has lasting value and can be continued beyond the
founder. This intense 1-day workshop is presented by the
Northern Colorado High Tech Network’s Flight School and
The Business Catapult, and is designed to
help:
- Entrepreneurs that are in business, are starting a
business, or are thinking about starting a business, and
- Existing companies that want to become more
entrepreneurial or want to spin off a business.
The workshop focuses on the following questions:
- Why should I think about exit strategy during the
startup and growth phases of my business?
- What determines the valuation of my business at any
particular time, and how can I improve this valuation?
- How should I decide between further investing in my
business and selling out?
- How should I structure my business so that it can
continue in the case of accident to the founder or a key
contributor?
- How should I organize my business so that I can continue
to own it while someone else runs it?
- How do I bring a "partner" or co-owner into the business
in a way that is fair, affordable, and creates the right
incentives?
- What mechanics and resources are available to help me
build my business so I can leave it in style?
- What are some examples of successful and failed exit
strategies?
- How do I decide among exit strategy alternatives?
The workshop includes:
- A comparison of businesses that have had
successful and unsuccessful exits
- A review of the tools and techniques that can
help the entrepreneur maximize success in exiting a business
- Shared best practices and references that have
been developed by:
- Bert Vermeulen;
- Other successful consultants and entrepreneurs;
- 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
- Case study materials presented by a successful
Colorado entrepreneur
- Discussion of the participants’ specific
situations and questions.
Participants are encouraged to bring their own
questions, problems, and success stories to share and work on
with others.
Expected Outcomes:
Participants will leave with a clear understanding of how
to build a business that they can sell in its entirety, sell
shares of to investors, or restructure in a way that allows
the entrepreneur to step away from full-time involvement.
EVENT: Building a Successful Exit Into Your Business
Trajectory
INSTRUCTOR: Bert Vermeulen and one entrepreneur to
be announced.
COST: $99 for registrations on or before March 19,
2006; $119 starting March 20, 2006. $49 for students of
accredited academic institutions showing a valid student id at
the door.
REGISTRATION: Register on-line below, or register at
the door. Note: registration will close after 30
participants have signed up, so sign up early!
ABOUT THE PRESENTER:
Bert Vermeulen grew up in Boulder County; lived in Fort
Collins while working for HP; managed, grew, and helped sell a
manufacturing business in Longmont; and now is in the business
of helping entrepreneurs. His experience includes:
- A strong background in engineering and business.
- Building a manufacturing business, selling it, and then
buying and funding other similar businesses in Mexico,
Ireland, and Hungary.
- Working with over 30 entrepreneurial companies since
2002. Some of these have since gone out of business, some
have not gone anywhere, some have muddled through, and some
have been spectacularly successful.
- Co-leading an open, non-profit organization that is
developing standards for entrepreneurial processes, the
Entrepreneurial Standards Forum.
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