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Anyone can propose a session! What would you like to discuss, present or hear about? Here you, the participants, propose sessions for the upcoming Startup Accelerator. The nature of the event means that the topics, times and locations of the sessions are determined by the participants on the day of the Startup Accelerator and may change throughout the event. The actual schedule is available throughout the day and you have the flexibility to move around as freely as you wish - in the 'un-conference' way...
| Ideal for | Presenter | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| What kind of business should YOU start? | Entrepreneur |
How do you find the right business for you? What are the questions that you should ask yourself to help you figure it out? How do you find out if there is an opportunity there? What to do and not to do when you are thinking about starting a business. |
Oleg Tumarkin |
| Creating Equity Agreements |
Entrepreneur Investor |
What is the best form of equity agreement? How can you engage talent with equity? |
James Carlson |
| PitchEngine 101: Create and distribute your own social media releases with this innovative PR tool. |
Entrepreneur Service Provider Investor Media |
PitchEngine is a cost-effective and easy way to create and distribute multi-media press releases to LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, etc. We'll review the basics of getting the word out using this nifty PR tool... |
Meg Ciccantelli |
| Passion to Action: Ready? Get Unstuck. Launch! |
Entrepreneur Service Provider Investor |
Identify the barriers that prevent you from fulfilling your full potential. Uncover the secrets to achieving more balance, bliss and fulfillment in your life. Experience your own internal shift as you apply the tools and techniques learned through the facilitated workshop activities. Turn your passion into action and launch the life and career you want. |
BerniXiong |
| The brave new world: What are the dynamics of a business in the inormation age? |
Entrepreneur Service Provider Investor Media |
This session will detail the transition from Agrarian to Industrial to Information economies and what that means to businesses everywhere. Come to learn about the industries that will soon be obsolete and the industries that are not yet. Be ready to engage in the discussion about the direction, opportunities and dangers of the greatest upheaval that is reshaping human civilization in modern history. |
Oleg Tumarkin |
| Beyond Balanced Scorecard: Excellence Matrix 8 |
Entrepreneur Service Provider Investor Media |
Learn about a locally developed business model that allows to quickly analyse any business as a whole and supports making individual business decisions. Learn why many mediocre businesses keep going, while some great ones often spectacularly fail. You will never look at a business the same. |
Oleg Tumarkin |
| Understanding Group Behavior |
Entrepreneur Service Provider |
This session will provide a broad overview of the forces present when we come together as a group or team in order to accomplish our goals. The session will highlight some of the behaviors we all exhibit and strategies for overcoming those which hold us back from acheiving our potential. |
Jamie Schramm |
| Feasibility vs. Strategy...What is investors want to know, need to know and how to tell them |
Entrepreneur Service Provider Investor |
A practical framework for those who wish to better understand how to successfully prepare, articulate and navigate crucial conversations with various stakeholders, managers and providers of capital. A. Understand the unintended consequences: The importance of process; B. The Essence of Advisory: What you should be told when and why; C. Art of a deal: Aligning incentives from day one |
HEARD |
| Improving likelihood of your business succeeding |
Entrepreneur Service Provider |
So you have a product idea, a prototype, or maybe even a real business started. With more than 90% of start-ups failing, how can you increase your odds while minimizing the risks? In short, by focusing on your customers. |
Jeff Clark |
| Lessons Learned in Consumer Internet | Entrepreneur |
The best way to learn is from your mistakes. No… scratch that. The best way to learn is from the mistakes of others. Do you have experience building a dotcom property? Share your successes and failures and lessons learned. |
rralian |
