Requesting Speaker Suggestions for Spring 2005

[Paul G. Silva]

Dear Friends of Entreclub,

The Entreclub Core team has put together a schedule of events for the
Spring semester. What they could really use help with is finding good
speakers. Please review the list below and simply reply with your
recommendations on who to contact and HOW we should go about contacting
them.

Thank you very kindly!

Topics for speakers / panel discussions:
* Idea/Innovative Generation.
* Real Estate - Current state of the Real Estate market and the
opportunities for budding entrepreneurs
* I.T.- Leveraging within Business / New Software Ideas.
* Financing - Venture Capitalists and/or Commercial money.
Pitching/Funding these innovations.
* Marketing: - Eddie Binder, Apex Growth / Marketing for Startups &
Small Businesses
* Sales. Building up a client base. Now that you have started your own
business, how do you start building a solid client base: viral
marketing, cold calling, lead generation, and networking?

Topics for "Rount-tables," these are events where 1-3 gusts meet ONLY
with the core team in an informal, round-table Q&A format.
1) Business Plan Writing / Implementing a Business Plan
2) How to create and give a 90 second elevator pitch.
3) Reality of owning your own business

Your thoughts and feedback are greatly appreciated! Thank you!

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Paul G. Silva (psi...@entreclub.org | 413-585-9692)
Director, The UMass Entrepreneruship Initiative (www.entreclub.org)

[Paul G. Silva]

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[Paul G. Silva]

[Paul G. Silva]

[Paul G. Silva]

Hello Jaymie,

I can guarantee 10 students easy for any of our events. Once we have a
few under our belt, I can better judge if we can get 20, 30, or 40.
The core team is composed of 18 students and the yseem very dedicated.

Does that help?

Jaymie Chernoff wrote:
> Hi Paul,
> One of the questions (that is hard to answer) necessary before
recruiting
> some of the desirable speakers is how may students will attend? Can
you
> guarantee 10? or another number?
>
> Jaymie