12th Business Acceleration Summit and 2019 Programs

BUSINESS ACCELERATION NETWORK

Social Entrepreneurs, Visionaries, and Thought Leaders Register @ BusinessAccelerationNetwork.com

BUSINESS
 ACCELERATION NETWORK events: Live and online

Bi-annual Business Acceleration Summits with awards, speakers, mentors and mastermind groups.

Annual media magic Intensives with media contacts

collaborators club Year long program

Join the club and do weekly acceleration activates with our tribe to active your business mind and heart with various mentors and coaches.

cruise

Take your Business on Vacation with the Business Acceleration Summit at Sea 7 night cruise with Royal Carribean.

mastermind monday’s FREE online learning network where every Monday we connect to share ideas and resources.

media magic book

Workbook on the 6 essentials to creating a promotional buzz and how to attract thousands of dollars in free publicity

media magic home study course

Virtual training with 5 media experts sharing strategies to attract free publicity. This includes videos, audios, and workbooks.

Youth Programs sponsored by local communities

Over 50 young entrepreneurs have been sponsored to attend our events by local business leaders.

I PLEDGE Business Acceleration Network

2019 This is the year to accelerate what is needed in this world — conscious business networking and growth. Together this year let’s make a difference. My pledge to you to create the most dynamic networking of leading edge mentors to catapult your life in many ways.

Business Acceleration Network Mastermind and Connect with Your Tribe

Shannon Gronich Shannon has spent more than a decade building an international conscious business community by helping

Editor and Chief of Business Acceleration Network Magazine Founder of Business Acceleration Network Event and Marketing Strategist Speaker Visionary Master Connector

small businesses grow into their full potential through knowledge-sharing, marketing, and cooperative strategies.

Known as the owner of an exclusive “Million Dollar Rolodex,” Shannon has successfully attained over $3.1 million publicity for herself and her clients. What’s more, she readily shows others how to do the same. A master at creating strategic alliances and developing sustainable partnerships, Shannon almost effortlessly resolves multiple, complex issues while motivating teams to peak performance. Shannon has appeared on television, radio, and in the press. She’s co-author of the Amazon #1 best seller “Law of Business Attraction – The

Magazine Designed

by Karen Elkins www.sciencetosage.com sciencetosage@gmail.com

Secret of Cooperative Success” with T Harv Eker of The Millionaire Mind.

SOCIAL INITIATIVE We’re committed to…

Developing innovative social entrepreneurs. We feature a non-profit or social mission at every summit. Usually our amazing attendees will step up and offer pro-bono services and/or cash donations to support these various causes. Amazing!

Young Entrepreneur program for our future leaders. Do you know a budding entrepreneur, ages 6-26? Let’s fast-track their success! They can come learn with us … for free. Scholarship programs available. bit.ly/BANScholarship Building a financial eco-system. Thriving small businesses are the backbone to our economy. We are committed to helping businesses not only survive, but thrive in our community.

BECOME A SPONSOR To learn about Business Acceleration

Being the bridge that holds business, health, and family together. It’s all connected.

Summit’s Customizable Sponsorship Opportunities call 321-549-2128 info@businessaccelerationsummit.com

Mission Our mission is to create conscious business partnerships through engaging purposeful events. Will you come play with us?

Together, we will shift how the world operates in the workplace!

12th Business Acceleration Summit Instant Networking to Uplift Business Dreams

February 8, 9 & 10 Orlando Florida, Rosen Hotel The goal of the network is to develop thriving business communities through collaboration.

The summit attracts nationally recognized business experts in law and finance, strategic planning and execution, public relations and marketing, and leadership skills development who freely lend their knowledge and expertise to entrepreneurs and business owners to help them on their journeys of launching and growing successful organizations.

Hundreds of entrepreneurs from throughout the United States have attended past summits, and many return for each successive event to gain additional knowledge and improve their business models.

