Cal Lutheran University, Entrepreneur Speaker Series, With Greg Monterrosa

Greg Monterrosa

After helping to organize the first Startup Weekend Conejo Valley, Greg Monterrosa embarked on an entrepreneurial journey of discovery in France and the United Kingdom.

 In four months, he mentored at Startup Weekend Paris Makers Edition, Startup Weekend Bourdoux, and Startup Weekend Lyon. He visited 24 co-work spaces, 15 startup accelerators, and 10 venture capitalists, mentoring more than 100 start-up's along the way. Greg shared with us the highlights of his trip, what he learned about entrepreneurship in Europe, and what European entrepreneurs think about California startup communities. We hope you enjoy the video.

About Greg Greg is a co-founder of MyLLC.com. He also is a dedicated Conejo Valley startup community volunteer, having participated in the first Conejo Valley Startup Weekend and the Startup Conejo Valley Hackathon.

My Google London Campus Visit

I recently had the pleasure to checking out Google's London Campus, Google's space for entrepreneurs in Shoreditch, London. What a great space! Here you have access to programs like: a 10 week pre-accelerator program, Campus Exchange, industry connect, UX design, Campus for Mums, weekly mentoring, founders yoga and

StartUp Weekend Conejo Valley Recap Video

Thanks to Viva la Vida Films for putting together an AMAZING video recap of our first ever Startup Weekend Conejo Valley, that took place at the Westlake Village Entrepreneurship Center. For information on upcoming events visit http://www.startupconejovalley.com/ #SWConejo

Startup Weekend Paris Makers 2015 Edition Recap

So we got into Paris on thursday morning from Los Angeles, CA to  mentor at Startup Weekend Paris Makers Edition. I was fresh off of organizing Startup Weekend Conejo Valley the weekend before (check out our Video Recap here).

I headed straight to Be-Coworking once we set our luggage down to check out the space. I was blow away, the space is multi leveled with plenty of rooms to lock startups in for 54 hours.

Cool Coworking Spaces in Paris, France

So in my Startup Weekend global travels I came across Mutinerie in the 19th arrondissement in Paris, France. This space is awesome for people looking to co-work in a creative environments, its multi leveled complete with a cafe. phone booth and a very helpful passionate staff.

The cafe'

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Greg Monterrosa featured in Success Magazine

Serial Entrepreneur, Greg Monterrosa  was featured in the January 2013 issue of Success Magazine. SUCCESS Magazine is your leading source for news and information for the entrepreneur, small business, and home-based business owner. Visit http://www.success.com/

Greg Monterrosa is the founder of MyLLC.com, DGPWorld.com, EV Charge Search, and The Conejo Valley Business Group.

Greg Monterrosa in Success Magazine

Greg Monterrosa in Success Magazine

Notes on Raising Capital

Generate traction and revenue. investors portfolios last on average about 10 years. Don't loose control of the company by giving it away. There is more syndication going on (spreading the risk). Investors invest in a management. Capital efficiency means I am lean, this is key.

Business to Business is a market that gets allot of attention. "Nice to have" is a copycat. Be significant. 


Intellectual Property (I.P.) is a very important asset for your company. 

a Light IP is an app made with other existing tools. 

Women are 12% of all easy state investments.

Disrupt!!

NETWORKING is the #1 way of raising capital. Who do I know?

 Los Angeles wants revenue and content, Silicon Valley wants tech and New York wants eyes.

What investors are looking for?
1. Management Team
2. A unique Idea in an empty space.
3. A breakthrough idea
4. Scaleability, it has to scale.
5. Defensability. Patents, Intellectual Property, Trademarks, Corporate Structure (Corp, LLC) 

How to Pitch Investors?
Prepare with:
10 Slides
20 Minute
30 point type

In reality, expect to get 3-6 minutes. Sound-byte it. Turn a 30 second pitch to a 60 second "tell me more".

Investors care about the deal. What is the valuation? How does the technology work? Why is it unique, and how can I prove it?

Assume my pitch will save their portfolio.

When choosing your investment partner, do your research! 

The Terms

What  are the terms? Whats your term sheet like?

Alternative forms of raising capital?
Strategic partnerships, revenue creating deals. (I'm a huge fan of this)

Take money as late as possible. Ask for enough capital to keep going.

