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Welcome ! by Fabienne Buon• For SKEMA Alumni, your career matters. With
this brand new program of interactive workshops, SKEMA Alumni gives you access to exclusive tools, advice and experts dedicated to assisting you with managing your career in the United States, whether you’re already working there or willing to do so.
• Several sessions happened over the school year 2013-2014, hosted and animated by our US partner Strat’America, co-founded and managed by Sylvie Giret & Laetitia Longuefosse.
• Keep checking Skema Alumni’s website for upcoming dates !
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The speakers todaySylvie Giret
An entrepreneur and specialist of thedevelopment of companies and brands in the US market, Sylvie is the co-founder and executive partner of the US consulting firm Strat’America (www.stratamerica.com) and of the business blog Stratégies Américaines (www.strategiesamericaines.com).
Daniel (Dan) Hunter
Dan is the founder & CEO of Trillium Design Group, a NYC-based urban landscape design and build firm that creates residential and commercial landscape projects founded in NYC in 2004. Dan’s entire career has been in horticulture, his true passion ; he started his career in his native country Canada, before he moved to the US.
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Table of content1. Why this webinar and what are its objectives ?2. Becoming an entrepreneur: what it takes, how to
approach it, how to prepare 3. 5 mistakes and pitfalls to avoid for new (and not so
new) entrepreneurs 4. 5 good practices to adopt and follow as an
entrepreneur5. A testimonial : Dan Hunter6. Q&A
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WHY THIS WEBINAR AND WHAT
ARE ITS OBJECTIVES?
INTRODUCTION
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BECOMING AN ENTREPRENEUR: WHAT IT TAKES, HOW TO APPROACH IT, HOW TO PREPARE
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Do I have what it takes ?Through surveys and research, we know that
successful entrepreneurs share some common personality traits, the most important of which is
confidence not only in themselves but also in their ability to sell their ideas, set up a business
and trust their intuition along the way.Small business is fiercely competitive, and it’s the
business owners with confidence who survive.
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Ask yourself a question…
What do I so much believe in, so much want to do, that I will make effort to make it happen
every day, and I’ll be OK with having the success (or failure) of that idea rest squarely on my
shoulders?
If the answer to that is “nothing,” then don’t quit your day job !
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5 MISTAKES AND PITFALLS TO AVOID FOR NEW (AND NOT SO NEW) ENTREPRENEURS
PART 3
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• Spending too much time and energy on product development, not enough on sales
• Misevaluating your target market• Getting the hiring process wrong• Raising too little or too much capital• Not having a business plan (or over thinking
it…)₊ (Launching at an inopportune time)
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5 GOOD PRACTICES TO ADOPT AND FOLLOW AS AN ENTREPRENEUR
PART 3
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• Know what you do well and find others to fill the gaps
• Do your homework• ABC (Always be Closing)• Learn from your mistakes, listen to the market• Always have something new in the works
₊ “Don’t be in your business, be on your business”
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A TESTIMONIAL
DAN HUNTER
FOUNDER & CEO AT TRILLIUM DESIGN GROUP
PART 4
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Dan’s experience• The choice for entrepreneurship : the trigger(s),
key learnings • The top 3 things you did well• The top 3 things you would do differently• Your top 3 biggest everyday challenges• Your top 3 advice to your fellow entrepreneurs
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LIVE Q&A SESSION
Q&A
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• Access the recording • Post your comments and share the experience• Read the exclusive interview of Mathilde Thomas
(SKEMA 1994), Co-founder and CEO at Caudalie
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Some books to read• Start Your Own Business (by Entrepreneur
Media, Inc.)• The e-Myth revisited (by Michael E. Gerber)• Invent It, Sell It, Bank It!: Make Your Million-
Dollar Idea Into a Reality (by Lori Greiger)• True North (by Bill George and Peter Sims)• Abundance: The Future is Better Than You
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