February 8th Day 1, 4:00-5:30 PM — Expo with 20 plus exhibitors FREE and reception

Gala Friday Night — Visionary Award Celebration and Mastermind Dinner with Keynote Speaker: Bert Oliva

February 9th & 10th 2 Day, 9:00-6:00 PM — Workshops with Mastermind lunch with Mentors

3 Day, 10:00-4:00 PM — One on One strategy sessions with Mentors, Guest Speakers Option 1 - Elite Experience See Sponsorship Package $597 • VIP ticket with Mastermind Meals and Reception

• Bring a Guest with workshop pass

• Business Assessment with Personalized 1-on-1 Event strategy session

Option 2 -VIP 3 days only $297 VIP access with exclusive training • Participate in 3 Mastermind meals including awards dinner

• One-on-one strategy sessions with mentors VIP priority seating

• Your choice of mentor at Awards Dinner

• Pre-event VIP accelerator- 60 minute group coaching call with Shannon and mentors

Option 3 - General Admission 3 days, only $197 (No meals) • Access to 3 days including highly desired workbook to accelerate your business

• Opportunity to create a compelling pitch

• Maximize your investment training Awards Dinner Not included

Option 4 - Livestream 2 days, only $77 • Access to 2 days including highly desired workbook to accelerate your business

• Workbook with replays

• Virtual session with Mentor of your choice

One day Saturday pass $97 Friday Gala with Dinner $97

Expo and Visionary Awards

Schedule Day 1 Expo + Visionary Award Dinner Plus Private VIP Wine Reception for Mentors & Special Guest 4:00 PM

Networking, Expo, and Registration Party (refreshments served)

5:30 PM

Opening to Visionary Awards - A Celebration of Community

6:00 PM Shannon Gronich

High Performance Collaborative Networking Experience - Are you ready to expand your team? Looking to get your message in front of every person at this event? Then this high energy networking experience is something you don’t want to miss! Bring lots of business cards and have your elevator pitch ready.

6:30 PM Mentors

Mastermind Dinner with Mentor - Sponsored by Ropert & Partners

7:45 PM Collaborators

Visionary Awards and Fundraiser - Charity of Choice Motivational Missions

8:30 PM Bert Oliva

Become Fearless - Keynote Presentor

9:00 PM

Event Closing

9:30 PM

Elite & VIP ONLY

Private Wine Reception with Mentors & Special Guests Sponsored by Platinium Payments www.PlatPay.com

11:00 PM

Goodnight

Speakers and Mastermind Groups

Schedule Day 2 7:30 AM Nadia Linda Hole, MD

Morning Qi Energizer - Relax, Renew, & Revitalize yourself with an empowering fun set of meditative breathing & stretching exercises from the 5000 year old tradition of QiGong

8:30 AM

Registration, Networking and Expo

9:00 AM Shannon & Friends

Welcome to the Business Acceleration Network and Dare to Live Challenge

10:30 AM

Networking Break

10:45 AM Heshie Segal

7 Easy Steps to Build Powerful Connections you can monetize.

Imagine you are in a room with 20 others. You are each given $500 and told to throw your stash into the air and then race to retrieve as much as you can. In the process, some will shove and grab; some might get hurt, and others might stand back and just give up . . . is this what life was meant to be? For many, we could equate the process to accumulating Financial Net Worth.

11:15 AM Shannon Gronich Don Ward

High Performance Collaborative Networking Experience - Are you ready to expand your team? Looking to get your message in front of every person at this event? Then this high energy networking experience is something you don’t want to miss! Bring lots of business cards and have your elevator pitch ready.

11:45 AM Mark Porteous

Aligning Purpose and Profit The Benefits of Aligning Your Business with Your Values. Mission driven entrepreneurs make their Soul Connections so that they can impact and change the world, scale their businesses to six and seven figures, and enjoy thrilling Soul Success in every arena of their lives.

12:00 PM

Lauren Cohen, Esq.

Top 7 Secrets of Keeping Your Business Legal Lauren will cover the seven main principles of keeping things legal as you scale up to sell and will also address joint ventures in collaboration as a particular topic of focus

12:15 PM Bert Oliva

Life By Design - Bert will motivate anyone to triumph over fear, self-doubt or phobias & touch their hearts at the same time. Bert specializes in bringing real solutions to the challenges that cost businesses time & money.

Schedule Day 2

1:15 PM

Mentor and Mastermind VIP Lunch with a mentor of your choice

2:30 PM Jon Davis

Are You My Missing Piece? The Art of Collaboration Jon Davis lives by the belief that without us all, we are nothing at all. Since discovering this concept, Jon has built and exited two successful companies and has recently created The JV Society - a gathering place for the creation and launching successful collaborations between business owners.

His belief is that through fun, ideas and bringing the right people together with an open mind, ideas that change the world are created.

2:50 PM Karen Elkins

The Wisdom to Live Consciously Connected See The Living Matrix ~ See Its Working. Witness How You Literally Create, Interchange, And Impact Your Environment And How You Shape Your World. It Is Awakening To This Connected Universe, Its Wonder And Creation.

3:20 PM Nancy Mathews

Being The One Clients Love to Buy From Nancy will be sharing how to make the sales process fun, easy and profitable. You will learn how a simple shift in perspective and language will have people asking to buy from you!

