How to Get Money Out of Your Small Business (and have fun doing it!)

If you watch Dragon’s Den you know financing is about pitching your product and getting people excited about your growth plans, even if you don’t actually make anything and your plans are all in your head. This is because startups are part of the “financial” economy – the side of the economy supported by investors and government that runs on speculation in the hope that investment will produce real products, services, profits, jobs and taxes in the future. 

So you’d think that these same investors and government would be even more eager to finance and support profitable, rapidly growing businesses with a strong track record of creating real products, services, profits, jobs and taxes, right? Wrong. 

Once you reach $1M - $2M in revenues, all of the excitement and support suddenly disappears. You are no longer the sexy young thing. You’ve reached the corporate equivalent of middle age and despite the fact that you provide real goods and services that make your customers happy enough to return year after year, despite the fact that you support your community by creating jobs and contribute more to your country by paying disproportionate taxes – you’re successful but invisible.

At Real Business PitchFest 2017, we want to change that. We are celebrating successful entrepreneurs and helping them get to the next level of growth. 

Research shows that 82% of business owners don’t know how banks make their funding decisions, yet businesses that do understand it grow 31% faster. At this exciting event, business owners will get the inside scoop on how to get million dollar financing to accelerate their growth and exit plans. 

The event has 3 action-packed days that include working sessions where participants learn to polish their pitch, expert panel discussions on how to reduce the risk and cost of financing, confidential one-on-one meetings with experienced bankers, and of course, the pitch sessions themselves. Participants will even get to see a lively “Debt vs Equity” debate and attend a gala awards reception! 

Pitching isn’t just for startups anymore. 

Join us in Vancouver on November 12 – 14 for the Real Business PitchFest 2017.