FountainBlue Online: Strategic Entrepreneurism August 25, 2008

FountainBlue cordially invites entrepreneurs from around the world to join us in an online lecture on Strategic Entrepreneurism, featuring Jonathan Fisher, Managing Director Teahupoo, LLC; Professor of Business, University of San Francisco; CEO, Bharosa, Inc. (Acquired by Oracle, Inc.).

What: FountainBlue Online Webinar on Strategic Entrepreneurism

Date: August 25, 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. PST

Location: LiveMeeting, sponsored by Microsoft

Costs: $20 for the Lecture, $30 for the Lecture plus one to four follow-up sessions

Registration: Pre-register at http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=163018 by noon on August 22. Registration following that time will be a $10 additional fee.

In Q2 2008, only 14 companies went public, none of which were venture-backed. This is the first time in 30 years, where not a single company going public was venture funded. These are the facts. But business people need to understand what that means for them, and how to take action to support their business interests.

Entrepreneurs from around the world are invited to join us in a lecture on Strategic Entrepreneurism, where entrepreneurs strategically build their organizations from the beginning with a particular acquirer's needs in mind.

Attendees who participate in the main lecture have the option of participating in interactive follow-up sessions, on up to four topics of their choice. The times and topics for these follow-up interactive roundtables are below:
• What is strategic entrepreneurism?
• Monday, August 25, 7:00 – 7:30 p.m.
• Financing: Securing Resources for a Successful Company
• Monday, August 25, 7:30 – 8:00 p.m.
• Customers: Getting Customers On-Board
• Tuesday, August 26, 5:30 – 6:00 p.m.
• Employees & Partners: Signing on the Right People
• Tuesday, August 26, 6:00 – 6:30 p.m.
• Product Development: Developing with Partner in Mind
• Tuesday, August 26, 6:30 – 7:00 p.m.
• Exit: A Win-for-All Ending
• Tuesday, August 26, 7:00 – 7:30 p.m.

For more information:
• About Strategic Entrepreneurism, read the article ‘Lean times for venture-capital-backed IPOs’, by Tom Abate, 7/1/08, available at http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/30/BUKK11HKT5.DTL
• About FountainBlue and our various entrepreneurial and leadership communities, visit http://www.fountainblue.biz/online.html.
• About Jonathan Fisher, and his thoughts on Strategic Entrepreneurism, visit http://www.sandhill.com/opinion/editorial.php?id=193.
• We are offering attendees a 20% discount on Mr. Fisher’s book on Strategic Entrepreneurship, scheduled for release on September 16, 2008. http://www.selectbooks.com/t_strategicent.htm.

Official Website: http://www.fountainblue.biz/online.html