2. Agenda
⢠Meet & Greet
⢠Introductions
⢠90 Second Company Elevator Pitch
⢠Discussion on Advisory Boards
⢠Q&A
⢠Future Topics
3. Who Donât You Want
⢠Your Drinking Buddy
⢠Your Cell Mate
⢠Your ex
⢠Probably your mother
⢠Your rich cousin
⢠Person with the same mindset or a yes person
4.
5. Who
⢠Reach outside your comfort zone
⢠Create a influential team of OCIâs
⢠Industry Vertical Experience
⢠Previous Start-up Experience
⢠People with large contact lists or Rolodex
⢠Members with Legal, Finance and M&A
⢠Customer Advisory Board
6. Effective Memberâs Characteristics
⢠Vision and future focus
⢠Comfort with risk
⢠Strategic thinking for innovation
⢠Understanding of technology
⢠The ability to understand the business side of
Board Governance by taking a holistic view
7. When
⢠When you feel to have a validated business
model
⢠When you would like to fill in skill gaps
⢠Early in the process and before you go for
outside financing
⢠To walk the walk of a structured company
⢠A early proxy for a BOD
8. Why
⢠Your ahead of the curve when you invite
professional investment
⢠To fill skill gaps
⢠To create a team of mentors
⢠Inexpensive way to acquire expertise
⢠Members donât have liability of BOD
⢠It gives investors confidence in your coach
ability
9. How
⢠Create a skills Matrix
⢠Recruit through professional associations or
industry groups
⢠Choose the right people
⢠Get a time commitment up front
⢠Nurture the Board Relationships
⢠Donât forget the compensation.
10. Future Topics
1. Bootstrapping a Company & Exec Summary
2. Forming an Advisory Board
3. Preparing a Pitch for Investors
4. Accessing Capital from a Angel Network
5. Terms to expect from an Investors Term
Sheet
6. Pros of Cons of accessing Venture Capital too
early & some of the pitfalls to avoid
11. Gerard Buckley, BBA, FICB, ICD.D
President and CEO
Jaguar Capital Inc.
(C) 416-884-9522
(W) 416-646-6789
g.buckley@jaguarcapital.ca
www.jaguarcapital.ca
@gerardbuckley
@jaguarcapital