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Did you know 1 out of every 200 of all business plans written ever receive any type of funding? It involves much, much more than just finding a template and plugging in some boilerplate text and random numbers. Preparing a fundable business plan requires a fair amount of expertise, time, and ability to really create a document that is worthy of investment capital.
Todd has been writing business plans for 14 years in just about every conceivable industry, and his 
business plan packages have helped clients raise in excess of $175 million for their ventures. He holds an MBA from the Anderson School at UCLA, a Masters in International Management from the Thuderbird School of Global Business, and a Bachelors in Financial Management from Clemson University. His life's mission is to help others successfully launch or grow their businesses.
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Leading the change for healthcare-focused businesses. Apply at: http://www.f6s.com/ibmsmartcampkickstartmiami#programs/ajax-application
SmartCamp KickStart Miami is an exclusive event aimed at identifying early stage entrepreneurs who are developing healthcare business ventures that align with the IBM Smarter Planet vision. Selected participants will receive:
· Mentorship from world class investors and advisors
· Exposure to IBM Healthcare Executive Leadership and Business Development Leaders
· Potential advancement to IBM’s North American Regional SmartCamp
If that sounds like what your start-up needs and your company is less that 5 years old, privately held and has a solution to fit this demand, apply by April 27 to participate in SmartCamp KickStart Miami to be held May 15, 2012. Healthcare startups from anywhere in the world can register for this exclusive event.
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May 10, 2012, The Reunion Resort in Orlando, Florida Click Here to Register
On May 10, 2012, the Florida Venture Forum will host its Fifth Annual Early Stage Venture Capital Conference at the Reunion Resort in Orlando, Florida. The Florida Venture Forum is now calling for outstanding private companies from the state of Florida to apply to be presenters at the Conference. The Florida Venture Forum is Florida’s premier organization focused on assisting entrepreneurs of emerging companies as they develop their businesses and raise capital.
The principle purpose of the Annual Conference is to showcase approximately 10-12 early stage, high growth private companies before a national audience of venture capitalists, angel investors, private equity investors and investment bankers. These entrepreneurial companies should have talented management teams, proprietary technology, high growth potential and should be currently seeking early stage funding.
The Conference will also showcase Florida’s best collegiate business plan competitors for the morning session. For details please click on the Collegiate Business Plan Competition icon. The required Executive Summary format (Presenter Application) is available (see left side of this website page and click on Presenter Application). The Conference Agenda with presentation times and speaker schedules will be announced shortly.
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At iStart Jax, we are committed to continuously fostering our ever-growing team of startup entrepreneurs. One of the many ways we do this is by conducting a series of popular Just-In-Time workshops. The topics for these workshops were determined from the feedback we received from teams during our flagship event, Jacksonville Startup Weekend.
Harnessing the power of Social Media, our first event, drew a sizeable crowd and proved to be an extremely interactive workshop. Attendants were given a crash course on the different social media platforms like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube and more. Discussions centered on how business-building tactics can be utilized through social media to attract and retain qualified customers. We are now in an exciting space where traditional modes of communication are being replaced by social media. The workshop helped answer how entrepreneurs can leverage these new “two-way” channels to engage directly with their customers and drive better business results.
Intellectual Property: What Startups and Idea Generators should know, the second in our series, aimed 
at helping startups understand what intellectual property means in this day of collaboration and innovation. Tim Gillis, shareholder with Akerman Senterfitt, walked attendants through the main components of intellectual property (copyrights, patents, trademarks, trade secrets). With amusing case studies and insightful tips, Gillis showed attendants what pitfalls they can avoid when it comes to protecting their Intellectual property, along with great practical tips.
These workshops speak to our core desire/objective to create programs and events that help accelerate the growth of a startup community in Northeast Florida. By leveraging relationships with community leaders, iStart Jax is able to make sure startups and entrepreneurs get access to relevant information and programs like these. We are grateful to our community and our partners for making these workshops so successful.
