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Presentation and Business Plan Assistance
The Art of Funding | The Art of Funding
Business Plan Template
“What Entrepreneurs Should Know About Powerpoint Presentations”
How to Prepare an Effective Venture Fair Presentation
Create your elevator pitch
“How to Present Your Company as an Investment Opportunity”
The Elevator Pitch
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California Energy Commission
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
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Energy Innovations Small Grant Program A Program of the California Energy Commission
Department of Energy, Office of Science
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Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency (SHRA) www.shra.org
Business Environmental Resource Center (BERC) www.sacberc.org
California Capotal Financial developmant Corporation www.cacapital.org
Los Rios Community College Business and Economic Development Center caldwet@losrios.edu
California State University Sacramento (CSUS) cbaweb.cba.csus.edu/csb
University of California Davis Connect (UCD) www.connect.ucdavis.edu
Nothern California World Trade Center (NCWTC) www.norcalwtc.org
The U.S. Commercial Service www.buyusa.gov/sacramento/
California Manufacturing and Technology Association (CMTA) www.cmta.net
Sacramento Metro Chamber of Commerce www.metrochamber.org
Hispanic, Black, and Asian Pacific Chambers of Commerce www.sachcc.org
www.sacblackchamber.org
www.asiancc.org
Sacramento Area Commerce and Trade Organization (SACTO) www.sactoedc.org
Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SUMD) www.smud.org
Sacramento Regional Transit District www.sacrt.com
The Federal Technology Center www.theftc.org
City of Sacramento Development Services
Department (DSD)
ezpermit@cityofsacramento.org
City of Sacramento Office of Small Business Development (OSBD) www.cityofsacramento.org/ESBD
City of Sacramento Finance Department, Revenue Division www.cityofsacramento.org/finance/revenue/
Other Links
How to be succinct in 10 minutes
Presenting to Win: The Art of Telling Your Story, by Jerry Weissman, Prentice Hall/Financial Times, 2003 ($16.97 from Amazon.com) This book is written specifically for CEOs making investor presentations to raise capital.
Read articles from the most authoritative business publications forventure capitalists and entrepreneurs.
From The Wall Street Journal: "The Art of the Pitch, And How To Craft It"
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Business Plan Pro by Palo Alto Software (Standard Edition, $99.95):
The software contains wizards, financial models, and templates for writing a wide range of business plans.
Zero Stage Capital offers business planning advice for startups
Presenting to Win: The Art of Telling Your Story, by Jerry Weissman, Prentice Hall/Financial Times, 2003 ($16.97 from Amazon.com) This book is written specifically for CEOs making investor presentations to raise capital.
Springboard Enterprises, "Creating Your Pitch"
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information 2nd Edition, by Edward R. Tufte, Graphics Press, 2001 ($25.20 from Amazon.com)