3:50 PM

Networking Break

4:00 PM Nadia Linda Hole, MD

Good Qi for Good Fortune

4:15 PM Shannon Gronich

Being the Best YOU - Discover how you will move forward after the summit with your clear roadmap and dream team.

5:15 PM Bert Oliva

Become Fearless

5:45 PM

Closing

Qi Gong, Speakers

Schedule Day 3 Connect with a Mentor 7:30 AM Nadia Linda Hole, MD

Morning Qi Energizer What's your big dream? Start your day with a dose of QiGong, & see what happens.

8:00 AM Mentors ONLY

Mastermind Breakfast with Mentors and Sponsors ONLY

10:00 AM Mentors

One-on-one Strategy Session with Mentors of your choice.

Appointments are secured for ELITES and VIP guests first on Saturday, February 9

10 -12 PM Nadia Hole, MD 5 Qi Secrets

5 Qi Secrets for Greater Happiness, Health, & Success Got challenges in your life? health? relationships? business?

Experience for yourself the "miracle healing" power of Qigong.

12:30 PM

Lunch on your own

1:30 PM Mentors

One-on-one Strategy Session with Mentors of your choice.

Appointments are secured for ELITES and VIP guests first on Saturday, February 9

4:00 PM

See you at Media Magic: Sales and Marketing Intensive April 11-12, 2019

Connect with a Mentor

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MASTERMIND CHEER LEADER TEAMWORK

your Host, Speaker & Mentor

Welcome to our 12th Summit to Accelerate Shannon Gronich has spent more than a decade building an international conscious business community by helping small businesses grow into their full potential through knowledge-sharing, marketing, and cooperative strategies.

Known as the owner of an exclusive “Million Dollar Rolodex,” Shannon has successfully attained over $3.1 million publicity for herself and her clients. What’s more, she readily shows others how to do the same. A master at creating strategic alliances and developing sustainable partnerships, Shannon almost effortlessly resolves multiple, complex issues while motivating teams to peak performance. Shannon has appeared on television, radio, and in the press. She’s co-author of the Amazon #1 best seller “Law of Business Attraction – The Secret of Cooperative Success” with T Harv Eker of The Millionaire Mind.

Shannon has produced over 400 events and conferences since 2001 with 100+ exhibitors and 100+ volunteers. And she still has all her hair! In the process she discovered that most event sponsors, speakers, and exhibitors are missing key knowledge and planning skills necessary to make their event successful. This insight led to Shannon’s creation of a simple system to train businesses and their teams in the fine art of conference excellence. She guides her clients through customized systems and follow-up implementation that turns leads into cash through marketing, joint venture partners, product sales, and sponsors. Her clients get results and make money! She provided multiple group trainings for cities producing the “ReBirth 2012” Barbara Marx Hubbard events globally.

Shannon has successfully coordinated summits for inspiring entrepreneurs through long time established businesses by group collaboration with mentors and keynote presenters. She has aided in developing a thriving business community and created collaborative business ventures through the Business Acceleration Summits. www.ShannonGronich.com

Alliance Partners & Mentor

Mark Porteous,

Founder of The Inspired Messengers

Network, guides Evolutionary Entrepreneurs, authors, speakers, coaches and healers – to thrive in their Divine purpose of transforming lives. Whether clients engage in private consulting or participate in the Inspired Messengers Network, they grow their audience, enroll new clients, and scale their businesses to make greater impact in the world while creating more freedom, abundance and joy in their own lives.

Mark’s clients share his conviction to accelerate the shift in social consciousness from a state of fear and separation to one of love and deep connection. The author of Maximizing Your Human Experience: A Personalized Travel Guide for Your Journey of Life, Mark walks that talk and inspires his readers, viewers, members, and clients to do the same.

Your journey begins with personal awareness. Take a free Core Values Index assessment and discover more of who you really are at www.MarkPorteous.com

Donald L Ward - Multiple Industries ( always became a Leader in each) Made Millions twice, lost them twice then figured out through mentors, mistakes, books, and persistence how to monetize just about anything. Auto Industry, Land Tract Development / Construction/ Sun Tanning Industry, Health & Beauty, Consulting Coaches, C Level Execs, Entrepreneurs, Professionals & Pastors - www.DonWardConsulting.com

Alliance Partners & Mentor

Bert Oliva

is sought after by companies all over the world for his passion, his knowledge and his infectious spirit. He is a Leadership Expert that has transformed lives and helped many to find their human potential.

