Part II VentureQuest

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How?

When?

Where?

let’s begin

How?

How is the organization structured?

How real is this?

We will adopt the E-Corp model

stakeholder managed

people-centricproject team resource allocation

collaborative and competitivestrong brand

and promote YOU!

How do we address the small business market?

Specific target of small businesses with 1 to 99 employees

Does not matter if pre-revenue or post revenue

We will have programs for Solopreneurs and companies with

millions in revenue

Although businesses are different sizes they have the

same basic needs

It’s just a matter of complexity

We offer competitive rates

How big is the addressable market?

$7.3T in sales, 17% of gross US sales

5,821,276 businesses with employees

21,708,021 firms with no payroll

Average 600,000 new businesses per year

-U.S. Census Data

Seven Seas Analogy

Sea water = unifying medium

purpose, vision, mantra, and relationships, stories, bond

service providers captain their ship

Each ship captain generates their own ideas, concepts, plans, tactics, strategies and build their own crew

each develops own community within the whole

we have support ships, ports to refuel, and other warships to protect and

engage!

60% of population live

within 60 miles of the sea

The seven seas touch every continent, so will we

How do we support Service Provider growth?

6 ways

offer expansion into other market segments

offer programs in other cities at other branches

increase product line by creating webinars, online courses, or other

products

work off the Vim platform

associate you with the Vim brand

promote your brand with benefits of supportive corporate structure

How do you create your success?

Develop and promote your personal brand like Remax model:

–Remax is the company brand–Realtors and Brokers represent the brand–Realtors promote themselves with target

client–Each realtor has a specialty; a specific niche

which does not confuse the overall brand

Realtor specialties:•Geographic base•Commercial•Price of house like

mansions• Short sales•Women in transition

Vim People is the overall brand of service providers for small businesses

– Service Providers represent Vim People– Service Providers promote themselves to their

target client within a niche

How do I get customers?

5 Examples

You generate leads on your own

You engage a crew member in sales to do your sales for you

You get leads from ViM People marketing

You get leads from other members - like a leads group

You do business with a member

How do I charge?

You determine your own rates for your services

We will help you benchmark against other service providers in Vim and

from competitors

You can charge hourly, by project, by program, by offering

How do I grow my sales?

You can expand into other market segments

You can learn a new skill

You can train an apprentice

You can engage contractors and others to support your program

You can expand geographically

You can create new offers

You can work in your EZOG and spend time generating higher

value offerings

How do I keep costs low?

Vim People is a decentralized and low overhead business model

Vim People will create efficient back-office systems

Vim People will have brand value

Vim People model produces a lower cost of customer acquisition- key

value

Allow you to focus on high value activities

In-source non-core stuff in your business

Buying power- technology, office space, other expense items

How do I get compensated?

Everyone works for a share of the revenue

Similar to crew of a voyage in the past, share the treasure

You choose how much or how little you make

• Service Provider(majority)• Admin & Profit• Sales• Support• Marketing

We recommend buildingscalable programs

If you author a program you receive royalties when other ViM People

offer your program for your lifetime, active or not

You can co-create your business with another member like some

husband/wife, mother/son teams in real estate

You can bill your rate and in-source to apprentice or contractors

How do I earn equity?

Only partners can buy shares upfront

All members will earn stock options as part of qualified employee stock option plan

We do not anticipate selling any shares to outsiders

Possibly we will have some equity-only projects for a short

term

How do I work?

You can work any where in the world you wish to work that

allows you to collaborate and serve your clients

We will have a central office in every city for members that

prefer to work together and for class room and meeting space

You set your schedule

You set how much you work

You set your vacation schedule

You set your lifestyle

How is management structured?

Self-management

We will have various layers of leadership, one servant leader

will represent the company and legal position of president and

will be elected

Mentoring will be highly encouraged and we will have a formal process for connecting

and matching mentors and mentorees

Flat, self-organized structure

How do I join?

Introducing Michael Potts

everyone is referred to as a member not employee

servant leader- legally officer in company often referred to as

president

founding partner- only 11 people

-experience-equity investment

-leader-employment relationship

-service provider producer of revenues

Patrons-experience

-equity investment-leader

-employment relationship- service provider producer of

revenues

Member-motivated-basic skills

-employment relationship- service provider producer of

revenues

Crew Member-enable service providers-variety of skills and jobs-employment relationship

Affiliate-can be service provider

-can be on the crew-variety of skills and jobs

-1099 relationship

Other roles-board of advisors-board of directors

-fans, followers, evangelists-mentors

How do I know what that platform is?

First office building in Gunbarrel- 2680 square feet, training room

• CRM• Portal• Social media platform• Central website• Plug into our events• One full time admin, support and sales

crew• Outsourced accounting, technology

development and other services as needed

How does platform support me?

Our Boulder journey has begun, we have a well established brand and plan with lots of local interest- we have a Business Revenue Engine

ready and primed we just need you!

This year Vim People will become an instant brand supporting small businesses in Boulder County and

beyond

How do I get engaged?

Learn all you can about

If you are interested and feel called to join this movement then contact bt

How do we create trust?

We build a brand people trust…

to build a brand people trust you must hire trustworthy people…

that would be you…

How do we build the team?

We hire great talent through

shared principles, values and purpose

an intense selection process

then, mentoring and training

resource competition

client feedback- think external

When?

launch timeline

it has already started

interviewing for founding partners and leader now

11 Partners signed on 11/11/11

we incorporate and launch

ramping up social media

running 7 events per month and growing

buzz and value of the EZOG Assessment

hire a full time crew to support founding partners

expansion into other cities when Boulder office stable

internally funded by founding partners and partners

Where?

ViM People in 10 years:

1000 partners and associates

generating $1.2M each from their businesses

$1.2B in sales

Open up offices in top 100 markets in the U.S.

#1 on Fortune’s Top Companies to Work Survey

Helped 1,000,000 entrepreneurs

Vim People Exit

An option we will to become a public non-traded company

We become an ESOP, stock sold back to company and

members

We get wholly bought out

You create a new entity with your business under the ViM

brand

Overview

• Vim People is a roll up of the service provider industry serving small businesses who generate $7.3T in annual revenues

• Vim People will adopt the E-Corp framework• We will initially focus on five segments,

funding, marketing, sales, software development and business building

• Partners are only members that can invest• We have already started building the team and

it is real!

Join us in the revolution!

partner with us

refer us potential clients

follow us on

spread the word

I personally invite you to explore taking this journey

with us…

EZOG

thank you