Super angels make bets.

VC's grow their portfolio.

Bravo's Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles is Casting!

Looking for High-Profile Real Estate Agents in Los Angeles

Bravo TV's Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles is Now Casting!!!

The producers of BRAVO's hit TV show "Million Dollar Listing LA"
are searching for a high-end real estate agent to add to the
fabulous cast!

Now casting a prominent, big-personality real estate agent in
Los Angeles who handles the most high-profile clients, buyers,
sellers and listings in town.

If you're a real estate agent with million dollar listings and
live a life of lavish opulence ... .WE MAY WANT YOU!!!

To be considered: Shoot an email including a brief bio of who
you are, where you live, and where you work. Tell us about your
listings and neighborhoods, clients, social circle, and why
you'd be great for the show. Attach a recent photo, photos of
your listings/sales and phone number where you can be reached.

LAREALTORCASTING@GMAIL.COM
Requirements:

Must have a constant flow of listings to be considered. Must be
a serious player in the real estate world. 

Angela Weingrad Bravo's "Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles"

Searching for a Teen Inventor or Entrepreneur for a new docu-reality series

A major cable network is producing a docu-reality series about amazing teens and the parents who inspire and support them. We are searching for a teen inventor or entrepreneur who is on the cusp of success. Our series will be very inspirational and will focus on the talent and dedication of the teen inventor or entrepreneur as well as highlighting the involvement of their parents- with a special emphasis on the father- in their child's

success.

Requirements: 

The teen should be between the ages of 13-18 and their father or guardian should be very involved in their child's venture-whether they coach or tutor them, fund everything, or dedicate all of their free time to helping them.

Contact Name: Dominique Ferrari TV at Email: query-2as1@helpareporter.net

Start Up Resource: oDesk.com

Start Up Resources

 Odesk.com. I love shopping for developers! Founded in 2003, oDesk allows you to hire people and find gigs.Odesk is the largest online workplace, where you can hire, manage, and pay a talented workforce of on-demand professionals. You can find web developers, Ruby on Rails developers, open social developers, Joomla developers, Software engineers, someone to build you a website or fix code. I recently used odesk to have someone build me both an iPhone and an android application. You can also set your own price. 

Check out the video below to see how odesk can work for you.

Los Angeles Small Business and Entrepreneurs Needed

MO.com is seeking small business and entrepreneurial candidates from the Los Angeles to interview. Candidates should be willing to share their background, advice, strategies and business philosophies with our readers.

About MO.com - MO is run by a team of entrepreneurs, so we get energized talking with others that have traveled down the same path of launching a new business or even those just about to embark on the adventure of starting a business. For a better idea of what we are after in our interviews, please check out
our site at MO.com. We interview entrepreneurs from all walks, across all industries, and from around the world. We focus on their habits and methods; what makes them tick.

Requirements:

Must be from the Los Angeles area



Contact:

Name: Mike Sullivan MO.com

Email: query-25c2@helpareporter.net

QVC Guest Casting in NYC, Philly and DC

QVC, America’s largest multimedia retailer, is currently in search of general versatile on-air Guests and experts in the areas of technology, fashion styling and accessories as well as home design, décor and improvement.. Guests should be in the New York, Philadelphia or Baltimore/DC area and be willing and able to travel to suburban Philadelphia with sometimes very short notice. All positions are P/T depending on the needs of the network. Potential experts should email resume and/or press kit with a recent photo and letter of interest to Casting Director Sean De Simone at QVCguestsearch@gmail.com. Please put City and expertise in subject line. Please do not contact QVC directly.

Orange County Business Owners

OC Metro Magazine

Our friends at OC Metro Magazine are writing a story about successful Orange County businesses.

Orange County with all the assets and expertise doesn't get the media attention it deserves. OC is still infamous because of a few "Housewives" but anyone who lives here knows that's not the real OC... From up-and-comers, start-ups, and entrepreneurs or the big guys, Bruce Elliot writes a weekly column about "How It's Done." He writes about what's really happening here and profile businesses that are making things happen. His readers want to know "How It's Done" in OC.

