Slide #1:            Title Slide

Slide #2:            The Problem in the Market (tell in story format)

Slide #3:            Your Solution (your product/service)

Slide #4:            Your Business Model (how you’ll make money)

Slide #5:            Your Special Sauce (why you’re product is so unique)

Slide #6:            Your Customer Acquisition Strategy

Slide #7:            Your Competition (best to present in a matrix format)

Slide #8:            Your Team (including key advisers)

Slide #9:            Traction (key milestones you’ve met)

Slide #10:            Your Current Status and Timeline for Growth

Slide #11:            Your Financial Projections (key assumptions)

Slide #12:            Your Funding Needs (including use of funds)

Slide #13:            Your Exit Strategy (highlight comparables where appropriate

The course was developed by way of a start-up gift from UO alum Isaac Babbs and his employer, Qualcomm Services Labs Inc. (QSL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Inc. that serves as an internal mobile services incubator. It is open to any student, regardless of academic major, said Stephen Fickas, professor of computer and information science, who will lead the hands-on course.

Under the initial agreement, the UO computer science department will offer the course (CIS 199 App Design) for at least five academic quarters.

The gift — generated by Babbs, who holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry, and QSL — allowed for the purchase of 25 Android smart phones for use in the courses. The course could lead to marketable apps, said Babbs, who also will provide students with an overview of the mobile industry and review student projects annually.

While the course is being offered through the department of computer and information science, students in the arts, humanities, social sciences — “any and all academic areas” — are encouraged to seek a space in the class and work to create apps to serve any possible target audience, Fickas said.

The course, Fickas said, also will be part of a new proposal to the National Science Foundation on Transforming Undergraduate Education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.

About the University of Oregon
The University of Oregon is a world-class teaching and research institution and Oregon’s flagship public university. The UO is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU), an organization made up of the 63 leading public and private research institutions in the United States and Canada. The UO is one of only two AAU members in the Pacific Northwest.

Contact: Jim Barlow, director of science and research communications, 541-346-3481, jebarlow@uoregon.edu

Source: Stephen Fickas, professor of computer and information science, 541-346-3964, stevef@uoregon.edu

Links:
App Design course information: http://www.cs.uoregon.edu/classes/11S/cis199apps
UO Department of Computer and Information Science: http://www.cs.uoregon.edu/
Fickas faculty page: http://www.cs.uoregon.edu/People/Faculty/Stephen_Fickas.php

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1. Need in the Market – including an overview of your company
2. Your Product/Solution – including any information about patents/intellectual property
3. Your Traction – highlighting the successes you’ve currently attained (i.e. money raised, customers secured, signed Letters of Intent, significant hire, significant media coverage, etc.)
4. Your Target Market – including your addressable market, and any barriers to entering this market
5. Your Customer Acquisition Strategy – including any data to back-up your proposed strategy
6. Your Competition – including your value proposition
7. Your Revenue Model – including how you will phase your growth over time
8. Your Financial Projections – including key assumptions and the number of human resources you’ll need to reach these goals.
   • Note: You will also be required to provide your detailed financial projections as an attachment to the Executive Summary
9. Your Management Team – highlighting successes relevant to this venture

     10. Your Key Advisers – noting if they have any ownership in your company

     11. Your Funding Needs – including your use of these funds

     12. Your Exit Strategy – including any market comparables

Investor Pitch Deck Outline (Presentations should take 10 minutes to deliver, and it’s important to practice you pitch. Investors need to walk away understanding the value proposition of your product – and be able to explain it to others easily. 

Slide #1:            Title Slide

Slide #2:            The Problem in the Market (tell in story format)

Slide #3:            Your Solution (your product/service)

Slide #4:            Your Business Model (how you’ll make money)

Slide #5:            Your Special Sauce (why you’re product is so unique)

Slide #6:            Your Customer Acquisition Strategy

Slide #7:            Your Competition (best to present in a matrix format)

Slide #8:            Your Team (including key advisers)

Slide #9:            Traction (key milestones you’ve met)

Slide #10:            Your Current Status and Timeline for Growth

Slide #11:            Your Financial Projections (key assumptions)

Slide #12:            Your Funding Needs (including use of funds)

Slide #13:            Your Exit Strategy (highlight comparables where appropriate

Smart-Ups will be held at the new Broadway Commerce Center in downtown Eugene this month. The developer of the BCC, Beam Development, is a progressive development and management real estate company committed to developing flexible, affordable working spaces. Beam’s buildings in Portland have housed the likes of Second Porch, ShopIgniter, and Rumblefish.

