Hello to all, My name is Jay Carvalho, I have been a member of this list for a long time now - a few years in fact. When Goacom first came online i noticed it. Over the last little while I have been personally thinking of going back to GOA to deal in teaching students there about Entrepreneurship. Funny that George wrote this email. I am 24, I live in Victoria, B.C Canada. I currently run two not-for profit organizations. One is called The Greater Victoria Entrepreneurs Challenge www.gvec.ca the second, recently started is www.secvictoria.com or the Social Entrepreneurship Challenge. I run two businesses and work as Business Development officer for a major company here in Victoria. I am quite involved in the community and the local schools and all three universities on the island. My challenges give away money (10,000+) to young start-ups. I am currently finishing a BCOm in admin and management and a degree in psycholgoy from the University of Victoria. My parents are originally from GOA and i have been back many times - the last time however was sometime ago. I was thinking of going to Banglore to talk with some of the major companies that are starting to be recognized here in the West, however I would love to start bringing together goans and Entrepreneurship.
George - I would love to work with you on this - and what i mean by this is actually starting up a site for goan entrepreneurship and I would like to do this as soon as possible. Are there any goan business individuals on this network that could contribute their time and sponsorship for a website strictly devoted to this? My phone number in Victoria (mobile number ) is 1 250 418 0706 and would love to talk to anyone very much interested in this venture. George - if you yourself would like to chat I wouldn't mind touching base on this front. I have family in Montreal and Toronto that I could pitch this too. Funny enough last month i did a bit of research on Indians in Entrepreneurship and there are a few major ones during the DOT.COM days that did very well and are well established in Silicon Valley. I am very well skilled in setting up organizations and raising money. My current project has a student doing her master's thesis on it and support for it is growing and growing. www.gvec.ca has been around for three years and i recently landed IBM among others on board for the infrastructure backup support. It's funny how this has come up and believe it's time to seize the day on this as I have been thinking about if for a while now. www.goaentrepreneurship.com or www.goanentrepreneurship.com could be purchased and I have a company of my own in Vancouver, B.C that could build a very professional site and we could stream line goans towards it . I really believe in this and I believe I am at a level now where international work is something that I would like to take on and building an international network for Goan Entrepreneurs would be a great start. George if we could be in direct contact that would be great. I imagine you have much on your plate but would love to touch base about this and see how we use goacom.com to really focus in on making this a reality. For all those out there you can contact me directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] There is much to do on this front and any support and reply would be fantastic. Please label all incoming email accordingly ie. "Goan Entrepreneurship Venture" I look forward to hearing from those interested, J.L Carvalho www.gvec.ca Co-Founder and Vice President [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.secvictoria.com Co-Founder and Chair www.igeninc.com Partner Vancouver, B.C ----- Original Message ----- From: George Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 2:43 PM Subject: Goan entrepreneurship > There is a need for greater Goan entrepreneurship (going into business for oneself), to be able to > control one's financial destiny and by extension, our life's goals and not be subject to the > machinations of the job market, corporate & political worlds. Economic independence can lead to > greater freedom (this is pithe statement but is true nonetheless). > > I am forwarding a website below which provides a straightforward business plan. Any new venture > (or even an existing one) ought to take stock in some similar (though not exact) manner. So > whether one is starting a weekly newspaper or political party or cyber discussion group, it is > important to think through the various issues using such a plan. > > Often I receive ideas on a number of fronts for various plans which are terribly weak because > people have not thought through all the issues. I hope Goan entrepreneurship will grow and > flourish - being one's own boss, setting the agenda in an ethical manner, and finally enjoying the > fruits of one's labors. > > Regards, > George > > > http://www.sequoiacap.com/process/stepthree_howtoformat.asp > > How To Format A Plan > > We like business plans that present a lot of information in as few words as possible. The topics > that interest us most are a description of the market the company plans to attack, an overview of > the company's initial product and planned products, a description of distribution channels, a > summary of the backgrounds of the management team, a five year summary of financial projections, > and a capitalization table. We are very skeptical about detailed financial projections beyond the > first 12-18 months of a company's operations and have a jaundiced view of reams of financial data. > > We have found that the following format provides a good overview of a prospective investment. It > usually works best when limited to around 15-20 slides, either in overhead foils or driven from a > PC. > > Business > Company's business (description short enough to fit on a business card) > Mission statement > Products > Product description > Development schedule > Differentiation > Price point > Market > Trends > Historic and projected sizes in dollars > Product match to market definition > Distribution > Sales channels > Partnerships > Customers > Competition > Competitors > Competitive advantages > Team > Background of management > Board composition > Financials > Historic and projected P&L (first two years by quarters) > Projected cash flow (first two years by quarters) > Current balance sheet > Projected head count by functional area (R&D, sales, marketing, G&A) > Capitalization schedule > Deal > Amount raised > Valuation asked > Use of proceeds > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! 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