EVENTS
TEC Edmonton Centre
TEC Edmonton helps inventors transform unique and/or patentable ideas into smart businesses. A joint venture between the University of Alberta and Edmonton Economic Development Corporation, TEC Edmonton opens commercialization doors for Alberta entrepreneurs, investors, and the University of Alberta research community.
TEC’s unique resources include the TEC Centre-a business incubation facility, and business specialists for use by all Albertans. TEC Edmonton is a not-for-profit enterprise providing advisory services, unique world class facilities and is second to none. Phil Payne has mentored several TEC Centre clients as a director and advisor.
Alberta Connects: Progress for a Province– Opportunity for a Nation. – May 10-13, 2010
Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada and Phil Payne, AIM Capital CEO and member of the Alberta Enterprise Group (AEG), joined dozens of Alberta business leaders in the nation’s capital to establish relationships and help build bridges between the east and west.
AEG organized this three-day forum in Ottawa and enjoined several opposition members and their leaders, twenty sitting ministers and Prime Minister Harper in candid discussions on how to grow Alberta’s oil sands and resources in a harmonious fashion.
AIM Capital Attends USA Trade Mission 2008 in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C. – January 15-18, 2008. One hundred industry executives attended with Alberta’s Premier Ed Stelmach and Minister of Sustainable Resource Development, Ted Morton. This trade mission was organized by Cal Nichols and Tim Shipton of the Alberta Enterprise Group and was hosted by ten elected senators, congress members and Ted Leonsis, the CEO of AOL and owner of the Washington Capitals.
A White House tour was included.
Phil Payne of AIM Capital participated. The Mayor of Calgary-Dave Bronconnier, and the CEO of CNRL- Murray Edwards reviewed opportunities in Alberta and the Oilsands and were very well received by two hundred attendees and press. Han Hua, the President of China National Petroleum was also in attendance. Canadian Ambassador Mike Wilson and the Canadian Embassy hosted a reception for three hundred international guests. Economists and business leaders were panelists on several related topics.
READING SUGGESTIONS
Exit Strategies for Entrepreneurs and Angel Investors (But Maybe Not Venture Capitalists)
Peters, Basil. Canada: Meteor Bytes Data Management 2009. 184 pages, 15 chapters.
Seeking exit strategies? Early Exits is written by a successful angel and venture capitalist. This must-read guide for angel investors and entrepreneurs provides comprehensive, practical and useful instructions on taking your leave. Exits are the least understood part of investing and entrepreneurship. Little has been written about exits – the emphasis is always on starting, financing and growing. Peters has written a timely and important book that offers support on the often neglected need to plan for your exit.
Purchase & Sale of Privately Held Businesses
Wayne Albo, Adam Bryk, Andrew Pigott. 2000. 16 chapters.
The third edition of this resourceful book provides readers with a balanced perspective on the dynamics of the purchase and sale process. The book takes the stance that the buyer and the seller are engaged in a zero-sum game negotiation and are best served when they work toward a fair accommodation of each other’s mutual interest.