What It Takes to be a Successful Entrepreneur

Have you thought about - Self-assessment of your skills, doing market research, choosing a name and an image, how much money you need and where to find it, hiring employees, developing a marketing and sales plan, understanding your competitive advantage, understanding the financials and how to develop a business plan. We will discuss all of that ...and much more.

Who should attend:

 • Anyone contemplating starting a business.

What will be covered:

•  Personal Skills - Vision, personal responsibility and goal setting
• People Skills - How to listen, be a motivator, manager and good recruiter
• Strong Work Ethic - willingness to put out whatever effort is needed
• Management Skills - Plans, forecasts and being pro-active
• Marketing and Sales Skills - Research, features and benefits, and sales techniques
• Understanding Risks - How to mitigate risk
• Money Management Skills - what you need, where to find it, and how to control it
• Business Plan - Developing & monitoring a plan for your business

Presenter: Bill Gootnick, Former VP of Operations of Applause where he helped grow the company from $7 mil to $140 mil in BTC Sales.  Serial entrepreneur started, grew and sold 4 businesses, including one he started in his garage with his son that grew to 360 employees, 11,000 active BTB accounts and a 22% bottom line profit.