OTBC Survey - What Programs & Events would you Like to See us Offer?

We get input at our lunches, and through our Meetup.com site, but we'd like to round that out with input from a larger sample of the Portland area tech entrepreneur community. So please take three minutes to let us know what kinds of programs you'd like to attend. These are mostly ratings of 1-to-5 to show interest level in a topic. Lots of ideas are listed, but it goes fast. Really! Three minutes. (OK, maybe four minutes at the outside.) Thanks!

(To keep up with our events, check out our Meetup.com page at meetup.com/otbc-events )

(And when you complete the survey there's a link to view what others had to say up to now.)

Which of these best describes you? Check all that apply

Technical background; individual contributor (Engineer/developer/architect/tech support)
Creative background (design/advertising)
Marketing/sales background (marketing, sales, PR)
Finance/accounting background
Manager with strong tech background
Business manager
Other:

Are you interested in starting a company or joining a startup? Check all that apply

I'm already at a startup
Yes, I'd like to start a company
Yes, I'd be interested in joining an existing startup if it were the right fit
No, startups are not for me

Please rate the Topic Ideas below as per your level of interest in attending. And if there are burning topics on you mind that we missed, add those here! (Or at the end.)

Lunch topic: How to validate the market to make sure they'll buy it if you build it You need to know - and so will investors

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No interest						Excellent - I'll be there!

Lunch Topic: Are Business Plans Really Useful? Some biz plans are useless. How much planning is too much? Too little? Should you "just do it" and not plan?

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No interest						Excellent - I'll be there!

Lunch topic: How to compensate the early-stage startup team Stock compensation; contractors vs. employees; tax implications; etc.

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No interest						Excellent - I'll be there!

Lunch topic: How to create financial projections for an emerging business It's more than guesswork...

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No interest						Excellent - I'll be there!

Lunch topic: Project management for startups Early on, you're really a focused project team; here's now to deliver

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No interest						Excellent - I'll be there!

Lunch topic: How to bootstrap Bootstrap - and don't take investor money - if you can. Here's why and how.

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No interest						Excellent - I'll be there!

Lunch topic: How to Raise Venture Capital An overview of how the process works - and mistakes to avoid

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No interest						Excellent - I'll be there!

Lunch topic: How to raise money from Angel investors An overview of how the process works - and mistakes to avoid

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No interest						Excellent - I'll be there!

Lunch topic: HR - what startups need to know How to stay out of trouble while building the early startup team

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No interest						Excellent - I'll be there!

Lunch topic: How to create an investor presentation It takes more than slides -- but the pitch is important. Here's how to create a compelling pitch

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No interest						Excellent - I'll be there!

Lunch topic: Startup record keeping and accounting (yes - you need to know this!) Record filing for due diligence; Quickbooks; and more

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No interest						Excellent - I'll be there!

Lunch topic: Licensing as a business model - how to If your IP is valuable, you can make money by licensing it

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No interest						Excellent - I'll be there!

Lunch program: Sales 101 What you need to know about selling (when you're too small to have a VP of Sales yet...)

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No interest						Excellent! I'll be there!

Lunch topic: How to Value Price your Product or Service Yes, there are better approaches than "guessing" !

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No interest						Excellent - I'll be there!

Lunch topic: Valuation - how do VCs decide what my company is worth? It doesn't involve dart boards - but it can be pretty subjective...

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No interest						Excellent - I'll be there!

Lunch topic: Founder expectations - things to think about Who owns how much stock, who is CEO, and other questions

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No interest						Excellent - I'll be there!

Half day workshop: Validating your Market Both you and investors need to know the market is real; here's how to find out

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No interest						Excellent - I'll be there!

More End-of-day networking events for startup team members i.e., more entrepreneur networking events with beer?

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No interested						Excellent - I'll be there!

Full day workshop: Getting investor ready An intensive review of what it takes to get ready to (credibly) raise money

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No interest						Excellent - I'll be there!

More multi-week (one evening per week) hands-on entrepreneurship programs for step-by-step help ... like FastTrac® TechVenture™

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No interest						Excellent - I'll be there!

Half day workshop on Legal Topics for Startups (longer than a lunch - time to get more detail) Company setup; stock; protect IP; HR issues; with lots of Q&A time

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No interest						Excellent - sign me up!