This series of workshops is designed to provide entrepreneurs with an overview of the key issues that should be addressed when starting a small business.  The workshop will expose entrepreneurs to topics such as business idea feasibility, finances needed, target market and skills relative to running a business.  The workshop will also touch on the key elements of business plan creation and the infrastructure needed to sustain a new business.  Entrepreneurs will learn what questions to ask before investing valuable resources, such as time and money, into a potential business idea.

This series of workshops is geared toward introducing entrepreneurs to Venture Capital and Private Equity as a potential method of funding the growth of their business.  Entrepreneurs and company owners will be exposed to the key aspects of private equity and the different types of equity investors.  The workshops will also address common reasons entrepreneurs might seek equity capital and how equity capital is different from debt financing.  Participants will also be exposed to key topics like term sheets and company valuation, preparing investor presentations, and developing financial projections.  These workshops are meant as educational opportunities for entrepreneurs to help them decide if equity is right for their business and to learn about how to participate in the equity fundraising process. 

This series of workshops is geared toward organizations and professionals that work with, support, and provide services to entrepreneurs, owners and managers of high-growth small businesses.  The workshops will address key issues facing these individuals as they start and grow successful businesses.  Topics will include idea feasibility, product and technology commercialization, intellectual property, and financing, among others.  These workshops will also help service providers better understand the landscape of economic development organizations that exist to provide further support to their client companies throughout the San Joaquin Valley.