Past Training Presentations


        The Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest offers many past training presentations.  These videos feature speakers such as Tom Edwards, Dave Brenner, Mike Klein and many others.  The videos range from financial advice to help with sales to award presentations.



 

Crafting the Pitch

Tom Edwards

  • Crafting the Pitch...Packaging the Plan

  • Words to the wise...

  • The Pitch... and... the Plan

  • An Iterative Process

  • Many more topics...


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Go To Market Sales Strategy

Dave Brenner

  • Go-to-Market Strategy

  • First - Revenue Drivers

  • Second - Customer Point of View

  • Third - Watch to find out!


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2006 Spring Cycle Awards

2006 Spring Cycle Awards

  • Oliver Baer - Check the Crib

  • Richard Marks - Environmental Transportation Solutions

  • Andy Lim - Rapid BioSense

  • Joshua Botkin - Space Weather ForeCasting


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High-Impact Practical Marketing for Startup Businesses by Mike Klein

Mike Klein

  • Let's Talk About...

  • Go-to-Market Strategy Versus Marketing Education

  • The Purpose of Marketing: To Generate Qualified Sales Leads


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Level 5 Leadership by Jim Collins

Dennis Blanchette

  • The Triumph of Humility and Fierce Resolve

  • The Level 5 Hierarchy

  • The Hedgehog Concept

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Community R&D

Steve Schwartz
April 20, 2006

  • Market Research

  • Is Entrepreneurship Hard?

  • Business Processes

  • The Challenges in the Early Stage

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Captain of the Ship - Entrepreneurial Leadership

Kurt Riegger
March 30, 2006

  • Entrepreneurship

  • Leadership

  • Partnership

  • Role of CEO

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Business Models and Financial

Ron Reed

  • Who is the customer?

  • What is the minimum whole product?

  • Compelling Reasons to Buy

  • Competition

  • Next Market

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Structuring Your Business

David Parsigian
November 11, 2005

  • Business Entity Choice

  • The Impact of Investors

  • Stock Options and other Equity Interests

  • Intellectual Property Basics

  • Selecting Counsel

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Financing Your Business

Rajesgh Kothari
Wednesday, October 11, 2005

  • Not all types of financing are suitable for all businesses

  • Sources of Financing

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Executive Summary

Kurt Riegger
Thursday, April 14, 2005

  • What to emphasize

  • Characteristics of Entrepreneurs

  • Difference between an entrepreneur and "regular" business person

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Start-up Sales Strategy

Art DeMonte
Tuesday, November 4, 2004

  • Skill-set

  • Plan!

  • Things do not happen by themselves

  • Sales = Revenues

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Market and Competitive Analysis

Raj Kothari & MaryAnn Labant
Wednesday, October 6, 2004

  • Why do a market analysis?

  • Find a market that you fit into

  • There is always competition

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GLEQ Overview

Rishi Moudgil
Wednesday, October 6, 2004

  • How does the competition run?

  • We help out entrepreneurs

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