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FastTrac GrowthVenture

Sustainable growth cannot be left to chance. With FastTrac GrowthVenture, it isn’t. Discover how to plan for purposeful, profitable growth, and improved business performance during this 11-week course held by the Denver Metro SBDC. Hindsight is 20/20, so take what you’ve learned in your business and look to the future. Create a framework to improve the performance of your business with FastTrac GrowthVenture, presented by Colorado Leading Edge.

Targeted specifically to entrepreneurs who have been running their business full-time for at least two years, and have at least one additional employee, FastTrac GrowthVenture focuses on the issues you need to:

• Make critical decisions about your business vision and strategy
• Investigate next-stage growth and opportunity
• Plan for strategic growth
• Build and maintain a competitive advantage
• Lead with clarity
• Maximize cash flow for future profitability

FastTrac GrowthVenture makes you an active participant in a program designed for entrepreneurs just like you. Your facilitator, Denver Metro SBDC Consultant Rosy McDonough, is attuned to the issues that influence the decisions you make about your business. She makes the program meaningful by applying this knowledge to your business. Business coaching enables you to access one-on-one input with issues as varied as business performance and planning, strategic marketing, employment issues, financial backing and support, growth readiness, and more.

What’s more, you gain enthusiasm for your business future—along with the valuable networking relationships that last well beyond the program.

Thoughtful, insightful, and above all practical, FastTrac GrowthVenture provides a forum that allows you to:

• Analyze your business and evaluate the market for growth
• Streamline your business to operate more efficiently
• Determine strategies to achieve your goals
• Understand how to access the human, financial, and business resources available to you
• Calculate the funds required to reach your next growth phase
• Create a framework to sustain maximum profitability while you grow
• Use the tools and resources that assist you in planning for growth.

Session topics include:

• Session 1 (9/27): Sizing Up Your Business
  Guest Speaker: Tami Young, AdvenTech, Inc
• Session 2 (10/4): Exploring Growth Opportunities
  Guest Speaker: Leo Lewis, Corona Insights, Inc
• Session 3 (10/11): Funding Options Panel
  Panelists:
  Small Business Administration
  Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade
  Liquid Capital of Colorado
  Wells Fargo
  Colorado Enterprise Fund
  Preferred Lending Partners
  Colorado Lending Source
• Session 4 (10/18): Making Strategic Decisions
  Guest Speaker: Diedra Garcia, DRG Construction Corporation
• Session 5 (10/25): Using Financial Tools
  Guest Speaker: Jayesh Shah, Witt Financial
• Session 6 (11/1): Strengthening the Product/Service
  Guest Speaker: Tamara Pester, Tamara Pester, LLC
  
• Session 7 (11/8): Seizing the Market
  Guest Speaker: Kimberly Smith, AvenueWest Global Franchise
• Session 8 (11/15): Leading the Organization
  Guest Speaker: Kris Wittenberg, SayNoMore Promotions
• Session 9 (11/22): Managing Operations for Growth
  Guest Speaker: Mike Evans, Playtime
• Session 10 (11/29): Community Resources Panel
  Panelists:
  Entrepreneur Organization
  CEO Exchange Program
  TAB - The Alternative Board
  TiE Global