Bert is an international orator and motivational teacher. He has authored books, developed multiple training programs and coached executives to increase their bottom line. Bert focuses on helping companies and individuals tap into their greatness by teaching them leadership, communication and helping to improve their overall performance. www.BertOliva.com

Special thanks to our alliance partners that are assisting to bring us successfully to Orlando for the first time.

Speakers & Mentor Nancy Matthews Leadership, Sales & Marketing Expert Master NLP Practitioner Co-Founder, Women’s Prosperity Network Nancy brings more than 30 years of experience and the perfect blend of business expertise, authenticity and heart to all of her endeavors. After 20 years in corporate with several entrepreneurial endeavors on the side, in 2002 Nancy went into business for herself, developing several multi-million dollar enterprises.

As a single mother of two amazing children (now all grown up), Nancy knows first-hand how to juggle the many demands on our time and energy to achieve extraordinary goals and enjoy the journey!

Nancy is the Co-Founder of Women’s Prosperity Network, Author of The One Philosophy, Visionaries with Guts, the highly acclaimed Receiving Your Riches Course and the Best Selling Series, Journey to the Stage. She is regularly featured in the media and has shared the stage with some of today’s top thought leaders and business experts.

NancyMatthews.com and WomensProsperityNetwork.com

Lauren A. Cohen

Global entrepreneur and #1 bestselling

author Lauren A. Cohen is a corporate and immigration attorney licensed in both the U.S. and Canada. Lauren is an expert concierge immigration and business legal advisor boasting a stellar track record of success. Lauren has first-hand knowledge of the visa process, having herself immigrated from Canada in 2001, and later becoming an American citizen in 2012.

After many years running e-Counci Inc., a successful international transactional legal advisory company, Lauren recognized a pervasive need for a single-source solution to the challenge of hiring quality, vetted professional advisors to ensure the business is sustainable, scalable, and ultimately saleable.

Designed for business owners and entrepreneurs who struggle to ensure that their businesses are built on a strong foundation for growth or successful exit by identifying gaps, ScaleUP is the only company that offers an all-inone solution to fill the gaps and all of your professional service needs. _ www.ScaleUPCheckUP.com

Speakers & Mentor

Heshie Segal

is a professional speaker, author, trainer,

consultant, network marketing strategist, entrepreneur, children’s advocate and philanthropist.

Disenchanted with “salesy, in your face networking,” she created JetNettingTM, a unique, quick-paced system for developing authentic, solid relationships. Its powerful simplicity has enabled her to teach the process in business, universities and high schools.

Heshie has won numerous awards for Community Service and Mentoring, and has founded a number of organizations including two non-profits. Her clients include Small Business Associations, Chambers of Commerce, National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), American Express Financial Advisors, AFLAC and many others.

Heshie has an incredible enthusiasm for life, for serving others and for transforming lives; especially the children she serves through her nonprofit Kids Better World and her International Water Campaign, Puritii For Humanity. 5000 Children die every day from drinking contaminated water! As The Ariix Global Puritii Ambassador, her goal is to save 1,000,000 kids with her Puritii Water Filtration systems by 12/31/2020 - www.KidsBetterWorld.com

Nadia Linda Hole M.D. Dr Linda Nadia Hole MD is a pioneer in bridging Qigong, Oriental, Western, & Energy Medicine. With degrees from Princeton, Duke, U of Spiritual Healing & Sufism, & Oneness Universities, she has served on numerous faculties, including the World Congress on QiGong, American Holistic Medical Association and American Academy of Pain Management.

She is a catalyst at the Summit for quick healing and business clarity. - www.AlohaMD.com

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Jonathan Davis

lives by the belief that without us

all, we are nothing at all. Since discovering this concept, Jon has built and exited two successful companies and has recently created The JV Society - a gathering place for the creation and launching successful collaborations between business owners. His belief is that through fun, ideas and bringing the right people together with an open mind, ideas that change the world are created. www.JVSociety.com

Karen Elkins,

has created various visual

informational platforms for decades from her 23 years in advertising, to publishing over 50 editions of her online magazine, Science to Sage, as well as her new book InsideOUT. Her background also includes co-creating an educational center for Gifted and Creative learners, hosting a radio show and events for emerging new science and consciousness leaders from Gregg Braden, Micheal Bernard Beckwith, don Miguel Ruiz, Dr. Joe Dispenza Lynne McTaggart and many more. She has presented at the Tesla Tech Conference, Energy Science and Technology Conference, Breakthrough Energy Movement, and Lucis Trust Foundation. www.ScienceToSage.com

Mentors

David Dunworth is the Chief Experiences Officer of Marketing Partners, the Founder and CEO of the i-Influencer Academy, and is an international speaker on the topics of marketing for small business owners and entrepreneurs.

