Minimum Viable Everything workshop series

NOTE: Participants of this workshop series should be past the idea stage of their business. 

Minimum Viable Everything is a six-part interactive workshop series hosted by Venture Deli partners Norm Tasevski and Assaf Weisz. This series will take place throughout May and June 2011 at the YMC in downtown Toronto. Space is limited so please register now to save your spot! 

#1: Business Modelling for Startups | May 9th at 7:00pm to 9:00pm  
How does your company make money? 
Workshop takeaway: Draft business model 

Media Coverage: http://www.techvibes.com/blog/how-to-create-a-business-model-for-your-startup-2011-05-11

#2: Go To Market Strategy | May 16th at 8:00pm to 10:00pm

How do you actually take your product/service to market? 
Workshop takeaway: short term action plan to get the product to market a.s.a.p.

#3: Business Infrastructure | May 30th at 7:00pm to 9:00pm 
How do you build the guts of your business? 
Workshop takeaway: knowledge of all the major infrastructure pieces for a functioning business

#4: Financing Your Start-Up | June 6th at 7:00pm to 9:00pm 
How do you raise money? 
Workshop takeaway: decisions on which type and source of capital is best, and what needs to be prepared to approach the source.

#5: How To Sell | June 13th at 7:00pm to 9:00pm 
How do you determine price? 
Workshop takeaway: excel breakdown of break-even analysis, price points, sales targets and sales strategies

#6: The Pitch | June 20th at 7:00pm to 9:00pm 
Will they give you money? 
Workshop takeaway: feedback but no guarantees; this would be a live pitch event for a panel of angel investors!
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Venture Deli helps socially and environmentally responsible entrepreneurs to launch businesses. They ready start-ups for investment and commercialization by developing management capacity, core business infrastructure, and capitalization strategies. 

Norm Tasevski: 
Norm brings to Venture Deli nearly a decade of management consulting experience. Norm worked as a Social Entrepreneur-in-Residence with the Social Innovation Generation (SiG) program at MaRS, where he advised innovation-minded social organizations in topics ranging from revenue diversification to business model development. 

Assaf Weisz: 
Assaf is a serial entrepreneur. Prior to Venture Deli, Assaf founded and led the Young Social Entrepreneurs of Canada (YSEC), where he grew the organization to become one of the nation’s largest networks of socially-responsible entrepreneurs. 

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