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   Up Coming Event

 Strategic Business Development in the United States – an Interactive Workshop

Organized by: JOBS/USAID and BASIS

Venue: Pan Pacific Sonargaon (Balcony) 

Agenda:

Saturday, July 26th, 2003 

9:00 AM – 9:45 AM      Open session on purpose of program

  • Discussion of program components

  • Discussion of Sri Lankan case study for similar program

  • Discussion of overall issues that will be confronted by Bangladeshi companies as they seek to penetrate the US market 

9:45 AM – 10:45 AM    Developing a Marketing Strategy

  • How to target a specific market segment

  • SWOT analysis

  • Current IT trends 

10:45 AM – 11:00 AM   Break 

11:00AM – 12:30 PM    Workshop on Developing a Marketing Strategy

  • Finding a niche

  • Researching business opportunities

  • Drafting a marketing plan 

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM     Lunch break 

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM       Seeking Venture Capital

  • How venture capitalists make decisions

  • Investment strategies

  • Effective capital raising

  • Valuations 

3:00 PM – 3:15 PM       Break 

3:15 PM – 5:00 PM       Developing a Business Plan

  • The contents of a business plan

  • Effective executive summaries

  • Financial projections

  • Knowing your audience 

Sunday, July 27, 2003 

9:00 AM – 10:45AM     Workshop on Drafting Business Plans 

  • Developing a concise message

  • Writing style

  • Organizing the document

  • Sensitivity analysis on financials 

10:45 AM – 11:00AM   Break

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM   Workshop on effective presentations/pitches

  • Making an elevator pitch

  • Developing a country pitch

  • Developing effective marketing materials

  • Making an effective PowerPoint presentation 

12:30PM – 1:30 PM      Lunch Break 

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM       Customer service/quality protocols

  • Developing quality service

  • Customer driven focus

  • Branding through quality 

2:30 PM – 2:45 PM       Break 

2:45 PM – 4:00 PM       Closing session

  • Review of marketing strategy

  • Review of business and marketing plans

  • Review of elevator pitches

  • Tying it all together to get business

 

 

                         A Project of USAID Bangladesh Implemented by the IRIS Center at University of Maryland

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