Dunworth is a Midwesterner, although he has lived in more than 8 states, and 10 countries. Dunworth is a product of the Wilson College, and Madonna University in the U.S. studying marketing and advertising. His formal education from King’s College London, UK, serves him well, having studied international management and philosophy. Dunworth considers himself a lifelong learner, and is an insatiable reader and researcher.

Dunworth, known as The Over-Caffeinated Entrepreneur’s success comes from two simple beliefs; “ Caffeine is your friend,” and “Sleep is over-rated.” Dunworth states, “I can sleep when I am dead; there will be plenty of time for it then!”

His advice for entrepreneurs desiring to grow quickly: “Find the busiest man or woman you can find and enlist their support. You’d be amazed at the results.” www.MarketingPartnersLLC.com

Dawn Gluskin

is the chief storyteller, truth digger and

content strategist at Blissed Communications, where she works alongside entrepreneurs & corporate executives to help them craft powerful branded messaging that connects deeply with their audience. Prior to following her bliss and launching her marketing and messaging company, she once grew a technology firm from $0 to multi-millions in revenue. When she is not cooking up some delicious word stew for her clients, she can be found on her yoga mat with her heart wide open, soaking up sunshine and salt air at the beach, devouring yet another luscious book, or throwing wild solo dance parties in her living room. www.DawnGluskin.com

Mentors

Ruke

is an Artist, Author & Inventor See RUKE’s Trailer

here https://youtu.be/MgR_mVXJKrA He’s Described as a Creative Entrepreneur and Artist who Transforms Visions into Reality. Ruke has worked with Intellectual Properties of Disney, Marvel and Chico’s He started his first company, Ruke Illustrations, 2 Decades ago and grew it into blink, a full-service Creative Marketing Studio.

After great success, he upped the fun by jumping into the Video Game Industry, first representing them and then creating them. In 2010, all the experience and talents were combined to create Game Nation, an Experiential Video Game Theme Park and Resort concept.

RUKE became an Inventor, in 2016. He received a Patent for “A System and Method for Providing a Multi-Players game Experience” in a physical space, bringing video games to life.

He enjoys spending quality time with his family playing Video Games, Legos or working on miniature sets and worlds inspired by Star Wars. ruke@ruke.com

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5 Minute/Finger Investor Pitch Without Powerpoint CHRIS SALTER·SATURDAY, MAY 7, 2016

By CHRIS SALTER Years ago I had a great coach (Linda Chandler) help me with my 5 minute investor pitch. The first thing she said was, it doesn't matter how good your deck, your pitch, your business plan, your team, your idea, if you don't CONNECT. With that in mind I worked on a way to memorize a five minute pitch using my hand as my mnemonic device. It has worked for me and helped dozens of others raise hundreds of thousands of dollars (I raised millions with it,

“sales” that may help you“pre-sell” your dream. First of all, while we all get nervous about presenting, my antidote is to come from sharing. We all share stories about our families, jokes, insights, new restaurants, or other news with others very naturally, and this project you love and care about should ideally be a SHARE. Share your vision, starting with the end in mind.

and now with a new company seeing its power and simplicity again.)

work on your vision before going out and sharing it, certainly before asking others to invest. If you are not clear, or do not know where you are going, why should anyone follow you? Your role is to lead them and their money to the Promised Land. For that you need vision, not just for your product and company, but for them and their money.

You don’t need to have all the answers, but you better have an idea, and know where to get the answers (lawyers, accountants, experts, internet, books, etc.). Ask for a vision team (people that have knowledge

I have copied my notes on how to do it below, if it helps you, pass it on. Good luck!

(Note: I learned all this and much more being involved in an entrepreneur organization called CEO Space, where a lot of the "prerequisites" I mention below can be found. I raised over $10 million dollars through that network pre-recession using the ideas, attitudes and approach I outline below, and again, I learned all this there. I am just putting it down in a more layman's words, and hope it helps.)

When I looked at other great projects that did not move as fast or as far as mine, I wondered what missing ingredient might be there that I had, but they did not. I believe it may be some years ago I had some excellent sales training, and was able to use this. Here are some basic principals of

If you do not believe in /see your end vision,

that will brainstorm with you) if you feel cloudy. These people will help you get some orientation, but it is your job to get clear.

