The Funding Game Seminar

AN EXCLUSIVE SEMINAR INVITATION                           

A winning approach to financing your early stage business

 

In today’s business world there are many routes to capital.  But finding the finance you need for your enterprise can be like learning to play chess for the first time – you have to know the moves before you understand how to win.  As with chess, the funding game can be learned.

How do you find the fastest route to funding your business?

How do you choose the right financing approach for your business? How do you make sure potential investors take note of your business plan?  How do you retain a majority stake?

Find out at this exclusive seminar

To hear the answer to these questions and more, you are invited to an exclusive four-hour seminar sponsored by HSBC and British Angel Capital Ltd.  We’ll explore the ways you can save time in your search for capital and avoid the common pitfalls.

Why should you attend?

As well as keeping up to date with the latest approaches to business funding, you'll learn about:

• The entrepreneur’s trump card for securing capital
• The two approaches to raising angel capital
• Why full business plans are not important as you think
• How to obtain funding and give away as little equity as possible
• Six tools you need to attract funding
• How to get your deal seen by investors
• What banks are looking for when loaning capital
• The art of company valuations
• Which of the Venture Funds are small-business-friendly
• What angel investors are looking for
• How to reach Angel Investors
• How to create an executive summary that gets noticed
• How to develop your USP and “elevator pitch” 
• How to successfully raise capital in a downturn

Expert speakers

We’ve assembled a group of expert speakers from across the industry to provide both a commercial and personal perspective on business funding.  Paul Grant, entrepreneur and associate director of British Angel Capital Ltd. and Bergstrom Capital; Stuart Waplington, entrepreneur, who has from a £16k investment built a company that earns £2m in sales; and Iain Hawthorne, Senior Commercial Manager at HSBC Bank Ltd, are amongst the speakers outlining the ways you can win the funding game.

 

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”

Friday, December 05, 2008 from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM (GMT)

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The Funding Game

Sponsored by Wingrave Yeats, Business Angel Capital Ltd , HSBC and Cmypitch. The Funding Game seminars provide an excellent opportunity for entrepreneurs to learn how to fund an early stage business and to network with professionals who have succeeded at the funding game.

Seminars are held several times a year and places tend to go quickly. To register your interest in future events please contact us here or visit www.thefundinggame.co.uk

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