Three times each year, the Business Alliance gives four or five young companies unprecedented access to interested investors and to service providers working with alternate sources of investment capital.

 

Eligible companies seeking $250,000 to $2 million in investment capital apply for the opportunity to make a formal presentation to a panel of investors and to an audience of other investors, fellow entrepreneurs, potential strategic partners, and other interested parties. After each presentation, the panel and the audience provide feedback and ask questions.

 

These companies are prescreened and selected by a committee comprised of Business Alliance members and University partners, who volunteer their time and expertise to the program. Preference is given to VA/MD/DC area technology companies with proprietary products or services. Retail firms and professional service companies are rarely considered.  The Grubstake Breakfast program is a partnership activity with George Mason University.

 

Qualified companies are invited to complete the attached application form and to submit it with an $80.00 application fee to the Business Alliance office by the appropriate deadline date (see below). Companies selected to present will be required to pay a $300 fee presentation fee to contribute to the costs of the event. Selected companies will be expected to attend and to successfully complete a Coaching Orientation Session prior to the event.

Breakfast  Date      March 3, 2006 (McLean Hilton)      June 15, 2006      October 26, 2006

Application Deadline February 7, 2006 May 1, 2006* September 10, 2006*

 

*Dates subject to change once breakfast dates have been set.

Attendees must be pre-registered. Individual registration  fees are

$50 Business Alliance member/GMU partner pre-paid**

$80 nonmembers pre-paid**

**$10 additional charge for walk-ins/pay at door