Building a Pitch
CLASS SUMMARY
Speaker: Mike Polonsky, The Equicom Group
"Hey buddy, can you spare a $100 million?"
or
How to convince successful financiers to give you millions of dollars in a project doomed to fail!
REGISTRATION
Registration is free and required.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP 101 LECTURE SERIES
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DATE | TIME | LOCATION
April 23, 20085:30PM - 6:30PM
MaRS Centre CR-3
101 College St, Toronto
DOWNLOADS AND RESOURCES
- Webcast
- Blog: Can scientists speak to other scientists in plain English?
- Presentation: “Hey buddy, can you spare a $100 million?” (PDF)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Mike Polonsky's diversified business background includes senior roles in the financial sector and as an entrepreneur. His strengths include strategic planning, messaging and creating effective IR materials including corporate presentations. Mike holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from the University of Manitoba. Mike has been a member of the Equicom team since 1999 and was appointed Senior Vice President in 2003.
MaRS BLOG
- Top stem cell scientist, Yamanaka, chooses Ontario
- Today’s Pick: Evolution under the microscope
- One man’s garbage is another man’s gold…
MaRS EVENT SERIES
- 2008
- Up-Start Competition 2008
- Entrepreneurship 101 - Up-Start Pitch Competition
- Science and business do mix: success story
- An Introduction to Commercializing University / Hospital Technologies
- Different Types of Entrepreneurship
- Negotiations
- Building a Business Model
- Science and business do mix: The Interface Biologics story
- Basics of Marketing I
- Basics of Marketing II
- Making Critical Career Decisions
- Capitalizing on Your Intellectual Capital
- Science and business do mix: The Toronto Research Chemicals story
- Written tools for building a business
- What do investors look for?
- Budgeting
- Science and business do mix: success story
- Human Resource Management for the Entrepreneur
- The Role of Boards, Advisory Panels, Service Providers
- Building Technology Teams/Building Marketing/Sales Teams
- Building a pitch
- Science and business do mix: success story
- Webcast Requirements