Building a Successful Team

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Building a Successful Team Strong
Partnerships Panel Session 115-205 Sponsored
by Snell Wilmer, L.L.P. Law Offices
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Building a Successful Team Strong
Partnerships Moderator Marie Wesselhoft
Arizona Center for Innovation
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Building a Successful Team Strong
Partnerships Panelists Jim Jindrick Mentor-in-Res
idence, McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship Bob
Horn President, Ad Hoc Corey Smith President/CEO
Creative Crash and Managing Director of
TEKcelerate
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Myth I cant build my team until I have
Funding Truth I cant get funding until I
have a TEAM
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The Fatal Assumption according to Michael
Gerber If you understand the technical work of
the business. You understand a business that
does the technical work Truth These are two
totally different things!
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Building a Successful Team
Founder
Founder
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Building a Successful Team

• Advisors
• Financial
• Market
• Technical

Corporate Partners
President/ CEO
Legal
Business Development
Technology Product
Accounting
Regulatory
Manufacturing
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Building a Successful Team

• Advisors
• Financial
• Market
• Technical

Corporate Partners
President/ CEO
Legal
Business Development
Technology Product
Accounting
Manufacturing
Regulatory
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An Inventor makes a PRODUCT An Entrepreneur
creates a BUSINESS -Michael Gerber
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Building a Successful Team Strong
Partnerships Panelists Jim Jindrick Mentor-in-Res
idence, McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship Bob
Horn President, Ad Hoc Corey Smith President/CEO
Creative Crash and Managing Director of
TEKcelerate
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• Building a Successful Team Strong
  Partnerships
• The Team
• Finding the Right People
• The Importance of Connecting
• The Importance of your External Team
• Pitfalls in building these early teams

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Building a Successful Team Strong
Partnerships
www.entrepreneur.com The E-Myth Revisited
Michael Gerber Community Partners
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Building a Successful Team Strong
Partnerships Panelists Jim Jindrick Mentor-in-Res
idence, McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship Bob
Horn President, Ad Hoc Corey Smith President/CEO
Creative Crash and Managing Director of
TEKcelerate