Monday, February 13, 2006

Book Mitch for a Speaking Engagement

Mitch Thrower speaks across the country to corporations, universities, CEO’s and management teams. He has presented around the world. From The International Olympic Committee in Lausanne, Switzerland to the University of San Diego and the University of California, San Diego LIFE institute of San Diego. He is also on the board and has presented at Forum 21.

You can book Mitch Thrower for a speaking engagement by sending an e-mail to Emily, or by calling 858.551.1728

EXTRA VALUE: When you book Mitch Thrower for any of the presentations below, or for a custom presentation, Mr. Thrower will spend time, at no extra cost, with a smaller session of VIP’s or executives to interact and engage in an interactive discussion. This allows for a second question and answer session in a more intimate setting.

The Attention Deficit Workplace
In this Presentation, Mitch Thrower provides the audience with an interactive presentation designed to dissect their attention deficit workplace symptoms. Following an entertaining look at the current workplace, Mitch outlines 20 essential strategies and tactics to become more successful in today’s workplace.
Sample topics:
  • the office romance
  • the toggler
  • email efficiency
  • how to interact successfully, quickly
  • the attention management game of twister
Ten Essential Lessons from a Serial Entrepreneur
Sample topics:
  • beware of terminal creativity
  • understand how passion and profit interact
  • how to survive the “killer factors”
How to Buy and Turn Around a Magazine or Business in 12 Months
Sample topics:
  • understanding the cap table & a leveraged buy out
  • publishing valuation models
  • the essential keys to turning a business around
  • understanding and increasing revenue sources
The Entrepreneurial Life
Sample topics:
  • enrolling and enlisting others
  • writing the business plan
  • the investor pitch – the vision of racegate.com/active.com
  • the product
  • ticketmaster – corner your competitors and partners
  • the boom
  • the bust
  • roles and responsibilities – stepping out of the spotlight
  • how to avoid “the founder’s dilemma
How to Launch or Expand Your Business in Europe
Sample topics:
  • how to open up new markets
  • how to cut through any red tape QUICKLY – even in France
  • license 101
  • understanding organic, partnership and acquisition growth strategies
  • successful SHAREHOLDER NAVIGATION to liquidity events
Managing Yourself as a Global Brand
Sample topics:
  • branding defined
  • opportunities lost and found
  • ceo and president of “your life, incorporated”
  • guerrilla public relations
Managing Expectations and Commitments
Sample topics:
  • expectations defined
  • roles and responsibilities
  • to do or not to do – that is your career question
  • over promise and under deliver
  • adjusting expectations
  • avoding the sand traps of entrepreneurial expectations.
The Ego Battlefield of the Entrepreneur
Sample Topics:
  • the conflict of the creative and the financial
  • the secret questions of the venture capitalist and angel investors
  • managing egos – the desire to create, the desire to destroy
  • how to survive blame placing and credit taking corporate cultures
  • the compensation committee
Passion Autopsy & Workshop
Sample topics:
  • passion defined and adjusted
  • marry your work to your passion
  • contagious excellence – sports and people
  • identify what you are passionate about
  • how to fill out your passion discrepancy scorecard
Financing Your Venture
Sample topics:
  • angels and angles
  • defining legal structures (international tax implications)
  • liquidation preferences
  • term sheets and definitive docs
  • due diligence
  • the difference between “smart & helpful”
  • money and “dumb & high maintenance” money
  • tips and techniques to get your business
  • funded intelligently


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