The clearer you are, the better you communicate, the more the universe can help. When you are clear, you can come from that future vision, and share it with people here, and they will see it because you see it, you were just there, and are telling them what is beyond the horizon.

We have a theory about investors, that they are human.

They want to be treated courteously, they don’t want to be stalked, they want to be invited, they don’t want to feel guilty, their money matters to them, they want it to grow without them, they want you to treat it with the care that they do, they want to understand what they are getting into, they want to trust you, they want you to be worthy of their trust, they want updates along the way, etc, etc, etc.

NOTE:The more money they have, especially when considering a large investment, the more risk they are taking, the more fear they may have, their whole identity may tied up in their money. Large investments tend to take more time. Sometimes you can raise more from smaller more decisive investors than one large investor in the same time frame. More than anything, they need to feel comfortable with you, the project, the team, and that they can afford to risk the money. Some of that you control, some you don’t. It is their decision. Financial wherewithal and psychological wherewithal are not the same. Be sure they have both. Everyone will sleep better, because remember, your project will take longer, and cost more than you think.

You are going to learn a great deal about the“Language” of capital, which is very concrete, very clear, very straightforward, but well thought out, especially from the investor’s point of view. But like any language, it will take time, practice, and the willingness to make mistakes and be coached and corrected for you to master it. Put that learning curve into your calculus of how long it will take for you to raise the money you need, but realize this is a very valuable life skill, and once you master it, you will truly be free to co-create the most amazing dreams, for the rest of your life.

1) First rule of sales. Only talk to interested parties.

When they indicate they are not interested, thank them, and ask them, “who do you know?”. No “pressure” sales. Do not take any rejections personally. They simply don’t “get it” or “you”. It is often much more about where they are than the worthiness of your dream or project.

NOTE:Consider whether any of their objections or concerns are valid. If so, correct them! Even a plan to correct them can help overcome the objection next time.Address them in the spirit of invitation, inviting into a great project, deal or company, as if you were inviting them to the celebration fiesta when you sell the company. (Visualize that party in your mind and heart. Would you feel embarrassed or timid about inviting someone there?)

Second rule of sales, qualify/disqualify. Ask yourself, do they:

2) Have the wherewithal?

(Financial psychological?) “The minimum is $25,000, can you handle that? ”Disqualify people who cannot handle the risk, psychologically or financially.“This is high risk, high return. You can lose some or all of your money. We promise to do all we can to mitigate risks and produce positive results, but we all need to be grown ups about this.

No one can guarantee results, and if you cannot handle that risk to your capital then this is not your cup of tea so to speak, and we cannot accept you as an investor. We prefer clarity up front to unnecessary stress along the way, as there certainly will be bumps on the road, and we want our capital team to be comfortable with the venture from the outset.”If you smell fear in the conversation, go directly at it.” Fears handled in

the open can be handled and addressed, and decisions are then made based on all the facts, good, bad and ugly. Leave fear in the shadows and you have two possible bad scenarios, they don’t invest because of their fears, or they invest in spite of their fears, and later freak out. You have nothing to lose by addressing their fears openly, except bad future partners or missed opportunities for clarity.

3) Have the authority to decide?

“Is there anyone else you need to consult to make a decision? Should we get them on the phone?”

4) Need what you have?

(NOTE: Very wealthy people do not“need” money, though they may want it, so your “investment” may not have any appeal!) They may be and often are motivated by other desires, i.e., legacy, giving back, solving a problem for others that they experienced, enjoying creating new things, etc.

What to know what their “other” motivations might be?Ask them!

5) Have time to listen/pay attention?

Do they understand what you are talking about?

People that won’t or can’t pay attention will not or should not invest. We have had people come to us based on the recommendation of a friend and wanting to “just invest”, we always insisted they read the docs and discuss the venture with us, or they can’t participate. Often they would end up investing more, but we were ready to lose the investment rather than have them complain later that they didn’t understand or cite claims their“friend” had told them that were never real about our deal.

6) Have the huevos/courage/guts/ cojones to make decisions?

