UVEF Presents: ‘Nail It Then Scale It’ with Paul Ahlstrom!

Thursday, October 13
Noon to 1:30 p.m.
Novell Education Center, Building A

Paul Ahlstrom, Author of Nail It Then Scale It has spent his career in the early-stage startup environment.

Paul will present to us the principles in his book Nail It Then Scale It, which he co-authored with Nathan Furr. From the Amazon description, we learn:

Why do most new businesses fail, yet a few entrepreneurs have a habit of winning over and over again? The shocking discovery of years of research and trial is that most startups fail by doing the “right things,” but doing them out of order. In other words, human nature combined with our entrepreneurial drive puts us on autopilot to become part of the 70% to 90% of ventures that fail. From Thomas Edison to Steve Jobs, the Nail It Then Scale It method is based on pattern recognition of the timeless principles and key practices used by successful entrepreneurs to repeatedly innovate.

Paul Ahlstrom, Co-Author of Nail It Then Scale It has spent his career in the early-stage startup environment.

Ahlstrom is a partner at the Alta Group and lives in Mexico City. Paul co-founded Alta Growth Capital based in Mexico City, Kickstart Mexico, Mexico’s first seed fund and Alta Ventures Mexico, a technology focused venture capital fund based in Monterrey Mexico.

The Alta group is the latest in a family of funds that Ahlstrom has founded to help more than 100 CEOs around the world grow their high-tech companies.

Ahlstrom previously co-founded vSpring Capital and Kickstart Seed Fund and has led and participated in many successful investments including Altiris, Ancestry.com, Aeroprise, Rhomobile, Juxta Labs, FamilyLink, The American Academy, Reachable.com and CrimeReports.com.

Questions? Contact Michelle@cedo.org or 801.226.1521 ext.101
No cost for this event to current UVEF members. $25 for visitors.

As usual, we are expecting a large group for this event; please RSVP PDQ.

Another Crunch Lunch success for UVEF!

For those of you looking for info and followup with any of the presenters at our September Crunch Lunch, here are the details:

We featured the following Remarkably Awesome Presenters:

• Ken Kaufman – CFOwise – Building A Mountain of Cash Instead Of Flushing It Down The Toilet
• Brandt Page – Launch Leads – Establishing A Sales Process That Will Actually Generate Qualified Leads
• Barney Madsen – Fillmore Spencer – Protecting Your Brand From Rustlers; The Legal Why And How
• Crystal Cole – Express Insurance – Why You Need To Insure Your Company Against The World, And How
• Shaylin Peck – Lunsford Peck – Removing The Confusion From Corporate Formation So You Know What You Should Be
• Chris Knudsen – socialplayz – Generating Real Business Leads From Social Media Instead of Wasting All Your Time
• Randy Scott – Snapp Conner PR – How PR Can Make A Good Product Great, And Your Company Even Better
• Bill Brady – Eli Kirk – Branding Strategies And Other Ideas On How To Make A Viable Image For Company

For those of you looking for the Branding Worksheet that Bill Brady offered at the end of his presentation, here you go: Branding Worksheet.

Thanks for coming, everyone!

UVEF Presents: Crunch Lunch September!

Thursday, September 8
Noon to 1:30 p.m.
Novell Education Center, Building A

Featuring the following Remarkably Awesome Presenters:

• Ken Kaufman – Building A Mountain of Cash Instead Of Flushing It Down The Toilet
• Brandt Page – Establishing A Sales Process That Will Actually Generate Qualified Leads
• Barney Madsen – Protecting Your Brand From Rustlers; The Legal Why And How
• Crystal Cole – Why You Need To Insure Your Company Against The World, And How
• Shaylin Peck – Removing The Confusion From Corporate Formation So You Know What You Should Be
• Chris Knudsen – Generating Real Business Leads From Social Media Instead of Wasting All Your Time
• Randy Scott – How PR Can Make A Good Product Great, And Your Company Even Better
• Lance Black – Branding Strategies And Other Ideas On How To Make A Viable Image For Company

We are thrilled to be hosting another exciting Crunch Lunch event!

Eight presenters spend five minutes each in a rapid-fire presentation of concentrated business advice, tips, and ideas. Ten great business topics that move so fast you won’t have time to get bored. And, we conduct a drawing between each presentation for a variety of impressive gifts!

Don’t blink, and bring a pencil. Each presenter has exactly five minutes to present using 20 slides. Slides automatically advance every 15 seconds. This exciting format assures a high concentration of business advice in a single lunchtime.

Presenters are highly informative, educational, and relevant. Presenters are not allowed to pitch themselves (until the final slide), and you’ll walk away with a brainstorm of information. You’re welcomed to stay after the event to mingle and ask questions.

Crunch Lunch is an entertaining, fast-paced, informational event.

Questions? Contact Michelle@cedo.org or 801.226.1521 ext.101
No cost for this event to current UVEF members. $25 for visitors.

We are expecting a large group for this event; please RSVP PDQ.