Last week Rick Salmon held a series of workshops and training sessions in Ramallah, Palestine for PICTI (the Palestine ICT Incubator). Read the press release here: http://www.ameinfo.com/272755.html

What motives you as an entrepreneur? What is the real reason that you are willing to work long hours 7 days a week with low pay, few colleagues, no flashy benefits, no fancy office, no job security, and the constant risk of failure staring you right in the eyes? Are you crazy, reckless or just stupid?

15 technology start-up companies from the ESA program will participate in 3 day business acceleration workshop led by Xelerator. April 28-30, 2010.

More info here.

How long should I hang onto the dream? See blog: xelerator.blogspot.com

Technology entrepreneurs should take this 1-Minute Reality Checklist. It might just save your business plan. Read the blog entry here:  http://xelerator.blogspot.com

Xelerator facilitated a workshop for a group of entrepreneurs who are participated in the ESA Galileo Application Days in Brussels, Belgium on March 3-5th, 2010. These selected companies are part of the ESA (European Space Agency) incubators and have developed applications and technologies for the Galileo Satellite program.

(Oslo, Nov. 11, 2009)

Rick Salmon has been appointed as President of the Selection Jury for 2009 European Venture Contest Finals which will be held on December 14th and 15th, 2009 in Barcelona. The Jury will consist of 45 distinguished members representing the Venture Capital community in Europe.  Over 700 startup companies have competed in the contest this year and the top 25 have been chosen to go to the finals in Barcelona.

Jury members will select a winner in each of the 5 categories of cleantech, life sciences, new media, software and electronics. From these top 5 companies, 1 overall winner will be selected and awarded a cash prize of EU 90,000.  The companies will be evaluated on the basis of 7 factors (including business development, investment potential, team and presentation, etc.).

Rick Salmon competed in the 2008 European Venture Contest as CEO of company RPR Technologies AS (Norway) and was selected as winner of the Cleantech category. This year, he has been asked to be the President of the Jury in order to represent and promote the entrepreneur viewpoint and to acknowledge his work with empowering European entrepreneurs.

For more information about the Eurecan European Venture Contest, see:  www.e-unlimited.com

Workshop Title:    Accelerated Funding for Startup Companies

Workshop Background:    Most new startup companies that are seeking funding make many simple and easily remedied mistakes. It is not that they fail to see these things, it is just that they lack experience with the process. Xelerator has vast experience and a proven track record in helping small startup companies get the funding and resources that they need to succeed. We have also made a lot of mistakes, which is part of the game when you take chances and are true entrepreneurs. You can avoid these headache and learn from our mistakes. In this 3 hour workshop, Xelerator will present 50 specific things you can quickly do with your startup company to dramatically improve your chances of getting funding. Increasing your odds.

• Find out more about this by attending a free webinar on either April 16th or April 17th or register now for this 3 hour intensive workshop / seminar.

Workshop Format:     This workshop is a live, interactive, online workshop. The workshop facilitator (Rick Salmon) will present the theory and background information in a webinar format. Attendees can sit at their own desks locally and be able to view the presentations over the web. They will be able to ask questions, interact with the course leaders and with the other entrepreneurs attending.  Attendees will be given assignments and specific tasks to work on and then to present to the group. This is a highly interactive learning experience and will deliver specific results for the attendees.  Full workshop documentation and follow-up will be provided.

• Register for the workshop before April 15th and save €25.00 off registration fee.
• Register for 2 or more workshops at the same time and get 15% discount.

Workshop Title:   Accelerated Sales for Startup Companies

Workshop Background:    One of the first things an investor will ask is “what are your current sales revenues?”. After all, they are good businessmen and they want to know if you are also a good businessman. The faster that you can generate sales from the products and services of your startup company, the faster you will prove that your actual business model works. This is one of the key things that investors will look for, and something that will dramatically increase your chances of getting investor funding. If there are real, live customers out there who are willing to pay money for your products and services, then funding your business is inherently less risky.  Xelerator can show you how to do this quickly, and we can work together to get you results in a very short amount of time.

• Find out more about this by attending a free webinar on either April 16th or April 17th or register now for this 3 hour intensive workshop / seminar.

Workshop Format:     This workshop is a live, interactive, online workshop. The workshop facilitator (Rick Salmon) will present the theory and background information in a webinar format. Attendees can sit at their own desks locally and be able to view the presentations over the web. They will be able to ask questions, interact with the course leaders and with the other entrepreneurs attending.  Attendees will be given assignments and specific tasks to work on and then to present to the group. This is a highly interactive learning experience and will deliver specific results for the attendees.  Full workshop documentation and follow-up will be provided.

• Register for the workshop before April 15th and save €25.00 off registration fee.
• Register for 2 or more workshops at the same time and get 15% discount.

Workshop Title:    Accelerated Marketing for Startup Companies

Workshop Background:     There are traditional and non-traditional methods that will make customers aware of your startup products and services.  If you have an army of 1000 soldiers, you would do battle in one way. If you only have 3 soldiers and scarce resources, you must fight differently.  With a small startup, you must substitute using your brains for the cash that your competitors have. Xelerator can teach you fast and effective sales techniques and Guerrilla Marketing methods that are designed specifically for small businesses and startups. They are inexpensive and rapid techniques, but they will bring customers to you quickly. This is not difficult, and probably not what they teach at Harvard Business School, but he results will surprise you.

• Find out more about this by attending a free webinar on either April 16th or April 17th or register now for this 3 hour intensive workshop / seminar.

Workshop Format:     This workshop is a live, interactive, online workshop. The workshop facilitator (Rick Salmon) will present the theory and background information in a webinar format. Attendees can sit at their own desks locally and be able to view the presentations over the web. They will be able to ask questions, interact with the course leaders and with the other entrepreneurs attending.  Attendees will be given assignments and specific tasks to work on and then to present to the group. This is a highly interactive learning experience and will deliver specific results for the attendees.  Full workshop documentation and follow-up will be provided.

• Register for the workshop before April 15th and save €25.00 off registration fee.
• Register for 2 or more workshops at the same time and get 15% discount.