Any entrepreneur will tell you that an indecisive person is the worst investor candidate, they waste time at every stage. If you sense the person cannot make a decision, then either address their hidden objections (“What is really holding you back?”) or make the decision for them, i.e., “I can see this is not your cup of tea, who do you know that might be interested in a high risk high return investment like this?” If they insist they are still interested, insist they make a decision. You are not looking for “any” investors, you are looking for the right investors, the right match, and if it is not them, that is fine,“who do you know?” is the right way to let them go.Your role is NOT to get them to say yes, your role is to invite them to listen, inform them, then invite them

NOTE: If you know other sales “techniques” like tie downs, closes, etc, my advice is to avoid them. You don’t want an investor to feel like you “talked them into it”. You want the opposite, that they feel like you fully appraised them of the risks, and tried to make sure that they were financially and psychologically able to do this without undue fear or nervousness, that you almost challenged them not to invest if they could not handle the possibility of losing some or all of their money. You are going to be together for a long time, so you want to be clear and cozy from the beginning. True investors will feel like they can trust you more for telling them WHAT THEY ALREADY KNOW. They will not be afraid if you qualify them hard up front. This will help you move forward without babysitting, or undue anxiety on their part over time, simply by maturely accepting those risks up front.

to make a decision. THEIR role is to decide.

If they cannot make decisions, disqualify them in your mind, and move on.

Answer these often hidden concerns for your investor candidates before they ask them.

Each digit is one minute, and break each minute down even further while you are practicing. The most important thing is that you can do this with no props or notes, while looking them in the eye, and CONNECTING. Nothing matters if you fail to connect with your investor candidates. So, to review:

1) THUMB What is your project/product/service? (Paint a picture, use a metaphor, make it powerful, clear and concise, so they can share it easily.)

Who cares? (Markets, how big)

2) FOREFINGER Exit strategy (How they get their money out? IPO? Merger/Acquisition? List sample buyouts in your markets and potential acquisition candidates who would gain by buying someone like you. ) ROI (Return on investment) Speak of targets, not promises, maybe cite parallel companies/examples in related fields) NOTE: For non-profits, the“Return on investment” often means impact, i.e., as a result of their funding “x number” at risk teenagers will be helped, etc.

5) LITTLE FINGER Can you manage and protect this? (Growth, IP, Management?)

PALM “What is your interest level? i. On a scale of 1-10? ii.Yes/no?

iii. How much? iv. What is your timeline to get the documents in? Again, you are looking for people who can make a decision.

Get to a decision; do not be attached to any particular person investing. If they say no, ask two questions.

A) Is this a permanent no, or would you like to be kept in the loop?

B) Who do you know who might like and want to get involved in something like this?” (The question “Who do you know?” raised half the $11 million for Piano Wizard.)

3) MIDDLE FINGER (The next 3 are hidden doubt or objections investors often have. Address it up front before they can think it ) Can you make or produce this? (Team, experience, prototype?)

4) RING FINGER Can you market and sell this? (Strategies that make sense.)(NOTE: This is where investors decide to marry you or not)

If they commit and then later hesitate or delay, ask, “Were you serious about investing?”

Everyone wants to be taken seriously. People mean to do what they say, but sometimes vacillate. Ask them point blank if they were serious. Again, do not be attached to them investing or not, even after they commit.

Real investors invest. In your project. In real time. Anyone who does not is not truly an investor of yours, are they? Don’t play games, if they do, disqualify them. The most powerful word in the universe is NEXT. Because it frees up a billion possibilities in your mind, instead of being attached to a dead end process. That being said, we try to move on without animosity or resentment. It is nobody’s “fault” if they don’t invest. Life is long, and investors may change their minds, or it may simply be that this is not right for them, or YOU. There is a great saying, “Friends come and go, but enemies accumulate.” And “Resentment is like taking poison and expecting the other person to die.” We say, “I love you, goodbye!” and we move on in peace.

“Bridge”, or “Seed”, or “Compliance” Capital Conversations.

You need to learn about different kinds of capital offerings and legal constraints/ obligations of each. Generally, if you are offering ownership or equity, you need to fulfill certain regulations before you can l e g a l l y r a i s e m o n e y. I n o r d e r t o get“compliant” you may need to raise bridge capital in the form of personal loans.

If you are raising compliance/bridge capital, the process is slightly different from the above process, especially because you need to understand what kind of investment this is to them, i.e., This topic is

for those who are getting their compliance capital together, in other words, promissory notes, usually unsecured. This kind of money is tough to get, as there are lots of HIGH risk, HIGH reward opportunities in further stages of development. ] Compliance capital, being a loan, and subject to usury laws, and often unsecured by collateral, are HIGH risk, LOW return.

Because you can only pay them back interest no matter how well you do, but they could still lose all their money.This is why friends and family are generally the most likely source of this money, and it is unlikely (not impossible) to be found outside that circle, as there are many HIGH risk HIGH return options here, and people just don’t know you enough yet to make an unsecured loan out of the blue.

Does that make sense?

