The best of our past Growing-Your-Business sessions:
May 9th, 2012
What’s Next? Its Never Too Early To Plan Your Exit
Presentations
Louis Sapi, Managing Partner and CEO, HS & Partners LLP
Ken Sweeney, Principal and Partner, Growth Equity Partners
Geoff Scholes, Vice President of Sales, Planning & Logistics, Del Monte Canada
April 11th, 2012
Leveraging Your Research Dollars
Presentations
Denis Lajoie, Partner, Ernst and Young’s SR&ED Tax Credit Practice
John MacRitchie, Regional Director, Ontario Centres of Excellence
March 7th 2012
Business Valuation
Presentations
Andrew Maxwell, Chief Innovation Officer, Canadian Innovation Centre
Sunil Selby, Founder and Managing Partner, Trellis Capital Corporation
Michael Winter, President and CEO, Tyromer Inc.
February 15th 2012
Raising Capital – Term Sheets
Presentations
Steve Lewis, Senior Vice President and Partner, Ernst and Young
Karen Grant, Executive Director, Angel One Investor Network
Aidan Nulman, Co-founder, Winston
Resources Shared by Our Speakers
Karen Grant/Bill Payne: Valuation Scorecard and Worksheets
Mark Suster: Both Sides of the Table
Brad Feld: Feld’s Thoughts
Term Sheet Series
Venture Deals
Fred Wilson: AVC
January 11th 2012
Smart Outsourcing to Access Key Executives
Carlos Raposo, President, Perform Management Consulting Ltd.
Carlos’ Presentation
Alex Gallacher, Managing Director/Founder of ENGAGE HR
Alex’s Presentation
Joseph Ruffo, Chief Financial Officer, Del Monte Canada
Joseph’s Presentation
December 14th, 2011
Creative Financing and Angels
Don Ross, Business Development Manager, Easylease
Don’s Presentation
Enes Kula, Manager, Business Development Bank of Canada
Enes’s Presentation
Michael Garrity, CEO/Co-Founder, CommunityLend
Michael’s Presentation
November 16th, 2011
Intellectual Property – Alternative to Patents
Peter Azmi, Business Development Officer in Life Sciences, The Innovations & Partnerships Office
Peter’s Presentation
Bhupinder Randhawa, Partner, Bereskin & Parr LLP
Bhupinder’s Presentation
Robert Liang, Patent Agent/Lawyer, RIM
Robert’s Presentation
October 12th, 2011
Business Models that Make Money
Philip Walsh, Associate Professor, Ted Rogers School of Management
Phil’s Presentation
Elda Fares, Partner, KPMG Enterprise
Elda’s Presentation
Alan Cruickshank, President and CEO, Augen Capital
Alan’s Presentation
September 15th, 2011
Building Your Dream Advisory Board
Speakers:
Kirk W. Corkery, COO, Arcis Digital Security
Kirk’s Presentation
John Switzer, Chair, RIC Centre
John’s Presentation
Jordan Grant, CEO, Seprotech Systems
Jordan’s Presentation




