CONNECT : LEARN : THRIVE

One Day of Workshops, Expert Experience Shared, Networking and Round Table Discussions

Strategically Creating and Realising Value in Your Business

For CEOS, NXDs, Investor Directors, Chairs, FDs, Expert Advisers and Emerging NXDs of invested high growth businesses

9th February 2018 - 8.30am to 5.00pm

Objectives for the Day

This event will provide the opportunity to learn and think more strategically about funding plans, ambitions and board development, to align these to maximise the value creation within your businesses. The event will also offer the chance for good networking between CEOs, NXDs and Experts and to hear from experts who have created and realised value multiple times, connect with them and where possible join a round table discussion with some of the facilitators and speakers.

Connect – with other NXDs and CEOs

Learn – more about strategic funding and making your board more effective

Thrive – taking what’s most useful to you back into your business and board to create and realise value

8.55am Welcome

9.00am – The Strategic Funding Plan – with Nelson Gray

Too many companies fail to meet their initial business plan objectives, many others meet their self-set objectives, only to find “no one cares” and both struggle to secure follow on funding. Both mean the founding team of a business have to spend more time raising funds than running the business

This workshop focuses on realistically planning for future funding needs by setting objectives that create value in the eyes of future funders and potential acquirers. It looks at how investor and non-executive directors can add value to this process; ensuring key business decisions are aligned with achieving as many of the three “steady states” that ensure company survival, value creation and founder / investor strategic choice.

11.00am – The Human Factor – with Kirsty Bathgate

The people and culture of any business are its greatest asset- how is then that the people bit is often the most difficult piece?

This workshop focuses on setting the investment journey up for success, building effective boards, engaging in good conflict well and how to utilise and engage the talent around the boardroom table taking a view from both a CEO and NXD perspective, aiming to challenge both to engage and communicate more effectively focussing on creating value through getting the most from the people.

1.15pm Round Table Discussions with Facilitators and Panel Experts

3.00pm Realising Value Expert Panel including experts from:-

Scottish Equity Partners

Archangels

Par Equity

SIB

NelsonGray.com

What the NXDs have said -

"I found it really informative and thought provoking - Nelson presented in a very relaxed but engaging manner - he clearly has a mass of knowledge and first hand experience. Excellent stuff!!!"

"It was a very interesting workshop which certainly provides food for thought. Nelson's experiences especially with the American Angel market help you form new insights"

“As a relatively new angel investor, I found the Strategic Funding Workshop extremely useful. Nelson brings a nuanced and sophisticated perspective to the question of funding with a focus on structures that align the interests of entrepreneurs and investors and support success”

What the CEOs have said –

“Kirsty Bathgate creates workshops that challenge and motivate CEOs like myself to examine their leadership styles and to look at ways in which we could lead better.I found the workshops to be a fantastic way to step out of the business, without having to spend too much time away, and to reflect on areas in which I could grow as a leader. I also found that Kirsty Bathgate created an environment in which both CEOs and non-execs could be open and honest, which was very powerful in the context. I couldn’t recommend it highly enough to those looking to participate in future workshops”

“I found the course, exceptional. As a self-starter, it’s often a lonely isolated place to be and the management style you bring into your business is often a mirror of how I cut my teeth many years ago. I found the course brought me into a new way of thinking and a way that investors in my business and at board level will easily understand. I think it made me feel that I’m armed and equipped to lead a modern vibrant business with new younger people, where before I could find myself almost making it up at points and banging heads with people through frustration.”

Your Facilitators

Nelson Gray

Nelson an Angel investor for 20 years is a member of groups in Scotland and the USA. Presently with 22 live investments (16 in the US, 6 in the UK) 9 winners and a bunch of “learning experiences.” A director of LINC Scotland and a former Vice President of EBAN, the European Trade Association for Business Angels, Nelson is recognised internationally as a “thought leader”. He has provided advice to Angel investors, government and entrepreneurs and in many counties and helped to build Angel investment groups internationally. He was European Angel of the Year in 2008, is a member of the investment committee for the British Governments £100 million UK Angel Co-investment fund and is tasked by the World Bank to develop Angel investing in developing regions. He was awarded the Queens Award for Enterprise Promotion in 2015

Kirsty Bathgate

Kirsty is the founder of Gearing for Growth, a strategic business consultancy supporting high growth businesses to developstrong leadership; values led cultures, high performance teams and effective boards. An experienced SME CEO, having built, and led a leading short break tourism business, who is passionate about supporting founders and leaders to achieve their potential. She is an Association for Coaching accredited executive coach, with a strong commercial focus, and holds a Certificate in Coaching from the University of Strathclyde, an International Coaching Federation Accredited Coaching Practice Certificate and a Chartered Institute of Marketing Postgraduate Diploma. Kirsty also mentors for the Princes Trust, is a trustee for Cyrenians and a module Leader for MSC in Entrepreneurial Leadership at Edinburgh Napier.

Supported by LINC Scotland

LINC Scotland is the national association for business angels in Scotland and works with public and private sector partners to develop the early stage risk capital market place for the benefit of the economy. With a membership comprising both individual investors and most of the best known structured angel groups, LINC has a representation and lobbying role with policy makers in Edinburgh London and Brussels. Members also benefit from access to information and advice on the tax and legal aspects of angel investing, as well as development and good practice workshops, and peer group networking opportunities.’ LINC Scotland welcome individual investors as members and there is no charge to become an individual member more details at http://lincscot.co.uk/investors/

Supported by Informatics Ventures

Informatics Ventures is Scotland’s longest running and only entrepreneur support organisation dedicated to connecting Scottish high growth tech ventures with investors.

Informatics Ventures devises and delivers Engage Invest Exploit – Scotland´s technology investor readiness programme - as well as iV Tuesday events – a popular networking series of talks, workshops, pitching and investor events for early stage start ups and entrepreneurs - and executive education masterclasses known as Executive ForumsFounded in 2008 to connect, educate and support Scotland’s technology entrepreneurs, Informatics Ventures helps Scottish tech companies become investor-ready and equipped to achieve their global potential.

To-date, it has connected companies to more than £425million of capital.

Terms and Conditions of Booking

Payment is required at the time of booking.No refunds can be given for cancellations you can however transfer your attendance to a fellow CEO / NXD or Founder. Minimum numbers are essentail to make this event valuable for attendees if minimum numbers are not achieved we will either refund your booking or offer you a place at a later event.

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