Email Bruce Elliot at query-1b8o@helpareporter.com

Major cable network is now casting a new docu-drama about Family Business in the NY and PA area

Do you own and operate a family business? Are your father's "old school" ideas just not blending with this "new media" world? Is your son's work ethic not up to par with traditional family  standards? Semi Sweet Productions is casting a brand new show for a major cable network and are looking for Fathers and Sons who are struggling to find a common ground when it comes to running their company.

Our celebrity specialist will spend time with the families and give them valuable advice and strategize new ways of bettering their business to improve revenue. We're looking for businesses based within 2 hours of NYC that are not necessarily about to go under, but can definitely use some help.

If you are interested in featuring your company on the show, send Kelli Sturges an email right away to FamilyBusiness@semisweetproductions.com and tell us a little about your company and why you think your business (and relationship with your family) would benefit from the appearing on the show.

TV Network Searching for Entrepreneurs

Major cable network is looking for entrepreneurs with BIG ideas  and OVERSIZED personalities, who can help others make their dreams come true. Whether you're a self-made millionaire and innovator or a small business owner who's beaten the odds and the coporate chains to survive, we want to hear from you. Tell us
how about your business, how you achieved success and why you're perfect for TV. Email them about you at bosscasting@gmail.com

MyLLC.com Joins Forces with Startup America Partnership

MyLLC.com, the nation’s leading document filing and business entity formation company specializing in LLC and Corporation formations in all 50 states, is proud to announce their alliance with the Startup America Partnership.

MyLLC.com

Start Up America Partnership

MyLLC.com, which has long been renowned for its education-based platform, intends to assist the Startup America Partnership through offering free advice, and discounts on business filings and business structuring to emerging and existing entrepreneurs from coast to coast.

Along with some of the world’s largest corporations such as Microsoft, HP, Cisco and Google, and non-profits including the National Center for Women & Information Technology and The National Venture Capital Association, MyLLC.com will serve as a valuable supplemental resource for entrepreneurs from the earliest stage of business development. “Since our inception, it has been our primary mission to educate entrepreneurs about the critical need for proper structuring and filing of their businesses, in order to ensure that their startups, their visions, and their labors of love are strategically and thoroughly protected,” says Greg Monterrosa, Vice President of MyLLC.com.

The Startup America Partnership, launched on January 31, 2011 with initial launch funds from the Case Foundation and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, was conceived as a means to encourage and support the innovation of American entrepreneurs. The Partnership will work hand in hand with the White House to contribute funds, develop new programs, and assist entrepreneurs as part of President Obama’s strategy to stimulate economic growth by creating quality jobs.

“MyLLC.com is thrilled to be a part of the Startup America Partnership,” says Monterrosa. “As a rule, MyLLC.com never misses an opportunity to promote high-growth entrepreneurship across the country. We know that every business in the world started with one person’s vision -- just one idea. It is our obligation as an educational company to ensure that the visionaries behind these ideas are well-informed about the proper formation and structuring of their companies so that they remain sustainable and continue to create jobs well into the future,” he adds.

In addition to its new alliance with the Startup America Partnership, MyLLC.com’s founder Jennifer Reuting is the author of the best-selling book Limited Liability Companies for Dummies™, now in its second edition. MyLLC.com also has partnerships with the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) and works in conjunction with the University of Southern California’s E-Club to help educate emerging entrepreneurs.


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About MyLLC.com: MyLLC.com®, the authors of Limited Liability Companies for Dummies™ offers customers: complete entity formation, entity dissolutions/withdrawals, foreign qualifications, corporate compliance, free name checks, trademark searches and registrations,, registered agent services, and corporate supplies such as corporate kits, stock certificates and embossing seals. These services are available in all 50 States as well as the District of Columbia. For more information visit http://www.myllc.com/ or call 888.886.9552.



The Startup America Partnership is a movement - by entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs - to help inspire and celebrate entrepreneurs, their firms and the people that join them. Launched January 31st at the White House in response to President Obama’s call to celebrate, inspire, and accelerate high-growth entrepreneurship throughout the nation, the Partnership is bringing together an alliance of major corporations, funders, service providers, mentors and advisors working to dramatically increase the prevalence and success of high-growth enterprises in the U.S. AOL co-founder Steve Case chairs the partnership and the Kauffman and Case Foundations are founding partners, providing initial funding and strategic guidance. For more information on the Partnership, visit http://www.startupamericapartnership.org/ and follow at www.twitter.com/startupamerica and www.facebook.com/startupamerica.

