ENTREPRENEURS OF TULSA, INC.

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Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103-4018      Phone 918-582-6131    Fax 918-584-4213

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Welcome to our new Community Sponsor:


"Creativity To Commerce"
innovation-invention-intellectual property-investment

  TULSA'S FORUM FOR NEW IDEAS AND MENTORING

RSVP Now for ET Monthly meeting

TUESDAY june 28th, 2011
meet US AT Baxter's Interurban 7TH & Houston IN DOWNTOWN TULSA

5:30 TO 7:00 PM

Bill Bartmann

Reboot: How to Start Over When You Lose It All

Bill Bartmann is the ultimate underdog/survivor/achiever, overcoming personal circumstances and tragedy to rise to the top enterprise in America. Homeless at age 14, a member of a street gang and a high-school dropout - Bill took control of his life by taking the GED exam and putting himself through college and law school.

At the request of a bank, he took over a foreclosed oil-field pipe manufacturing plant and turned it into a million dollar a month business, until OPEC slashed the price of oil - leaving Bill out of business and a million dollars in debt. Refusing to give up, Bill and his wife and business partner, Kathy, borrowed $13,000 and created a new industry - Debt Resolution. Three years later, they had repaid the entire million dollar debt. Over the next 13 years, they grew Commercial Financial Services to 3,900 employees with revenues in excess of $1 billion and earnings in excess of $182 million.

On July 1, 2010, Bill launched CFS II, hired eight former CFS employees and started talks with hedge funds on raising $400 million to build the debt portfolio for CFS II. The new company is in the same debt resolution business as its predecessor. CFS II buys debt for nickels on the dollar and then treats debtors with dignity and respect to incrementally collect what is owed. In November 2010, CFS II entered into a lease of two floors of CityPlex Towers with 103 employees and aggressive growth plans.

Please RSVP to Adam Stoermer, Executive Director, Entrepreneurs of Tulsa:

Email adam@stoermertraining.com or 865-256-2739

Admission: Free to members and member guests.
All others pay $20 at the door. Cash bar with light hors d'oeuvres buffet.

 

 

"Be a Successful Entrepreneur"

What is your Entrepreneurial pitch?

Volunteer for presentation and feedback at ET's monthly meeting.

Let us use our experiences to give some value back to Tulsa's entrepreneurial community. Each month ET will host 2- 10 minute presentations for great new ideas and provide feedback from our members.

THE CONCEPTUALIZED BUSINESS PLAN

THE NICHE Hook #1: Can we MAKE it?

The Value Concept for the Customer

(WHY buy?)

THE MARKET Hook #2: Can we SELL it?

The Demand-Driven Strategic Opportunity Target

(WHO buys, HOW MANY, WHEN, HOW, WHERE?)


THE RETURN Hook #3: Can we PROFIT from it?

The Financial Projections and their Timetables

(How much can we profit and when?)

THE NEED Hook #4: Can we COMMIT to it?

Success, Personal Investment, and Additional Financial Need Requirements

(How much we personally contributed, how much more we need, and what does it take to succeed overall?)

THE INFRASTRUCTURE Hook #5: Can we PLAN it?

The Product and Marketing Considerations

The Organizational Considerations

The Legal Considerations

The Risk Management Considerations

The Operational Considerations

(What business functional plans need to be in place as the venture's infrastructure?)

THE PEOPLE "FAKTS": Financials, Attitude, Knowledge, Timing, & Skills

Hook #6: Can we EXECUTE it?

The Management and Leadership of People

The Financial Management and Control of Money

(Ability to lead and manage people and money?)

THE DEAL Hook #7: Can we GROW it?

The External and Internal Performance Risks

(Evaluation and contingency plans to PROTECT the Value Concept’s Performance against Threats?)

The Growing and Sustained Competitive Advantage Edge

(Growth and development plans to IMPROVE the Value Concept’s Sustained Competitive Advantage Edge?)

The Future Possibilities

(International,harvesting, and/or exit prospects to EXPAND the Value Concept?)

George S. Vozikis, Ph.D., Bovaird Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurial Studies, University of Tulsa, copyright

 

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