Cube@midtown 2015 annual_report

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2015 Annual Reportacknowledgements

We want to congratulate the community for its commitment to strengthen the region’s entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystem. We hope that our work this year impacted you, your business, and your staff, and expanded the ecosystem’s connections, partnerships, and awareness. Our goal is to help move the needle forward and we look to expanding the ecosystem’s boundaries in 2016.Happy New Year and we will see you in 2016!Ky GoodDedra HillKarol HinesEstella HuntEric MadisonNorman Smith

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CUBE Playbook launched

Startup Pitch Dayslaunched

CUBE Outreach launched

Meeting space for Support organizations

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Dinner with the Lieutenent Governor & investors –topic: “Startup Funding”

CUBE column in Northern Nevada Business Weekly

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9 Radio & TV Interviews

22 articles published in various newspapers

10 Interns Trained 2 Foreign Country

Visitors hosted

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Reciprocity partnership with AdamsHub & Tahoe Mountain Lab

Reciprocity partnership with Mountain CoworkingAlliance (MCA) - Spanning CA, CO, NV, UT, WY

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Fennemore Craig –provides on-going pro bono legal services

Fennemore Craig –offers Venture Accelerator Program to clients

U.S. Angels –partners with Screening Committee

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Piloted 2 Nutrition Classes for Women, Infants, & Children (WIC) recipients Executed a collaborative alliance with

2 Government Agencies1. Nevada State WIC Program2. Washoe County Health Department3 Nonprofit organizations1. Community Health Alliance2. Northern Nevada Food Bank3. The CUBE @ Midtown4 CUBE Clients1. BodyFly Fitness2. Millenium Games3. Rise & Shine4. WeRock

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“Some people dream of success…while others wake up and work hard at it” – Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook

“Customers don’t care about your solution. They care about their problem” – Dave McClure, 500 Startups

C U B E C L I E N T S . . .

“Success breeds complacency. Complacency breeds failure. Only the Paranoid Survive.” – Andy Grove, Intel

A Y e a r i nR e v i e w

ARE the reason why we show up to mentor, advise, collaborate and celebrate success & failures

CREATE products and services that solveproblems in the marketplace


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AboveNVAllgo SocialArmaTerra

BodyFly FitnessGeneral Energy Efficiency

In-Touch ParalegalInternational Milk Bank

LoadIQMasquerade Media

7 Leaf LabsObjectWorks

Parle InnovationRise & Shine

Shelf UpTrenLot

Tribal RideVizKinect

WeRock

AviationSocial MediaEnvironmentFitnessEnergyLegalHealthcareEnergyEntertainmentMedical3D PrintingAugmented RealityEducationConstructionWine & SpiritsTransportationAdvanced BiometricsEducation & Entertainment


2015 Annual ReportAboveNV - Certified to train drone pilots for commercial use; launched workshops

BodyFly Fitness - Closed an angel round; completed prototype for manufacturingInternational Milk Bank - Graduated; finds significant solution to an ongoing challenge with shared mother’s milkLoadIQ - Delivered 50 units to Washoe County School DistrictMasquerade Media – Signed a world class romance cover artist, John Paul ObjectWorks - Achieved 3x of Kickstart goalParle - Signed LOI with TechDataRise & Shine - Increased student ACT scores by 8 points on averageSoSuTv - Graduated; expands services offering to CaliforniaTrenlot - Received commitment from the largest provider of barrels in U.S. to beta barrel monitoringVizKinect - Established a market for airport securityWeRock - Increased its presence with K-12 programsXplorIT - Produced 40 destination videos in major markets

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“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” – John Wayne“Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.” – Robert T. Kiyosaki

The PLAYBOOK . . .

“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill


IS a content platform for presenters and participants to learn, interact, collaborate, and innovate while covering a full range of business topics

GIVES the offensive and defensive strategies & tactics to start, grow, and build a self-sustaining business model

ELEVATES awareness for new connectionsSTRENGTHENS the knowledge base

CREATES a boundary-less ecosystem

I Have an Idea. Is it a Business?

