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Taught by experienced entrepreneurs, professional
service providers and entrepreneurship faculty from
the University of Central Florida, the course will
help you clarify your business concept and walk you
through the steps of planning and starting a business. The
course will introduce you to resources and advisors
that provide invaluable support in laying the foundation
for a successful company. Below are comments from
some of the participants in our last class:
"This course has been extremely helpful
and beneficial. I really appreciate how 'the
good, the bad and the ugly' were presented and the wealth of resources in Central Florida I learned
about."
"We've had an amazing restructuring
due to what we learned in class and are experiencing
an increase in business."
"The class really helped to crystallize
what I was doing, how to do it better and who
I am doing it for. Thanks!"
"I'm better prepared to build
a quality team and I'm excited about the marketing
ideas I learned. The course
is an outstanding value!"
The course begins Tuesday, June 10, 2008 and
concludes Wednesday, July 2, 2008. Classes will
be held from 6-9pm at the Disney Entrepreneur
Center located on 315 E. Robinson Street, Orlando, FL.,
32801.
The course fee is $400 for the first participant
from a company and $200 for each additional participant
from the same company. A registration form for
the class is attached. Please complete and return
it to the UCF Technology Incubator no later than May
28, 2008. We strongly suggest that all individuals
involved in management of the company participate together
in the course.
ENROLLMENT FOR EACH COURSE IS LIMITED TO THE FIRST 20 REGISTRATIONS.
If you have applied to or expressed interest in being considered
for acceptance to the Incubator, this course is a required element of the
application process.
Class Schedule
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Session 1 – Developing Successful Business
Ideas
Is your business concept an idea or truly an opportunity? Learn
how to tell the difference. Learn how to analyze
the opportunity to develop an effective business model.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Session 2 – Building a Strong Business
Team
The product or service you will offer is important. Even
more important is the team you build - management, employees,
Board, investors, service providers. Learn how to
build the best team possible to drive the success of your
new venture.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Session 3 – Proper Legal and Ethical
Foundations
Many decisions are involved in establishing a new venture. Learn
what the legal options are. Explore how to establish
high standards of business ethics.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Session 4 – Marketing Strategies and
Effective Sales
No matter how beneficial your product or service is, if
you don’t know who the customer is and tell the message
in an effective way to get their attention, you won’t
have sales.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Session 5 – Funding and Financing
You’ve analyzed the opportunity and begun to build
a team to drive success. You’ve written a great
business plan. How do you secure the financial resources
to make it all happen?
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Session 6 – Entrepreneurial Insights
A panel of experienced entrepreneurs will share their insights “from
the trenches”. What have they learned? What
would they do differently? What is their advice to
you?
Tuesday, July 1 and Wednesday,
July 2, 2008
Session 7 – Business Presentations
You will have the opportunity to make a presentation to
a group of experienced entrepreneurs and get feedback about
your business, market and financial opportunities
ENROLLMENT FOR EACH COURSE IS LIMITED TO THE FIRST
20 REGISTRATIONS.
REGISTRATION
FORM (PDF)
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