Event Name:
Food Finance Boot Camp
Description
Join the four-session Boot Camp for your food business!
Unprecedented change in the food industry is rapidly raising the bar for all food and value-added farm enterprises. Old or young, big or small, food businesses across the United States are scrambling to become more financially resilient and capable of adapting quickly.
Financial Management Boot Camp combines training, one-on-one consulting, and networking, taking food business managers like you out of your day-to-day environment and giving you the tools you need to build a more resilient food
Event Date:
04-09-18
04-10-18
05-07-18
05-08-18
Event Time:
Location:
S.E.E.D. Center Eco Barn
2143 185 St.
Fairfield , IA 52556
Contact Person:
Joshua Laraby
(phone: 641-472-3436)
Details:
Join the four-session Boot Camp for your food business!
Unprecedented change in the food industry is rapidly raising the bar for all food and value-added farm enterprises. Old or young, big or small, food businesses across the United States are scrambling to become more financially resilient and capable of adapting quickly.
Financial Management Boot Camp combines training, one-on-one consulting, and networking, taking food business managers like you out of your day-to-day environment and giving you the tools you need to build a more resilient food business.
Boot Camp is right for you if:
• Your food business is profitable and you want to take its performance to the next level.
• Your food business’s market position and profitability are eroding and you need to adapt.
• Your food business is young, hasn’t reached profitability and that needs to change.
• Your food business needs to raise money and you need to get prepared to be successful.
What Can I Expect From Boot Camp?
Four intense, focused days to learn and work on your business
Day 1 – Optimizing Your Business Model
It’s a business model not a product that determines whether your company makes money. We help you clarify your business model and set you on a realistic path to meet your goals.
Day 2 – Fixing Your Financial Infrastructure
Your financial statements help you and your stakeholders fully understand your business. We help you understand your statements and fix financial systems problems.
Day 3 – Developing Your Financial Plan
You are moving forward, so you need to look forward. We help you develop realistic assumptions for forecasts of sales, marketing and operations and the capital structure you need to get there.
Day 4 – Getting Ready to Raise Money
You will need to raise money to grow your food business. We help you learn how to do a great pitch and properly document your business so you can successfully raise money.
Training and financial consulting from the best ~Tera Johnson, Director of the Food Finance Institute, will lead morning training sessions that dive deep into the topics above. Then, in the afternoons, she will work individually with you so you can arm yourself with everything you need to profitably grow your food business and raise money.
Dates:
• April 9, 9:30am to 5pm - Optimizing Your Business Model
• April 10, 8am to 4pm - Fixing Your Financial Infrastructure
• May 7, 9:30am to 5pm - Developing Your Financial Plan
• May 8, 8am to 4pm - Getting Ready to Raise Money
Location: S.E.E.D. Center Eco Barn, 2143 185 St. Fairfield 52556
Cost: $500 to attend all 4 days.
Registration: Closes Friday March 23rd, 2018. Boot Camp is limited to 10 participants.
To register, send a check for the full cost made out to the Fairfield Economic Development Association at P.O. Box 1388, Fairfield, Iowa 52556, along with the following contact information:
• Name
• Email
• Phone Number
• Company
Registration will be confirmed upon receipt of payment. For questions about registration and payment, contact Joshua Laraby at Joshua.Laraby@growfairfield.com or 641-472-3436.
Links:
Register for Food Finance Boot Camp