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Dear business friend,
We at SearchLink hope all is well on your side! Looking forward to catching up in the new year and explore good business opportunities, we wish you, your family and your colleagues all good for the festive season, a Merry Christmas and a happy, prosperous and peaceful 2020!

Have you finished your business plan and are you about to go to the market for pilot customers and/or roll-out of your business? Then ReadyToGo Module IV can be a perfect guidance for you. Module IV of RTG has 9 sub-modules, one two-day session each month from September 2019 to May 2020.
Check out which sessions are relevant for you, or sign up for the full program (at a 42 % discount!) Hope to see you there!

Hi! Here is the full program for ReadyToGo Module II and module III for the fall 2019: 7 sessions in module II, running almost weekly from Aug 29 until Oct 31. Then, module III starts Nov 7, with 6 sessions until Dec 12. Check it out and spread the word to anyone you might think could have something to learn about entrepreneurship and planning of a start-up. Hope to see you there, too! You can take single sessions, or you can join a full module or the whole program.

Upcoming seminars the coming week in the ReadyToGo program, Module I. Hope to see you in Kunnskapssenteret, Sandvika at 5 pm on Monday and Thursday.

Improving start-up success rate; Part 2: Know where you stand!

Are you ready to start your business?
First thing: Measure your readiness level.

At SearchLink we strongly believe that you should know where you stand, before you move. And we prove that setting a value to start-ups can be done before they have a turn-over to show.

We have introduced an “IQ” model assessing the quality, depth and scope of business initiatives, showing a start-up’s over-all readiness level, soft-spots and strengths by assessing all sides of the start-up initiative.

StartupIQ™ is a digital web-based analytical tool. The model is built on measuring the factors acknowledged to be the strongest indicators of business success and failure. Our model scores 24 Factors with some 150 indicators, all grouped into 4 basic Areas of reflection:
• WHAT is the idea?
• WHO are the people behind?
• WHERE is the market? And
• HOW shall this be made a profitable operation?

StartupIQ™ offers a free start-up assessment. New on the market, it gives the entrepreneur a report about his readiness level and the key challenges every entrepreneur faces. The StartupIQ™ model delivers a total IQ score that may be used for ranking of projects, which is of high interest to investors.

Want to learn more? Visit our event on Monday August 19: "Grow and commercialize your start-up with ReadyToGo" or visit searchlink.no.

Entrepreneurship is sustainable and lean business. At SearchLink we applaud all start-up initiatives, especially those of our former students! So here is one we recommend: Check out OsloWay and share it with all you know that is new to Oslo!

OsloWay - Tours and experiences in Oslo Embrace the Oslo spirit with every tour!

During our event on Monday August 19 we will not only present you the ReadyToGo education program about how you can grow your start-up business. We will also present our unique model for assessing a start-up's readiness to go into business; StartupIQ. And we offer a piece of learning outcome as well, with a session about the art of entrepreneurship and the Norwegian business framework. Do not miss this opportunity!

In the ReadyToGo program we address all sides of starting your own business: WHAT is your idea and how do you make sure it fits market needs, is legally secured and developed with minimum effort? WHERE is your market, how does your customers look like and how do you define your target group? WHO are you - and your team, what competences do you need, how do you build and lead an organization? HOW do you manage a company, the economy and finances, the procurement and production?
In ReadyToGo YOU work on YOUR OWN startup, applying the professional tips and learning we offer, with our personal assistance if you need it.
Come and hear about ReadyToGo on Monday August 19, at 5 pm in Kunnskapssenteret, Sandvika. Free entry. But please sign up for the event - we need to know if you are coming.

Improving start-up success rate (Part 1. The facts!) Start-ups fail mainly because of lack of commercialization skills. Wrong: it is not because the idea was bad, or because of too low funding, too little time or people resources that most start-ups fail.