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Pitching For Investment MasterclassDecember 6th 2011
Part 1: IntroductionGordon Brown (Circuit Break)
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Agenda• What are the Masterclasses?
• Company Introduction David Reilly (Create Ts and Cs)
• Key Note Speakers Brendan Waters (Johnston Carmichael)
John Waddell (Archangel Informal Investment)
• Question and Answers
• Defining your 5 Ps
• Lunch
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Gordon Brown
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Gordon Brown• Over twenty five years experience in sales and
marketing.• This included fourteen years with Bass Brewers
finishing as Director of Brands for the Tennents portfolio.
• In 2000, as a board director, Gordon was part of the successful floatation of e-comsport Group plc - a sports technology company.
• Education includes an Honours Degree, Post- Graduate Diploma in Management Studies and an MBA.
• Gordon is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketers and a Chartered Marketeer.
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What do I do
• Circuit Break: (formed 2001)• Marketing consultancy
• Branding advice
• Marketing coaching and training
• Consumer insight advice
• Marketing/Brand/Activity planning• Brain Juice: (formed 2005)• Unlocking creative thinking• Creativity course• Workshops/Brainstorm facilitation
• Novels: (first published 2009)• Crime thriller writer
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Clients
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What are the Masterclasses?
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What are the Masterclasses?
• These events have been created to deliver three key benefits:– Hear from industry experts passing on the
benefit of their experience.– Network with a wide range of companies and
individuals.– Promote you own business to potential
partners and customers.
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Masterclasses
• Thursday 31st March - Marketing and Branding.
• Thursday 26th May - PR
• Thursday 16th June - Social Media
• Wed 24th Aug - Successful sales planning and securing that all important client
• Wed 21st Sept - The ins and outs of B2B Marketing
• Wed 7th Dec - Raising Finance, what is the right investment route for your biz?
• hillingtonbizmasterclassseries.eventbrite.com
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Find out more about Hillington Park Innovation Centre Business Masterclasses:
www.innovationcentre.org
Digital media business development:www.interactivescotland.com
Multimedia recording and production by Inner Ear: www.innerear.co.uk