Running the Make Mine a Million $ Business RACE

Monday, April 27, 2009 from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM (ET)

New York, NY


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Event Details

Join Count Me In with Founding Sponsor, American Express OPENSM as we chart the progress and celebrate The First 100 Days of Women Entrepreneurs.
 
  When: Monday, April 27, 2009, 8:30am to 4:30pm
  Where:
American Express, 200 Vesey Street, New York, NY 10285
  Price:
Free for M3 Community Members and M3 RACERS
 
Highlights
 
  • Create and clarify your vision with Mind Mapping Expert, Barbara Mackay.
  • Jump start your business revenues by learning from experts and other entrepreneurs.
  • Learn how to survive a tough economy with a panel of experts.
  • Pitch your business and win Free Business Coaching, Round Trip Air Fare from Jet Blue, or a $1000 Dell Shopping Spree.

**Click here for Business Pitch criteria.

Due to security, access to Event through entrance at 200 Vesey St. ONLY.

No on-site registration day of the Event.



Schedule of Events 
  8:30am  
Continental breakfast
  9:00am Welcome & Remarks
  9:30am Create and Clarify your Business
  10:45am Bio and Blackberry Break
  11:00am Key Note:  Nell Merlino – Moving Forward with the M3 RACE
  11:20am
Make Mine a Million $ Business RACE Business Pitches
  1:00pm
Lunch- Afternoon
  2:00pm Highlight of M3 RACE Business Pitches
  2:15pm Mind Map Your Next Steps to Growth
  2:35pm Panel: Tips on Surviving Tough Economic Times
  3:00pm Learn how to utilize the M3 RACE tools
  3:40pm M3 RACER Panel
  4:15pm Closing with  prizes (from the sponsors, with brief shout outs about each sponsor)  - Jet Blue voucher, Dell shopping spree worth $1,000, 1 round of coaching with Coach Connection – to racer whose pitches filled all or most of the criteria listed above.   Also raffle winners selected.
  4:30pm Dismiss


M3 RACERS - Pitch your Business!  

What do I do?

If you found yourself in an elevator with the investor, client, or partner of your dreams, could you pitch your business by the time they got to their floor?

 
  • Give your two minute “elevator pitch” in our 11am breakout sessions and get expert advice, exposure, and a chance to win one of three great prizes!
  • All M3 RACERS are invited to pitch their businesses.  Not an M3 Racer yet? Join the M3 RACE at www.makemineamillion.org/race
  What do I include in my pitch?  
 
  • Name
  • M3 RACE goal level - Are you a Walker, Jogger, Runner or Sprinter?
  • Name of your business 
  • Brief description of your business
  • % Employee Growth:
    • Number of Employees at end of 2008 ( you can include contractors)
    • Current number of employees ( you can include contractors)
    • Any/number of new hires since entering M3 RACE
  • % of Revenue Growth:
    • 2007 Year End Revenues
    • 2008 Year End Revenues
    • Current Year to Date Revenues
  • Tell us about a 1st quarter business success
  • What do you believe you need assistance with now?
  • Any new insights you have about growing a business since you joined the M3 RACE?

How do I win?  

Every M3 Racer gets instant feedback from a panel of experts on what works and what needs work in her two minute pitch.

 
  • Prize #1: The contestant with the highest % revenue growth will win 1 Free Cycle of Coaching.
  • Prize #2: The contestant with the highest % of employee growth will win the $1000 Dell Shopping Spree. 
  • Prize #3: The contestant that mentions all points and is deemed by our judges to have the most overall growth will win 1 Round Trip Jet Blue Air Fare
     
This is a FREE event for the Make Mine a Million $ Business Community.  Not in the M3 Community? Register now at www.makemineamillion.org/community.
     
     
     

When

Monday, April 27, 2009 from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM (ET)

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Where

American Express Auditorium
200 Vesey St
New York, NY 10281




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