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SUMMARY:Angel Investors and What Makes Them Tick -- Peoria
DESCRIPTION:Have you heard the term Angel Investor? Looking for Investor Capital? Understanding who Angel Investors are and what makes them tick can be the difference between getting your startup funded or not. Let’s discuss what motivates Angels to open their wallets. In this workshop you will learn what goes on inside the mind of an Angel Investor. \nAfter this session you should be able to…..\n• Understand the sequence of equity investing thereby allowing you to position your venture to optimize its capital acquisition strategy\n• Know the difference between Angel and Venture Capital and when they each are applicable.\n• Profile Angel Investors and their mindset thus enabling smooth engagements.\n• Appreciate Angel Investor’s ROI and time horizon expectations so that your venture’s “asks” aligns with their expectations.\n• Enhance pitch decks by incorporating key themes that are important to Angel Investors\n• Gain a realistic view on how Startups are valued thereby increasing your chances of closing a deal with Angels\n• Be more comfortable with the Angel Group Investment Process \nSpeaker: This workshop is led by SBDC Business Analyst\, Lou Farina.  Lou is a local angel investor.  He is a former technology leader with over 20 new ventures\, mergers\, acquisitions\, turnarounds and divestures.  For most of his career he focused large scale corporate ventures involving of hundreds of millions of dollars in capital and revenue on a global scale. More recently he has focused locally as an angel investor\, strategic advisor and university consultant. Lou enjoys working with high-potential technology companies within the Arizona Ecosystem. \nRegister Online
URL:https://www.maricopa-sbdc.com/event/angel-investors-and-what-makes-them-tick/
LOCATION:City of Peoria Economic Development Department\, 9875 N. 85th Ave.\, Peoria\, AZ\, 85345\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20190514T130000
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SUMMARY:Laying the Groundwork for Government Contracting
DESCRIPTION:Learn the basics of how government contracting works. \nVery basic introduction to government contracting and the services PTAC offers. We follow a Who\, What\, Why\, When and How format followed by a group discussion. This course is for small business owners who know very little or nothing about government procurement. \nTo register for this event please contact: \nDanny Ayala\, Arizona PTAC Program Manager \nDaniel.Ayala@domail.maricopa.edu or at (623)845-4703 \nOR \nRegister at:  https://azptac.com/events/
URL:https://www.maricopa-sbdc.com/event/laying-groundwork-government-contracting-2019-2-2-2/
LOCATION:GateWay Community College\, Small Business Development Center\, 108 N 40th Street\, South Building\, PHOENIX\, AZ\, 85034\, United States
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SUMMARY:Put Your Business Idea in Motion -- Chandler
DESCRIPTION:Are you an entrepreneur in the early stage of exploring and planning a new business venture?  Do you know if it is a viable idea\, one that will be a good investment of your time\, resources and money?  In our Put Your Business Idea in Motion program\, you will learn about the critical questions you need to ask\, and be given tools and resources you will need to use\, to make a “Go” or “No Go” business start decision. \nDuring this interactive session\, you will: \n\nLearn how to develop a winning value proposition\nKnow the resources available to help you start your market research\nBe introduced to the concepts and tools you need to identify startup costs and working capital needs.\n\nParticipants are given short activities to apply what they learn to their business idea. \nAudience:  This program is intended for new entrepreneurs and first time business owners who have not yet opened their doors for business. \nNote:  The session does not include information related to legal structure\, tax or licensing information. \nRegister Now \n 
URL:https://www.maricopa-sbdc.com/event/put-your-business-idea-in-motion-9-3/
LOCATION:Chandler Chamber of Commerce\, 25 S Arizona Place\, Chandler\, AZ\, 85225\, United States
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