Pitching your Story… on Paper

You're Not a Business If you Don't Sell Anything

Storytelling… on Video

How to Close a Deal

The Vocabulary of Investors

What's in your Pitch Deck? Mechanics of a Deal

Federal Grants: Lessons to Source, Evaluate, & Complete Proposals Big Data, Small Business

Drone Basics: Flying, Fines,, & the Future

Pitching your Story … Live & In Person

Topics

Get to YES with your Customers, Vendors, & Investors

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HeimanSherbrookMacyMadisonTollesSeelmeyerElliottEllernGoodHatjakesSmithBlock Main

Presenters Alice Allen Craig

Eric Jill

John Kimberly

KirkKy

MarkNorman

RobertSteve

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Attendees

Survey responses

Said they would attend a future L&LSaid the L&L topic was helpfulAre motivated to improve how their business is managed

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SUGGESTIONS “it would be nice to have a local (linked In connection with the participants of the L&L.” “I'm interested in strategic planning seminar” “grant workshop” “more in depth on grants” “focusing on sustainability in business. (Not clean energy sustainability)” “negotiation skills” “Bookkeeping” “something on "first steps" would be cool. Licensing, attorney's, company structure, etc.” “organization for startup; taxation information” “ marketing” ”market research and crowd funding and more hands on classes” “business development, sales, legal issues” “would like more hands-on with a 'sample company' scenario” “setting up accounts for sales of products at big chain stores” “small business success & advice to reach goal” “project management: Software review/demo” “more real world examples, tutorials, & tools” “programming”

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Suggestions

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“I Can Do Things You Cannot, You Can Do Things I Cannot; Together We Can Do Great Things” – Mother Teresa“Look up at the stars and not at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be Curious.” – Stephen Hawking

C O M M U N I T Y . . .

“Be the Change You Want to See in the World.” –Mahatma Gandhi


RAISES the expectation to elevate everyoneREINFORCES we can make things happen

M e e t i n g p l a c e f o r …

• Entrepreneurship Nevada• Midtown Merchants Association• Nevada Inventor Association• Northern NV Patent Holders Forum

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“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” – John Wayne“Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.” – Robert T. Kiyosaki

The PLAYLISTRefresh your toolbox with the business language, insight and context that companies cannot avoid.

“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill

Short List of 2016 Topics

Tax Filings & Your Business: What is Sales & Use, Modified, Federal, and more…

The Bookkeeper, the Controller, and the CFO: When do you need one & Why.

Become an Angel Investor & what it takes to evaluate startup opportunities.

Putting the team together: How to qualify, interview, and hire.What's next? Scaling your business for rapid revenue growth.

Motivation vs Burnout: Lead from the top & keep all engaged.

Patents, Trademarks, and everything in between. Legal aspects of…

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Short List of Topics

Branding: Is it all or nothing? Is image everything?

Supplying to Big Box: Are my SKU's their SKU's? What system do I use?

Sales Funnel: Who fills the pipeline? How to increase your team's closing rate?

Protecting your Intellectual Property: What does that mean as you build your portfolio.Bootstrapping: Your risk profile depends on how you build your company. What are your options?

The Art of Negotiation: The need for facts, figures, and the unspoken.Your Other Team: The Value of... and Your Need for... a Board of Directors, Vendor relations, Strategic partners, & more.

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Increase profits: Reading, Writing, & Arithmetic. You and your team must be fiscally responsible.

Your Product Roadmap: Adding value to an existing product vs. Adding to your existing product line.

Think Big & Execute with Care. Be a Strategic Thinker and Avoid the Traps.

Your Dashboard: KPI's, Incentives, and Performance. Increase your bottom line.

Growing & Managing your Team: How to read a resume.

Valuation: If you know the methods of analysis, you may get more money from the banker, the angel, the VC, or the M&A.

Contracts: Suppliers, Vendors, Customers, Banks, and more. Which ones do you need to run your company effectively? Do I really need to bother with the fine print?

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Revenue is NOT Cash: Develop your financial forecast AND expect to manage your cash flow.

Your Idea. What next? A process to take market share with your product / service.

Project Management: How to manage your team and timeline while staying on budget.

Measure your Market: TAM, SAM, SOM.

Neuroscience of Selling: Closing a deal may depend on how you hire.

Your Revenue is Increasing. How to anticipate the things that lag or lead with expected growth? Talent, resources, and money.

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Make your Sales Strategy Work by Owning the Sales Plan

Strategic Planning

Crash Course- Explore the common thread that is shared among sales, development, marketing, and more…

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FinanceTimePeopleResources & OperationsMarketingSalesProduct Development

Legend

Lunch & Learns$10 / person

PLAYBOOK Pricing

Workshops$49 / person

Labs$99 / person*View the calendar athttp://www.cubeatmidtown.com/calendarRegistration will be open for January and February Subsequent months will be opened in FebruaryTopics, Titles and/or Dates are subject to change

Additional topics will be addedPricing is subject to change


2015 Annual Report

800 Haskell StreetReno, NV 89509Phone: 775-622-9900Fax: 775-622-9916

www.cubeatmidtown.comemail: [email protected]

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