Incorporating your Equestrian business

Author: Greg Monterrosa

If you're operating your Equestrian business as a sole proprietor or general partnership you need to know you are operating in the most dangerous forms of business. Operating this way opens you up to liability, meaning, you are entirely and personally responsible for the actions of your company.

It only becomes scarier if you have partners, then not only are you responsible for your actions but theirs as well. If your partner gets sued personally his or her share of the assets can be taken away. Welcome your new business partners!

"I recently incorporated my business". Says Malibu Horses, Inc. instructor Inge Halliday. "Working with horses and clients really opens me up to liabilities above my insurance coverage. It also helps attracts clients, by operating as a corporation they see I am serious about my business, and its success. A successful business in turn means allot of educated and well trained clients and happy horses".

So what can you do to protect yourself? Operating as a corporation or a Limited Liability Company (LLC) is a safe way to protect your assets. With these types of entities you have what's referred to a corporate veil, this prevents the members/Shareholders from being personally liable from debts or other obligations the corporation or LLC enter into. For this to take place you need to follow your formalities.

When selecting the state for incorporate or form your Limited Liability Company(LLC) most equine professionals incorporate in the state they conduct business out of. If you ever plan on conducting business in a different state check with the Secretary of States office to see if you need to foreign qualify to do business there.

Operating as a separate entity can also give you added tax benefits, such as depreciation of your horses or other business assets, as well as pass through taxation (with LLCs). And the ability to easily add partners or investors.

So when is the right time to incorporate or form your LLC? Now! Everyday you operate as a sole proprietor you are risking your family's house, savings, trucks, animals and any other assets you may own or plan to own.

There are several ways you can incorporate your business. You can speak with a lawyer that can help you get everything filed, you can do it yourself or you can choose to use a service company like MyLLC.com aside from working with start ups and entrepreneurs they also wrote the book Limited Liability Companies for Dummies ®.

Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/equestrian-articles/incorporating-your-equestrian-business-3064201.html

About the Author

Greg Monterrosa has worked with thousands of start ups and entrepreneurs. You can follow him on twitter @GregMetro or catch up on his blog at www.StartupWorld.Blogspot.com

MyLLC.com is proud to sponser The Perfect Pitch 2010.

OPEN CALL TO ENTREPRENEURS

Pitch submissions are now being accepted for The Perfect Pitch 2010.

CLICK HERE TO BEGIN

If you are seeking capital or strategic partners for your business, this competition will provide powerful introductions, media exposure and a chance to change the trajectory of your business.

More than 100 angel and venture capital investors are participating as judges.
These investors represent more than $10 Billion in capital.

Judges will select the best entrepreneurs in these categories:
• Startup Businesses
• Established Businesses
•Students (college/university)

The Top 3 in each category will win airfare, hotel, limo, prizes and VIP tickets to PerfectBusiness Summit 2010.

Qualifying as a finalist in The Perfect Pitch 2010 can change your business forever:
INVESTORS
STRATEGIC PARTNERS
MEDIA EXPOSURE

Our 2010 conference has grown dramatically. This will be a massive two-day event in Las Vegas at the Palms Casino on October 7 - 8.

More than 60 powerful speakers will be participating, including:


Tony Hsieh CEO of Zappos
Tony Hsieh led Zappos from almost no sales to over $1 billion in sales, before selling Zappos to Amazon for $1.2 billion.

Isaac Tigrett
Legendary Founder of Hard Rock Cafe & House of Blues
Isaac Tigrett founded and built two of the world's most recognizable brands - Hard Rock Cafe and House of Blues.


Gavin Maloof
Owner of Palms Casino & NBA's Sacramento Kings
Palms Casino Resort is the hottest casino in Las Vegas and regularly hosts events attended by popular musicians and Hollywood celebrities.


Billionaire John Paul DeJoria
Founder of Paul Mitchell & Patron Tequila
John Paul DeJoria is one of America's greatest success stories. He is a former homeless person who amassed a $4 billion fortune by launching 2 companies that have exceeded a billion in annual sales.


CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT YOUR PITCH

Whether you are seeking capital, business partners, knowledge or inspiration, I truly hope you will join us for two amazing days in Las Vegas.

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