Announcing Venture Farm Competition at Vator.TV

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BootCamp Competition

Venture Farm is sponsoring a competition at Vator.TV.
May the best entrepreneur, the best idea and the company WIN. <Enter Competition>

Grand Prize:

• Free Admission to Execution BootCamp at the end of June ($2,500 value)
• Meet with Venture Farm to discuss funding opportunities for your business.

More details

Venture Farm & Vator.TV

As a matter of Disclosure, Venture Farm is an investor in Vator.TV; so we think they are great. And, we think you would too.

See Bambi Francisco's (the CEO) video.

Create your own company profile at Vator.TV (it is a good thing)-Here is how:

1. Create a user profile. (Your Vator.TV profile is your resume on the Web, where you can describe yourself and your interests in a rich-media environment.)
2. Confirm your registration from the email sent to your email address.
3. Create a company profile for your tech startup.(Link to see how founder of Paypal Peter Theil recommends you construct your company profile.)
   
4. Invite your professional contacts and friends into your company network to help grow your company.

Vator.TV is a social network for technology startup companies, it gives entrepreneurs a platform to connect with Investors, Acquires and Media. Vator.TV is ideal for startups that are serious about Growing their company aggressively, need assistance in finding Funding and need to gain Press Exposure.

Ready Set, Get Known. Get exposure at Vator.TV

New Web Conference - Conversation Series Online

Monday Morning Wakeup Call - The Conversation Series Venture Farm Institute Web Conference YOU CHOOSE THE TOPIC & WE PAY FOR IT (IT'S FREE) March 17,2008 8:30am-9:15am pst Pick Your Topic & Register Sid Mohasseb (Managing Director, Venture Farm) mohasseb.com & venturefarm.com COST: FREE Select your Topic of Choice Here. Topics May Include: How to execute better, bootstrapping methods, funding process, term sheets, sales in early stage companies, etc. etc. etc. Check Here to Choose your Topic & Register The purpose of the series is to inform and enrich the entrepreneur to understand the Funding Process and focus Business Execution. Because it matters! Over 85% of Venture Investors believe that the #1 reason for success is effective business execution. The Conversation series is also a complement to our workshop Series with Rapid Fire <learn more>, a 3hr Live Roundtable of providing early stage companies uncensored feedback, from the investor perspective, as well as a 2-Day Workshop on Effective Entrepreneurship <learn more>. How to participate?: This series is online. You need a computer with web access. What is on the Agenda: The selected topic will be discussed. A short Q&A for you and your guests is also scheduled. Who should participate in the webconference?: Any Entrepreneur who wants to build a great company...and yes that may include raising money!

Interactive workshop focused on execution

Effective Entrepreneurship: Advanced Training on Getting to Results

Revenues, Profitability, Funding, & Exits
Venture Farm Institute workshop: Dec 6-7th 2007

National University, Costa Mesa, CA

This is a 2 day interactive boot camp style workshop focusing on effective business execution, getting from concept to reality and achieving the BIG difference to show results.

Testimonial:

I’m usually a skeptic when it comes to seminars so I’m glad I went. To me, the insights into the experience focused economy and the importance of selling “meaning” benefits was most informative. The key now is applying it to our business for which you also gave me good ideas.

-Jeff Pickard, President, Lucion Technologies

o Do you really need Venture Capital or angel funding?
o Are you finding it hard to get in front of investors or get them to invest?
o Is your execution solid enough to ensure your success without external capital?
o Do you know how investors evaluate opportunities?
o Do you know how to get funded for the best valuation?
o Do you have the right mindset and execution framework in place?


Program will include discussions on:

· Negotiating deals and term sheets.
· What makes an opportunity fundable.
· Funding mindsets (Entrepreneurs vs. Investors)
· Building meaning for customers – making a buying decision
· Bootstrapping – so how is it done?
· Mindset and belief of an effective entrepreneur
…and more

To Register: https://www.123signup.com/event?id=xmskn

Download the Detailed PDF Here

About the Instructor

Sid Mohasseb is the managing director of Venture Farm an early stage execution and funding organization and the incoming president of the Tech Coast Angels, OC with a portfolio of over 130 companies, a direct investments of over $90 mil. followed by VC investment of close to $900 million. Sid sits on a number of board of directors, including; WiseWindow, TrendPoint Systems, Accuscore, Clupedia, XSCapacity, and Cerius Consulting. He also serves the National Science Foundation as a funding evaluator, is an advisor to the California State Assembly on private investment in emerging domestic markets and sits on the UCI Paul Merage Business School advisory board.


Formerly, he was the Chief Executive Officer of Vital Source, Inc. a distributor of electronic components head quartered in the United States with offices in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong. Prior to that, Sid served as the Chairman / CEO of Competitive Knowledge Inc (CKI) - an internet company. Prior to forming CKI, Mohasseb founded the national management consulting firm of Anabasis-Straub, where he assisted fortune 500 companies shape their strategies and enhance their operations. His corporate clients include: Motorola, IBM, McDonnell Douglas, Toyota, Honda, Union Bank, Mattel Toys and the Federal Reserve Bank.. Sid has also been instrumental in various corporate acquisitions and turnarounds both as a principal investor and as a consultant/ operator.

Mohasseb has authored several publications and is the architect for the award-winning software solutions such as the Resource Allocation model (RAM). Additionally, Mohasseb is co-credited for two pending business process patents and has served as the host for a national radio program on business with a 7.5 million audience. Mr. Mohasseb is a graduate of the University of Southern California with a B.S. and an M.S. degrees in Industrial Engineering/ Operations Research and Technical Economic Planning.