Selection

Upon submission, the material will be analyzed and a Venture Ready® Report will be generated for each company. Each company will then receive a company-specific URL in which to view its web link-based report.

The expanded executive summaries, together with the results of the analysis review, will then be reviewed by a panel of venture professionals. Some companies will be immediately selected to participate; others will be placed in a pending status file until they are viewed in relationship to other applications. Please bear in mind that the selection committee is seeking the best investment opportunities along a number of criteria, including various stages of investment, markets addressed, size of opportunity, depth of management team, industry focus, and so on. You should also note that you may be notified of your acceptance or denial anytime within a week of application receipt and/or as late as six weeks after your submission is received. Applications will be considered on a first-come/first-serve, rolling admissions basis.

Mentoring

If your company is selected as one of the presenting companies at an Investors Choice® Conference, the Wayne Brown Institute will assign a Deal Maker Team® to assist in preparing your presentation and supporting materials for the conference. The Deal Maker Teams® are comprised of members of the Cooperative Venturing Network®, a nationwide network of professionals in equity backed businesses that includes current (and former) successful entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, financial, legal, and investment professionals, all of whom are volunteering their time to help. In addition to helping you with your presentation, your team is comprised of individuals that are part of the network that has access to capital. While you're checking them out, they are checking you out to see if they want to lend their credibility to investors in your behalf.

Mentoring is manditory. Some companies may require one or two meetings, most will require 4-6 meetings to get your presentation in shape.

Investor Feedback Session is manditory. On January 16 & 17, 2008 all the companies will have their presentations reviewed and critiqued for final selection by a panel of investors (see Investor Panel). Local companies should attend in person, out of state companies have the option of calling in.

The Venture Ready Report®, Cooperative Venturing Network®, Deal Maker Team® are trademarks of the Wayne Brown Institute. The term Expanded Executive Summary and the accompanying guidelines are copyrighted (1986) and are held by the Wayne Brown Institute. Investors Choice® and Investor Ready® are registered trademarks of the Wayne Brown Institute.