Atlanta Startups and Small Biz

Congratulations! You've decided you want to make a movie: a short, feature or documentary. You most likely have a ball-park figure of how much money you'd like to have in your pockets to make this happen. Wait a minute, first things first. Are you really sure your script or documentary outline is credit worthy? You're going to be spending a whole lot of time and other people's money on this. Don't waste time and money on a sub par screenplay. Have you made a business plan? Creating a business plan is almost as important as finding a terrific script. Make creating a viable and realistic business plan your first priority. Many filmmakers create an outline business plan first, and then find a script that matches what they think they can raise. We show you how to raise money with: 1. The Studio Model 2. Government Funding 3. Pre sales & Co-productions, 4. Product Placement 5. Music 6. Crowdfunding 7. Deferrals 8. Self financed: Shooting on plastic, and more!

We discuss the five things a website can do to make money: 1. Ecommerce - selling products 2. Lead Generation - Contact info for Sales Prospects 3. Content Publisher - Show advertising to visitors 4. Support - Help your customers solve problems 5. Branding - Drive awareness and engagement Come learn, share and network with top Atlanta professionals.

In this Strategy Building Session, we help you develop and implement a step-by-step plan to bring your "idea for a business" to life in 2017.

New marketing tool that increases sales by focusing resources at a specific target market. AIMS analysis (alternatively AIMS matrix) is an acronym for attributes, impact, market, and strategy. It is a structured planning method that evaluates those four elements of a project or business venture. An AIMS analysis can be carried out for a company, product, place, industry, or person. See the video and the website at http://www.aimsanalysis.com/