Why an Online Workshop? Success!

Plano & Simple Workshops deliver top quality coaching and training as well as access to experts, all with the convenience of online delivery. Content and interactive sessions are recorded for future access. Each participant has a private, password-protected area where they can access their materials and communicate with me. I review the submissions at least once a week to ensure accountability on the part of the participants. 

The workshops are based on practical advice developed in the course of coaching hundreds of entrepreneurs. The real benefit comes from applying the advice directly to your startup, to which end you are provided with plenty of guidance via webinars, worksheets and Q&A sessions.

Service providers and other hosting organizations can brand customized versions of my Signature Workshop to suit your needs for attracting more potential clients, raising your profile and helping your clients to be more successful:

Workshop Descriptions

Plano & Simple Signature Program: The Startup Accelerator Workshop

The Startup Accelerator Workshop is designed to meet the rapid development needs of all high tech startups. Each 6 to 8 week program guides you through the process of validating your value proposition with data. I cover each major aspect of your business plan and provide you with the materials you need to apply what you've learned directly to your own company.  In addition, I show you how to translate your plan into a compelling pitch inp resentation, print and web media. Learn more...

Customized Workshops

The Startup Accelerator Workshop is a valuable tool for helping entrepreneurs succeed. As such, it can be highly beneficial to service providers, event and competition organizers, incubator managers and other organizations seeking to deliver value while raising their own profile in the entrepreneur community. 

With this goal in mind, the Signature Program can be customized to suit the needs of any hosting organization, industry sector, event or program, or location. They can also be tailored for entrepreneurs at different stages of development as well as for intrapraneurs. Learn more...

... Customized for Your Firm

Your firm's branding is added to a Workshop and to all marketing materials. Your workshop is marketed via a branded Virtual Incubator to raise your profile further. Your partners may participate as much - or as little as they like as mentors and experts. And you reduce your risk by accelerating the progress of your clients and training them to work with you (see Client Schools below). Learn more...

... Customized for Business Competitions and Events

Your organization and its sponsors stand out from the competition with your branded version of the Accelerator Workshop to suit the needs of your participants. They receive consistent, intensive online training that is impossible to duplicate using volunteers... and your big events feature more polished presentations by more sophisticated entrepreneurs. Learn more...

... Customized for Incubators and Accelerators

A workshop can be customized to enhance your existing incubator and acceleration programs. Your participants receive tremendous value via consistent, expert online training that complements the efforts of your mentors and other support systems... and your sponsors and volunteers build stronger relationships with your participants. Learn more...

... Customized for Intrapraneurs

Intrapraneurs have many of the same challenges as entrepreneurs: you have to compete for resources and that means you need to make a strong business case and be able to pitch it well to your management. Learn more...

VIP Accelerator Workshops

For entrepreneurs and their supporters who prefer more one-on-one coaching than is possible in a large workshop, any of the above customized workshops can be tailored for one to six participants. Learn more...

Client School Workshops

Client School Workshops reduce your firm's risk by training new clients on the basics of your expertise so that you spend less time on (1) education and (2) fixing rookie mistakes that could have been avoided easily. Your clients require less of your time in the early stages when they can't pay and you spend less time on trivial work. Learn more...