AN EXCLUSIVE WORKSHOP INVITATION                           

How do you write an executive summary that will get an investor interested?

Finding the finance you need for your enterprise can be like learning to play chess for the first time - you have to know the moves before you understand how to win. When you know how the game is played, financing your business is quicker and far cheaper.

How do you market your business for investment?

What is an executive summary? How do you go about writing it? What will grab an investor's attention? When is the right time to put your executive summary to investors? How do you find good business angels in the first place? What are the common errors? How do you make sure your business plan stands apart from all the others?

Find out at this exclusive workshop

To hear the answer to these questions and more, you are invited to an exclusive two-hour seminar in partnership with The British Library sponsored by HSBC, Wingrave Yeats and British Angel Capital Ltd.  We’ll explore the ways you can save time writing lengthy business plans and focus on the key document: "The executive summary"

Why should you attend?

While managing and being involved in angel networks during the past several years, this event's expert speaker has reviewed thousands of plans. He has learnt that there is a unique approach that will significantly increase your chances of getting your plan noticed. On this workshop you will be asked to bring your existing plan or, if you do not have one, create a draft at the workshop.

What else will you learn?

• How to quickly build your own credible executive summary
• The most important information to include in your document
• About case studies of successful business plans and bad plans
• How to lay out your executive summary for easy reading
• How many pages your plan should be
• What should be covered in the rest of your plan
• The financials you should always include
• How to define your USP and present it within the plan
• Why full business plans are not important as you think
• How to create an executive summary that gets noticed
• How to get your deal seen by investors
• A DIY approach to finding a business angel

Expert speaker

Paul Grant, founder of The Funding Game

Paul knows what it’s like to be on both sides of the funding fence. As an entrepreneur he raised funds for his own business, securing capital from business angels, bankers, family and friends and even a government grant.

After seven years of trading he exited his business in 2003 and was invited to join a private equity company, Capital Partners, eventually heading up the business angel division. Here he had access to some 5,000 angel investors and reviewed more than 1,000 business plans every year.

During this time Paul learnt a lot about why so many businesses fail to secure the funding they need in the start-up and growth phases. Paul has met with many investors, bankers and venture capitalists over the years and in the course of his work has uncovered what they are really looking for.

More importantly, Paul has developed an approach to raising capital that works. He is keen to share with you what he has learnt as an entrepreneur and as an industry insider.

Paul is currently an associate director of BA Capital and Bergstrom Capital and is a regular speaker at events on the subject of raising capital.

What other entrepreneurs say

“This is a great resource for new businesses”     “Extremely insightful and informative”

        “Nice to hear from somebody who has achieved what they are talking about”

“I’ll recommend this event to others”     "Inspiring and kick started me into action"

"Clear, concise, basically excellent"   "Really worthwhile attending this event" 

          “You’ve given me a completely new perspective on funding”