We will hear from a panel of entrepreneurs on how to find the right space and what the right space can do for your startup.

Register Here

  Seating limited to the first 25 who register

Fee: $25 (workshop valued at $199) coffee, tea, beverages and light snack provided.

Location: Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce, Sony Room

NOTE: The Smart-ups Pub-Talk “Funding Your Business Through Selling Product – Not Equity” follows this workshop from 5-8PM at the Oregon Electric Station.

The very successful Portland Ten model which helps early-stage companies reach $1M in sales within 18 months is coming to Eugene to deliver a 2-hour workshop on generating sales.

Whether it’s closing your first deal, switching from consumer to enterprise sales, improving the efficiency of your overall sales pipeline, or scaling up sales efforts to maximize a market opportunity, sales are an integral part to the survival and success of your business.

For any entrepreneur, there can be significant barriers to making a first sale or scaling up your sales force. This workshop will provide you with hands-on principles for facing those barriers head-on!

Hands-on Training! Bring to the Workshop:

• Your business model
• You sales pipeline
• Your deal tracker, and recent sales figures to break down your sales process and identify areas to optimize and generate additional revenue in the months ahead!

Workshop Facilitators:

Carolynn Duncan is the Director of Portland Ten, and an expert in venture capital, angel fundraising, and start-up management. She has assisted entrepreneurs in raising millions of dollars, and founded Portland Ten to increase the quantity of high-growth start-ups in the state of Oregon.

Prior, Ms. Duncan worked in the tech, start-up, angel/venture capital networks in Seattle, Portland, southeast Idaho, and Salt Lake City. She has also been affiliated with FundingUniverse, EPIC Ventures, Eastern Idaho Entrepreneurial Center, Hundred Dollar Business, and Provo Labs, and has advised more than 300 startups during her career.

Jennie Kalberer is the Program Manager of Portland Ten’s Six Week Sprint track. She is Founder and Director of Kahnaway Art and Ecology Center in the Columbia River Gorge, and consults for start-ups and new venture projects. She also is the owner of Clean Like You Mean It, a natural cleaning products company. She worked as an interior designer before receiving her MBA in Finance from the University of Portland, serves on the Board of Oregon College of Art and Craft, and volunteers at Chapman Elementary.

Thanks to our great sponsors for supporting entrepreneurship in our community!

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Palo Alto Software CEO Sabrina Parsons presents “Buzzworthy Business Plans” which includes tips for a business plan that will stand out for investors. Sabrina will touch upon the top 10 mistakes made in business plans in order to help you build a great plan that will get funded.  Learn what NOT to do in order to build a buzz worthy business plan. 

• The Old Pad (3355 East Amazon Dr.)
• Thursday, October 27th
• 5PM – 8PM

Register Now!

One of the Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce’s main organizational goals is Entrepreneurial Development. We recognize that entrepreneurs are the backbone of our economy, and it’s the innovators who take the risks, launch new ideas into market, invest in business growth, create jobs and provide great products and services to our community and beyond. 

Entrepreneurs and innovators who have or need to raise somewhere between $200,000 – $2 million to launch their idea into the market can submit their business plans to the Southern Willamette Angel Network (SWAN). Below are the submission requirements:

Executive Summary Outline (not to exceed 5 pages):

1. Need in the Market – including an overview of your company
2. Your Product/Solution – including any information about patents/intellectual property
3. Your Traction – highlighting the successes you’ve currently attained (i.e. money raised, customers secured, signed Letters of Intent, significant hire, significant media coverage, etc.)
4. Your Target Market – including your addressable market, and any barriers to entering this market
5. Your Customer Acquisition Strategy – including any data to back-up your proposed strategy
6. Your Competition – including your value proposition
7. Your Revenue Model – including how you will phase your growth over time
8. Your Financial Projections – including key assumptions and the number of human resources you’ll need to reach these goals.
   • Note: You will also be required to provide your detailed financial projections as an attachment to the Executive Summary
9. Your Management Team – highlighting successes relevant to this venture

