BOOK MITCH FOR A SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT

Mitch Thrower speaks worldwide to corporations, universities, CEOs and management teams. He has presented at Stanford University, UCLA's Anderson School of Management, the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne, Switzerland, the University of San Diego, the University of California San Diego and the San Diego LIFE Institute. He is also on the board and has presented at Forum 21.

You can book Mitch Thrower for a speaking engagement by sending an e-mail to asiler1@gmail.com, or by calling 858.551.1728

EXTRA VALUE: When you book Mitch Thrower for any of the presentations below, or for a custom presentation, Mr. Thrower will spend time, at no extra cost, with a smaller session of VIP’s or  executives to interact and engage in an interactive discussion. This allows for a second question-and-answer session in a more intimate setting.

Give Me Ten Seconds and I'll Change Your Life
Sample topics:

    • the office romance
    • the toggler
    • email efficiency
    • how to interact successfully, quickly.
    • the attention management game of twister

Ten Essential Lessons from a Serial Entrepreneur
Sample topics:

    • beware of terminal creativity
    • understand how passion and profit interact
    • how to survive the “killer factors.”

How to Buy and Turn Around a Magazine or Business in 12 Months.
Sample topics:

    • understanding the cap table & a leveraged buy out
    • publishing valuation models
    • the essential keys to turning a business around
    • understanding and increasing revenue sources

The Entrepreneurial Life
Sample topics:

    • enrolling and enlisting others
    • writing the business plan
    • the investor pitch--the vision of racegate.com/active.com
    • the product
    • ticketmaster--corner your competitors and partners
    • the boom
    • the bust
    • roles and responsibilities – stepping out of the spotlight.
    • how to avoid “the founder’s dilemma"

How to Launch or Expand Your Business in Europe
Sample topics:

    • how to open up new markets
    • how to cut through any red tape quickly--even in France.
    • licensing 101
    • understanding organic, partnership and acquisition growth strategies
    • successful shareholder navigation to liquidity events

Managing Yourself as a Global Brand
Sample topics:

    • "branding" defined
    • opportunities lost and found
    • CEO and President of “Your Life, Inc.”
    • guerrilla public relations

Managing Expectations and Commitments
Sample topics:

    • expectations defined
    • roles and responsibilities
    • to do or not to do--that is your career question
    • over-promise and under-deliver
    • adjusting expectations
    • avoding the sand traps of entrepreneurial expectations.

The Ego Battlefield of the Entrepreneur
Sample Topics

    • the conflict of the creative and the financial
    • the secret questions of the venture capitalist and angel investors
    • managing egos--the desire to create, the desire to destroy
    • how to survive blame-placing and credit-taking corporate cultures
    • the compensation committee

Passion Autopsy & Workshop
Sample topics:

    • passion defined and adjusted
    • marry your work to your passion
    • contagious excellence--sports and people
    • identify what you are passionate about
    • how to fill out your passion discrepancy scorecard 

Financing Your Venture
Sample topics:

    • angels and angles
    • defining legal structures (international tax implications)
    • liquidation preferences
    • term sheets and definitive docs
    • due diligence
    • the difference between “smart & helpful”
      money and “dumb & high maintenance” money.
    • tips and techniques to get your business
      funded intelligently

 

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