Congratulations to the CEO E-Board for 2010-2011!

VP of Promotions: John Davis

Tomorrow nights meeting will be at the Saavvy Entrepreneur Series V: Cash Flow and How to Use it!

Tuesday, April 20, 2010
5 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Registration and Networking      5 - 6 p.m.
Program                                        6 - 7:30 p.m.
Networking                                    7:30 - 9 p.m. 

BACK TO GVSU LOCATION
Room 123
Cook-DeVos Center for Health Sciences
Grand Valley State University
301 Michigan Street NE
Grand Rapids, MI  49503

Co-produced locally by the West Michigan Science & Technology Initiative, Grand Angels, MIT Enterprise Forum
and Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest.

The Savvy Entrepreneur seminar series will provide a highly interactive forum for entrepreneurs and start-up, early- and mid-stage
high growth companies to interact with a panel of experts, as well as network with their peers. The series is designed to focus not
only on the basic how-to’s of building a successful business, but also cover best practices in intellectual property, team building,
initial sales and securing capital.

Cost to attend:
$30 per session if registered in advance, $40 per session at the door.
Students: $5 per session at the door.

Click here to register online.

Parking is provided onsite. Please pick up parking permit from the parking attendant located behind the Cook - DeVos Center for
Health Sciences building and accessed off of Lafayette Street.

Topics include:

September 30, 2009 – Anatomy of the First Sale - COMPLETE
Learn the anatomy of the first sale, how to think through positioning your service/product, and how to structure your message to
maximize value.
Sponsor: Reagan Marketing & Design

October 15, 2009 – Building Barriers to Market Entry by Competition: Intellectual Property and All That Jazz! - COMPLETE
Multiple opportunities and options can be created to build barriers to market entry by competitors to your new enterprise. This
session will focus on strategic and tactical use of intellectual property, trade secret, first-to-market positioning, channel blocking,
strategic partnership, and other ways to build and keep market dominance!
Sponsor: Price, Heneveld, Cooper, DeWitt & Litton, LLP

November, 18, 2009 - Building a Great Team - COMPLETE
The top five criteria to most investor reviews is management, management, management, management, and management. Designing
and building a winning management team (and Board!) is essential to business success and gaining investment. Our panel of experts
will address how to recruit and retain key leaders, advisors, and board members for your start-up company.
Sponsor: Axios Incorporated


February 18, 2010 – The Continuum of Funding - COMPLETE
Access to capital at any stage of business development is critical. This session will focus on which type of investment
is most appropriate, and what investment vehicles are available (especially some you might not know about!)
Sponsor: Warner, Norcross & Judd


April 20, 2010 – Cash Flow, and How to Use It.
Hooray! There is cash flow into your business! Come debate the best way to use it -short and long term- to build
meaningful value!  This is the last seminar in the series. Come network one last time, wrap-up and recap and we will discuss the series as a whole as you provide your feedback.
Sponsor: Lambert, Edwards & Associates