Once your business is up and running, growing it will almost
certainly
require money you won't have. Hear what factors entrepreneurs weighed
in making the decision to raise early financing from sources including
credit cards, angels, family members, friends, and venture
capitalists. Also find out how they sustained their businesses and
managed the responsibility of using other people's money.
Learn tips for writing a business plan for your idea from an author of a book on the topic. If you haven't had time to take a class on the topic, or have questions that you haven't had answered, this is the panel for you! Don't forget the WBPC Phase III deadline of March 21st!
You've got a great product idea but don't know how to make it much less source it, store it, or ship it. Find out how other Wharton entrepreneurs had their products prototyped for the first time as well as how they developed pricing, marketing, and managed inventory using domestic and international resources.
To gauge how great your idea really is, you need customers.
But how do you sign up that first user? This session will
explore how entrepreneurs can design simple marketing studies to identify target customers, sourcing leads, and making those initial sales calls. Panelists will also discuss the importance of learning from and keeping those first customers happy with limited resources.
You want to launch your business but don't have the means to do the basics from sending faxes, hosting partner and customer meetings, and keeping the books. How about getting other people to work for you for free? Learn how others have paid for services including call centers, food service, receptionists, accountants, and lawyers at budget prices, not to mention free labor.
Matheson Hall, Room 109
Do you know what challenges female entrepreneurs face today?
How do you make your MBA network work for you? We invite you to engage with a panel of experienced women entrepreneurs as they share their “lessons learned” as well as how to best plan for the unexpected when starting your own business.
Register here: www.lebow.drexel.edu/mbanetwork
You know you need to use the web to market your business and to drive sales, but you're not a programmer. Find out how to find a good web designer, what makes a designer "good", and how you can manage them to meet your goals efficiently.