January 2012 CSE Group Meetup Agenda Update:
Meeting Agenda:
(Hour 1)
6:00PM – 6:25PM – “Gettin’ in the Mood” LiveIntro’s & QuikBio's (25 Minutes - Group)
Food and Refreshments, Socializing, Introductions…
Sponsored by Ensemble Ventures, LLC !
6:25PM – 6:30PM – Getting Down to Business
Internet Updates - (5 Minutes - M. Schmidt - Meetup & CSE Site)
Membership Status - Meetup Updates – Web-Site
Update on CSE Group Site: http://www.colospgsbiz.org
6:30PM - 7:00PM - Guest Business Speaker:
James C. Romig – Executive Vice President & Chairman of the Board
MICR Prime Services, Inc.
About Jim:
MICR Prime is an outgrowth of Computer Forms (print service brokerage) begun in 1993. Research for a unique product to sell led Jim to a desk top publishing solution for internal bank documents (MS DOS). He purchased the Windows version in 2004. More than 300 customers in 26 states & 2 foreign countries use the package.
Mr. Romig is the founder and Chairman of the MICR Prime companies. He has completed post-graduate work in administrative disciplines and has extensive sales and marketing experience.
The patented Checks In-house Production System (ChIPS) is new to the company. Its development and marketing strategies are the direct result of his efforts. ChIPS is a highly specialized system of software, equipment and consumables that dramatically improves profitability for financial institutions and gives them a distinct marketing advantage over their competitors.
The company is seeking to raise operating capital to launch ChIPS into the healthy part of the banking industry, community banks and credit unions. Their quest includes two very novel initiatives -- "crowd funding" and a Direct Public Offering.
About Jim's Talk:
MICR Prime Services, Inc. (MPSI) has been in business for 9 years. For the last 6 years we've worked to bring the Checks In-house Production System, ChIPS, to the financial industry market. But, wait a minute, does anybody use checks these days? Absolutely, and they will for the next 20 years! The FDIC says more than 30 BILLION paper check transactions occurred in the US last year. That's a lot of checks!
We've done the product development in Suite B (the basement of our home here in Colorado) and tapped out every available resource to do it -- part time jobs, savings, inheritance from my preacher father's estate, family, friends from church, everything. At long last we have a ready to go system but we ran out of funds to do the marketing. That's where you can help.
We are doing a "CROWDFUNDING" Raise ! - Come and hear more about this unique way to raise capital !
(Hour 2)
7:00PM – 7:15PM (Bio Break) – 15 Minutes
7:15PM – 8:00PM– Overview of VDC & 3Ci Programs– 45 Minutes
Mike Schmidt, CEO - Ensemble Ventures, LLC
What is a Venture Development Cluster: ?
With a major need to create an entrepreneurial "eco-system" in Colorado Springs that transcends traditional economic development activities and instead focuses on developing local small businesses that fosters innovation and encourages creativity and collaboration, it's time to create a new kind of local economic development model that puts the entrepreneur at the center of attention and action...
Much like what TechStars has done in Boulder, Boston, and San Francisco with their software-oriented technology incubation concept, or Y-Combinator with their innovative software company entrepreneurial funding strategies, Ensemble and the CSE Group is interested instead in developing a robust " Venture Development Cluster" model for Colorado Springs that focuses on the "The Enterprise", "It's Entrepreneur(s)" and the force multiplier of active Mentoring and advisory support "Execution" services coupled together with high-velocity capital and proven business process optimization that can provide companies with a competitive advantage and increase their chances for success.
Overview of First "Sports/Wellness Cluster" Initiative:
The Center for Mild Hyperbaric Research in partnership with Pikes Peak Hyperbaric
Developing the First Sports/Wellness Business !
8:00PM - 8:45PM - 45 Minutes of Networking and Open Forum Discussions
8:45PM – Close
9:00PM – Library Closes
Hope you can make it and participate in Colorado Springs most engaging monthly Entrepreneurial meetup in town !
Regards,
Mike Schmidt, Chair
Colorado Springs Entrepreneurs Group
