Grow Your Business with Help, Funding and Investment
Warren Knight
1. Tell Your Story 2. Growth Accelerator £3.6K 3. Start Up Loans £15K 4. SEIS £150K
People don’t buy WHAT you do …They buy WHY you do it
Brand What you do?
How you do it? Why you do it?
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Brand
Celebrating £150,000
CEO’s, Angel Investors, MP’s
1992 Prince’s Trust
1997 UKTI - Disney
2013 Start Up Loans
2012 SEIS
2014 GA Approved
Industrial Revolution
UK has the largest GDP for online sales Globally
50% of Businesses Fail in Year 1
70% FSB used Finance in 2013
Business Planning
Why do SME’s Fail?
Poor Marketing
No Clear Objectives
Cash Flow Management
Self Belief Lack of
Investment Poor
Management Embrace
Technology
The hard economy has hit everyone
Where do you turn?
Where’s the Problem?
What’s the solution?
Who? When? How?
38% of business
owners found turning to friends for help useful
11% of business
owners found turning to their bank manager for help useful
28% of business
owners found turning to
customers for help useful
Who do we turn to? (FSB Survey of 10,037 Business owners)
Funding Solutions
• Banks • Alternative Lenders • Princes Trust • Start Up Loans • UK Business Funding Centre • Crowd Funding • Angel Investors • Venture Capital
Funding Requirement
Business Growth
Debt/ Bank Finance
£ 0k
£500k
£2-‐5m
Concept & seed stage Start -‐ Up
Business Angels Venture Capital
Publicly backed Venture Capital Private Venture Capital
3F
£1m
Over £10m
Friends Family
Seed
Venture Capital Business Angels
Venture Capital
GROWTH MARKETS PRIVATE EQUITY
PUBLIC MARKETS
PRIVATE EQUITY
£100k
£50k
Early Stage Expansion ConsolidaUon & Later Stage
Idea generaUon
Idea evaluaUon
Product development
Product launch
Expansion & MarkeUng
Profit generaUon
£3,600 Match Funding
144hrs of help from a Business Growth specialist
We’re here to help YOU
6 weeks of help from a specialist
up-to £15,000 Loan
Help you write a Biz Plan & Cashflow Forcast
£5,000 Loan
1 day approved
£150,000
Business must be less then 2 years old
Valuation £925,000
In less then 2 years
Executive Summary
The Problem
The Solution
Typical Customer
Addressable
Market Building on Success
Timeline Financial Forecast
You need to know your Business What are my options?
Peer Group – Build a Better Business
10 – 15 Business owners meeting once a month
1. How Can We help?
Starting a Business
Business Plan, Research, Suppliers, Cash flow, Premises, Sales & Marketing Finance
2. How Can We help?
Growing your Business
Strategy, Team, Staff, New Revenue, Lead Generation, Reduce Costs, Increase Sales
3. How Can We help?
+ 1-1 Consultation
Mentor Coach Trainer
@wvrknight www.warrenknight.co.uk warren (at) warrenknight.co.uk 020 8123 3730
Warren Knight Entrepreneur