Working with the Institute is easy! The Institute is a Venture Accelerator organized to give skills that will improve your venture's fundraising capacity and accelerate its ability to attract capital.

Our programs feature:

Knowledge-based training - Events, Conferences, & Seminars.

• Investors Choice® Conferences
• The 21st Century Entrepreneur Seminar Series
• How to Raise Money in Utah - Seminars to Get Started
• Other Venture Related Education Events Co-sponsored by the Institute
• Venturecapital.org - The Institute's website

Experience-based training - Networking Opportunities, Directed Mentoring, Presentation Opportunities to Investors, Warm Introductions.

• Investor Ready® Program
• Cooperative Venturing Network®
• Other Networking (Social) Events Co-sponsored by the Institute

Action-based activities - Entrepreneurial and Team Assessments, Business Plan Review, Expanded Executive Summary Review.

1. Attend Institute Events, Conferences, & Seminars to improve your skills of communicating to, and reaching, investors; and
2. Write an Expanded Executive Summary (the document used for application to Investors Choice® or the Investor Ready® programs);
3. Submit your Expanded Executive Summary to the Institute for review and next step suggestions;
4. Submit your business plan for review;
5. Test you and your team's entrepreneurial readiness with our New Venture Profile®;
6. Apply to an Investors Choice® Equity Capital Conference;
7. Apply to the Institute's Investor Ready® Program

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