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Reinventing
the World One Business at a Time
Startup entrepreneurs
are a unique breed of people. Many are tortured by their ideas.
They are driven by their needs to accomplish their visions, and
this relentless desire to fulfill their dreams permeates virtually
every aspect of their lives. And with the present economic climate
as it is, many startup entrepreneurs have ruined their lives trying
to succeed. They've ruined their marriages, gone bankrupt, lost
their homes, and have generally made a mess out of their lives.
These people are our heroes. They will once again rise up from the
depths of their depression and figure out a way to succeed. These
are the people that will once again take center stage in the business
world. The Startup Junkies Underground is all about helping these
people succeed.
No other group
like this exists. If you can imagine a person standing up in front
of the crowd saying, "Hi, my name is Bob, and I'm a startup
junkie. And I'm damn proud to be here tonight." (Maybe not
quite like that, but you get the picture.)
| Startup
Junkie Underground |
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| April
19, 2004 |
6:30
- 9:00 pm
Short Program starts at 7:00 pm
Members
- Free
Nonmembers - $20
Register
- Click
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Doug
Collier
Principal at The
RQ Group
Author of Believer Capital
Former President of Braniff
Express Airlines
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Topic:
Believer Capital: Start-up Money for Entrepreneurs
Are
you looking to raise $250,000 to $500,000 in equity
capital? Have you approached Angel investors and Venture
Capitalists without success? If you want to take control
of your destiny, you owe it to yourself to learn about
“Believer Capital”. Believer Capital is
a source of early-stage money that can be tapped by
any entrepreneur with a big idea and the discipline
and ability to sell that idea to individual investors.
However, Believer Capital has its own rules and regulations,
its do’s and don’ts, and its proven techniques
for convincing investors to write a check.
The
RQ Group and Holland & Hart’s Emerging Business
Practice have joined forces to launch an exciting new
program to help entrepreneurs raise Believer Capital.
Dr. Douglas Collier, Principal of The RQ Group, will
be the guest speaker at the April 19, 2004 session of
Start-up Junkie Underground where he will introduce
you to Believer Capital. Discover the many advantages
of Believer Capital over other sources of early-stage
equity capital:
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The
entrepreneur is in control of all aspects of a Believer
Capital financing … the amount of money you
raise, the timing, the company’s valuation,
and more.
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Entrepreneurs
typically have a stronger likelihood of raising money
from Believer Investors than from any other type of
early-stage investor.
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Completing
a successful Believer Capital financing typically
takes less time than other sources of early-stage
capital.
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The entrepreneur can begin spending Believer Capital
even before the financing is complete.
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Since
there are no negotiations involved in a Believer Capital
financing, you and your potential investors can focus
on why they should invest, rather than on who gets
how much and when.
Learn
the lessons Dr. Collier used to raise more than $10
Million of Believer Capital for his own entrepreneurial
company. Find out about the new Believer Capital Financing
Program and see if it is a fit for you.
Speaker:
Doug Collier is a Principal at The RQ Group,
a business strategy and financing consultancy for entrepreneurs.
Previously, he was Chairman & CEO of Reality Quest,
the company he founded to bring personalized interactivity
to television with a product called “TV Mouse”.
Reality Quest also developed a new video game controller
called “The Glove”, which was distributed
internationally by Sony and touted by ABC’s Good
Morning America as one of “1997’s Best Christmas
Gifts”. As President of Engineering Measurements
Company (EMCO), a publicly-traded industrial flow-meter
manufacturer, he led it to a #9 ranking on the Denver
Post’s list of the top-performing businesses in
the Rocky Mountain region. In addition, Dr. Collier
has served as President of Braniff Express Airlines,
Director of Ernst & Whinney’s Strategic Financing
Group, and Research Director for the National Center
for Higher Education Management Systems. He has a doctorate
in Business Strategy from the University of Colorado
and B.S. and M.S. degrees in Management Science from
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
One-Minute
Business Consultant: You have one minute to tell us
your problem, we have one minute to give you a solution.
Elevator
Pitch Competition: Give us your best pitch. You only
get 30 seconds before we start throwing things.
Sigmund
Freud Action Figure Award: Tell us about your
most pathetic failure. Grand prize goes to the brave sole
who truly opens their kimono on this one. Its very therapeutic
to laugh at other people's misery. But we also learn well
in the process.
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