Workshop Topic: Assisting Software Businesses become Investment Ready Presenter: Nigel Mayson Date: Wednesday 7 April 2004 Time: 9.00am - 4.00pm (Lunch Provided) Venue: Canterbury Innovation Incubator (CII) 200 Armagh Street, Christchurch Cost: No cost to you (Fully funded by New Zealand Trade and Enterprise) Provided by: Canterbury Software Incorporated / Canterbury Development Corporation
Thinking of growing your business? Held up because you need to find an investor? Not familiar with the legal implications? Then you need investment ready training - "The catalyst to business growth". Investment Ready Training is aimed at helping you find out about the type of finance you require to expand or diversify your business or commercialise your business idea and how you can access funding from investors. Why should you attend? If you are looking for funds to grow your business - now or later on down the track - then you need to know all the ins and outs and adopt a professional approach! Investment ready training is about helping you become investment ready. OUR PRESENTER: NIGEL MAYSON Between 1980 and 1990, Nigel held senior management positions with high profile property development and investment companies based in both New Zealand and Australia including Fletcher Development & Construction in Auckland and Chase in Sydney. During this period he had overall responsibility for the development and management of a variety of large-scale commercial, industrial, retail, residential, infrastructure and other capital development projects. Nigel's public sector experience includes a period as CEO of a Crown entity established to provide advice to the Government in relation to the economic and financial outcomes of major events such as the America's Cup, the APEC Conference and the Olympic Winter Games. More recently, Nigel has worked for New Zealand Trade and Enterprise with responsibility for assisting small and medium sized high-growth companies to assess and develop business capability and key competencies, identify barriers to and catalysts for growth and access specialist expertise, information and capital..... and there is more....!! WORKSHOP TOPICS COVERED Legal Implications of Raising Funds * The Securities Act and the exemptions * Background on public issues * Guidelines on private debt legal documentation Finding an Investor * Deal process and timetable * What to provide investors * Critiquing potential investors and identifying/targeting investors * The importance of "the pitch" Doing the Deal * Due diligence - what to expect * The negotiation process and key negotiating strategies * How and when to use the earn in formula * Legal agreements required HOW TO REGISTER If you have previously completed an Enterprise Training programme, registration form, enrol by contacting Nicky Leadley on (03) 378 0097 or e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] or enrol on line: http://www.cdc.org.nz/main/biz_investment_ready/ If you have not completed a registration form simply phone Nicky Leadley and she will send you one, alternatively you can complete the registration form online: http://www.cdc.org.nz/main/BIZReg/ Regards, Andrei Link On behalf of the Canterbury Software Inc. Committee --> via Canterbury Software email forum: Success through Connections Replies will go to the CSForum. Leave or rejoin the list: http://canterburysoftware.org.nz/forum.htm Searchable list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
