Milestones

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Milestones

• Key requirements of LEAP for each participant
• Sales
• Investor Ready Business Plan
• Business Plan Competition and end of Year Event
  in April 2009.

2
LEAP Programme supports

• Twelve month business to business enterprise
  development service
• Management Development Training
• Networking
• One 2 one sessions with Graham Royce
• Focus on business development
• Shared office accommodation
• Conduit to EI supports including CORD
• Access to Enterprise Ireland Mentor Panel
• Business Plan review
• Other supports including Mid West Entrepreneur
  showcase

3
Schedule for LEAP 2008
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Milestone I

• Training Module 1 16th 17th May
• Day 1 LEAP I
• About the EAC (DH)?
• Welcome to LEAP (GR)?
• Intro presentations
• Supports for Start-Ups
• Joe Doyle, Enterprise Ireland
• Case Study Calibraton Tech
• Day 2 LEAP II
• Business Models
• Value Proposition
• Competition, Category Maps Competitive
  Advantage
• Case Study Trecal Oisemer

• Milestone I - CORD Application
• Early June

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Milestone II

• Module 2
• Market Research x 2
• Project management - Case Study ARV Excellence
  on 2nd, 3rd and 4th June
• Module 3
• Intellectual Property - Case Study Enbio
• LEAP III Route to Market and Competitive
  Advantages - Case Study - Documatics
• Presentation training (group split in two)
• on 23rd, 24th and 25th /26th June
• Module 4
• Marketing - Case Study You get it Back
• Business Communication - Case Study ParkMagic
• Setting Goals
• on 14th, 15th 16th July

• Milestone II - Market Research
• End August
• PLUS
• InterTrade Ireland Business Plan Competition
• Shell LiveWire

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Milestone III IV

• Training Module 5
• Sales I
• Human Resources (SFA)?
• LEAP IV Teamwork - Case Study Tricycle
  Interactive
• on 2nd, 3rd and 4th September.
• Training Module 6
• Accountancy
• Taxation
• Finance on 3rd, 4th and 5th November.
• Module 7
• Sales II
• LEAP V Presenting Your Plan The Elevator
  Pitch - Case Study Tourist Republic
• Internationalisation Growth - Case Study
  EpiSensor on 1st, 2nd and 3rd December
• PLUS
• One to one with Insurance Advisor Eamon OMalley
  in October
• One to one with Synergy Coaching on Goal Setting
  in October

• October is Mid West Entrepreneur Showcase
• Milestone III - Sales Plan Pitch - SII
  Panel
• January 2009
• Milestone IV- Investor ready business plan- End
  of year showcase event
• May 2009

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Milestone III Your Sales Plan

• Sales Cycle
• Key customers relationships
• Targets
• Marketing Collateral
• Sales Team

• Sales Pitch
• Features, Advantages, Benefits

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Milestone IV Your Business Plan

• Carey Associates - Guide to Preparing a Business
  Plan
• Enterprise Ireland Standard Business Plan
  Template
• Online Resources
• Business Plan Software