I represented Dinoct in NVTC Entrepreneur Center’s Fall 2010 FastTrac® TechVenture™ entrepreneur training program. 11 companies from DC metro area participated and graduated from this program. NVTC organised graduation ceremony on December 7th, 2010.
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As a participant, and from my perspective, this 10 week program was very informative & useful. It gave opportunity to listen to the stories of successful entrepreneurs, guidance & advice from experienced coaches and more importantly establish relationship with the entrepreneur community (participants, coaches & guest speakers) from the area. I did enjoy the program.
Summary notes:
* First of all the program was very well organized. Kudos to Kristin D’Amore for the excellent organization of the program
* Well rounded selection of guest speakers (except one out of ten)
* Excellent venue.
* Training materials & resources are very useful and well prepared.
* One of the key take aways from these sessions was about the importance of “communication skills” (story telling) for entrepreneurs. It would have been great to have a session on communication skills.
* Most of the participants were found to be at concept stages but the sessions seemed to have spend more on funding stage details.
I’d highly recommend this program to those who are venturing into entrepreneurship.