Creating a First Class Financial Model

Robert Rough, Managing Director, Pillar Capital Management, LLC

January 19, 2012

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Mr. Rough has been an investor, senior executive, consultant and board member in technology, service, manufacturing, distribution, and retail companies. In addition to founding and operating both a private equity and a venture capital firm, Mr. Rough has been an executive with portfolio companies for Kleiner Perkins, Ballast Point Ventures and Thompson Investments among others. Over the past thirty years, Mr. Rough has developed or reviewed hundreds of models.  Mr. Rough graduated from Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH and earned his MBA from the Harvard Business School in Boston, MA.

Starting and growing a company requires having a solid strategy and the capital to implement it. The financial model is where strategy and implementation meet, helping the entrepreneur and advisors determine cash needs. The model is also an important gauge investors use to evaluate a management team. Venture capitalists look for an understanding of business realities; anything else can crush your chances of obtaining funding. The presentation is not about using Excel; it provides readily usable ideas to make your financial model a better tool for raising money and operating your enterprise.

AGENDA
11:30am - 12noon        Networking and Lunch
12noon - 1:00pm          Presentation
1:00 - 1:30pm              Q&A