     10. Your Key Advisers – noting if they have any ownership in your company

     11. Your Funding Needs – including your use of these funds

     12. Your Exit Strategy – including any market comparables

Investor Pitch Deck Outline (Presentations should take 12-15 minutes to deliver – which gives you around 1 minute per slide; therefore, it’s important to practice you pitch. Investors need to walk away understanding the value proposition of your product):

Slide #1:            Title Slide

Slide #2:            The Problem in the Market (tell in story format)

Slide #3:            Your Solution (your product/service)

Slide #4:            Your Business Model (how you’ll make money)

Slide #5:            Your Special Sauce (why you’re product is so unique)

Slide #6:            Your Customer Acquisition Strategy

Slide #7:            Your Competition (best to present in a matrix format)

Slide #8:            Your Team (including key advisers)

Slide #9:            Traction (key milestones you’ve met)

Slide #10:            Your Current Status and Timeline for Growth

Slide #11:            Your Financial Projections (key assumptions)

Slide #12:            Your Funding Needs (including use of funds)

Slide #13:            Your Exit Strategy (highlight comparables where appropriate

Process for Submitting to SWAN:

1. E-mail your Executive Summary and Pitch Deck to JJ O’Connell: jjo@eugenechamber.com                                                                                                        
2. Your submission will be reviewed and you can expect to hear back within 2 weeks after your submission. You will be notified whether or not you’re selected to pitch to SWAN. We will inform you if additional coaching is required, and where possible, we will recommend advisers.
3. SWAN hosts company pitch meetings once a quarter – and sometimes more frequently (depending on the time of year and the quality of the deal flow). Contact Ben Sappington: bens@eugenechamber.com for more information.
4. If selected to pitch to SWAN, you will be invited in prior to the SWAN meeting to deliver a dry-run of your slides, and additional coaching will be provided.
5. Upon delivery of your presentation to SWAN, individual members will decide whether or not they choose to inquire further about your company. The Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce does not have any involvement in the investment decisions.

Best of luck to you in your venture!

Building start-up teams can be one of the most challenging parts of emerging growth companies. Your team IS your business. Learn from experts about how and when to hire your first employee, how to navigate HR laws/regulations, how to know when to give equity, and how to grow from 4 employees to 20.

More info coming soon…

Fun in the sun with start-ups!

Come expand your network with the local start-up community over a pint of Ninkasi’s award winning beers.  In addition to the drink tickets, Ninkasi will be giving Smart-ups attendees an extra $1 off beers. Networking challenges and a tour of Ninkasi’s operations are scheduled. 

When: July 28th 5 – 8PM

Where: Ninkasi Tasting Room (map)

Register Now!

($20 if you pre-register; $25 at the door; $15 for Eugene Chamber, Corvallis Chamber and SAO members, $10 for students (present ID at the door)

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$200,000 investment prize will be awarded to one Oregon start-up company!

Location: CH2M Hill Alumni Center, Corvallis, OR

Purchase your ticket to attend the conference BEFORE April 29th and save $50.

Afternoon Keynote Speaker

Pamela Slim

Author of Escape from Cubicle Nation.

Pamela Slim is a seasoned coach and writer who helps frustrated employees incorporate jobs break out and start their own business. Her blog, Escape from Cubicle Nation, is one of the top career and marketing blogs on the web.  A former corporate manager and entrepreneur herself for more than a decade, she deeply understands the questions and concerns faced by first-time entrepreneurs.  Her expertise in personal and business change was developed through many years consulting inside corporations such as Cisco Systems, Hewlett-Packard and Charles Schwab, where she coached thousands of executives, managers and employees.

Click here to read more about Pamela.

Purchase your ticket to attend the conference BEFORE April 29th and save $50.