Presentation Materials

Miss a session on a key subject? Powerpoints and helpful references from the Seminars for Success follow below. New materials are added regularly, so check back following seminars offered this year!

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2009-2010 Resources

Handouts

Business Planning Outline - Commerce

Business Planning Tips

Market Research

For nonprofit organizations, please use the Business Library Associations Unlimited database or try GuideStar for financial information (you may obtain micro-detail from the Form 990s the service makes available for free).

Choosing organizational forms (version: tax, non-tax)

Financial planning seminar materials

  Slides, feasibility check for new company, timeline and sample financial spreadsheet model.

2008-2009 Resources

Retailing deck,"Top ten" tips sheet, and product launch/consumer trends for 2009

Approaching the media: slides, tweetchat transcript with media experts. Alternatively, please log into Tweetchat.com, enter your Twitter username and password, and enter #bizpitch for the room to enter.

 

Websites

Market research reports for purchase - Market Research

Government consumer and economic data - Census

Registering a business - Wisconsin Dep't Financial Institutions

Trademark search - U.S Patent & Trademark Office

Copyrights - U.S. Copyright Office

Slide presentations - Presentation Zen

Salary data for projections - Salary.com

2007-2008 Resources

Handouts

Beyond Patenting and Defending and Patent Search

 

2006-2007 Resources

Product Development Process An Entrepreneurial Case Study

Media Kit Production and Media Options

 

2005-2006 Resources

Yes – You DO Have Competition!

 

Forms

To enter the Burrill Competition, a team must submit a completed Approval for Public Disclosure form along with a Competition Cover Sheet and seven copies of the business plan on April3, 2009.

1. Approval for Public Disclosure Form

2. Competition Cover Sheet