Risk Reducers • Your Integrity/Their trust in you (often comes with time together) • Your Commitment/ their perception of that (over time, if you come back often) • Knowledge • Networks • Collateral

So, when asking for compliance capital, you still go through the FIVE MINUTE OVERVIEW, but after you finish, you take it away from them at this point and say “But you are NOT investing in my company at this time. I do not have the legal documentation in place yet to make you an offering. This is a bridge loan. (Say, 1% per month, 6 month renewable) First investors in, you are out. At a later time, once I have a professional package completed, with a business plan, a PPM, legal offering documents etc., I will let you consider converting your note into investing in my company. That will be your choice, based on an informed decision with legal documentation and disclosure, but for now this is a straight loan. I am doing this, no matter what..”(If that makes you queasy, if you are not that committed, reexamine your vision until you are ready to go for it 100%.

People will sense that courage and commitment or lack thereof in their bones.)

“I will pay you back, no matter what.” (Look them in the eyes, and mean it.)“Will you help me?” What you will find is that far from being dismissed, most people will really encourage you, and admire you. They may not give you money, (but they may lend you capital). (Capital turns into more money). If they say no, remember to say, "I understand this is not your cup of tea, that is perfectly OK, it is high risk type of investment, and not for everyone. Who do you know that might be more suitable?" No pressure, no begging, no attachment to that particular person investing.

You are looking for the RIGHT investors.

If it is not “right” for them, or they do not “get it”, or are afraid, they are NOT the right investors! They may invest later, once you are at another stage, or you may bring them another project, (not yours) and they invest in that. Relationships are what matters, and endure, and there is no reason to make people feel guilty or bad in any way. No attachment makes them more likely to refer someone and remember you favorably. Life is round, don't make it hard for the person listening to be honest about their DECISIONS. It is their job to decide, not yours. Your job is to invite, and ask for a clear decision. If they cannot decide, that is a NO. Be decisive for them, not excluding or punishing, just moving on gracefully understanding that you as a CEO do not have time for the indecisive and uninterested.

Remember always to ask, “Who do you know?” It may end up being someone you know and forgot.

Ask to practice your five minute overview, in front of people, AFTER you have practiced in the mirror and would buy from that person.

Connect Nothing you say, or do, or have matters if you do not connect, person to person, with your investor candidates.

My first five minute overview took 17 minutes. It took me nine months to feel like I mastered it.

I always have my hand (5 minute overview) with me, no matter where I am. I have raised a great deal of money at meal meetings, with those five minutes.

When they time you and you finish in 4:59 seconds, they are impressed. Even though this is just an overview, you have just addressed all their major concerns, and then they can ask questions, and now you can invite them to look at your documents.

Make sure they are of the same quality, so they do not find a large discrepancy between how impressive you and your vision are, and your written plan. If they say yes, ask, “Who do you know?”. If they say no, ask “Who do you know?”

And remember, it is NOT about survival.

You will survive. You live in the richest country in the history of the world, and if you have family and health, you are already a billionaire and unbelievably lucky and blessed in the eyes of the world. Keep

your integrity and your dreams, and you are on holy ground already. Getting your project launched is icing on the cake of your life. First rule of the hitchhiker's guide to the universe is "Don't Panic". Fear is never attractive, but you need to be truly at peace. Paint your picture from the future looking back, and come from the spirit of invitation to abundance, not fear of scarcity. And remember you are just learning to speak "capital". Be easy on yourself, but relentless in your efforts to improve and articulate your vision better and better every day. It is a life skill, and one that can and will change your ability to realize any dream or vision. And it starts with integrity, and common sense.You can’t lose, if you are coach-able, and you leave no stone unturned. Your dream is perfect. With work and practice, your plan and your language soon will Be patient, but persistent, and open like a child to learning this cooperative sailing technique.

Like taming the wind, it is subtle, but it can take you anywhere you want to go. Poor sailors blame the wind, novice sailors watch and study the masters. By using this without attachment, your problem will be abundance, not scarcity. You will need to organize all the resources you found, and get them in the proper sequence. You will not regret that you tried, but that you did not try ten years ago.

Finally, my motto has been, what one fool can do, so can another. I am that fool. If I can, I truly believe you can too. Learn, earn and return.

My only request of you, is that you share this information with anyone else that it may help, and share your resources, ideas, and knowledge with others, so our network of dreamers and doers can grow richer with your presence.

Thanks, and God Bless you and your dreams.

To your business & life success

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Lesson People who share a common sense of direction and community can get where they are going quicker and easier because they are traveling on the thrust of one another.

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