Mike Petriella
New York, NY (USA)
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Founder/Owner/Principal
The Start-Up Engine
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Location:
New York
Industry:
Education
Year Founded:
2011
Number Employees:
1-10 people
Business Stage:
Creation/Idea
Entity Type:
Limited Liability Company
Description:
My name is Mike Petriella and I recently reviewed your profile on the Go Big Network. I would like to ask for the opportunity to share with you my business plan for your consideration. I am a former international Sales Executive for several comapnies, including GE where I spent 10 years, and a Duke MBA. Since 2009, I have launched various components of my entrepreneurial mission, including the completion of my first book (www.TheBreakEquation.com), which has been published by a national agency and released as of October, 2001. The message is simple: It's not what life deals us that matters, it's how we all deal with life that matters most. The book and the PR around the book is the foundation to my business, The Start-Up Engine (TSUE), which is on-track to launch in Q2, 2012.
TSUE is an entrepreneurial business, or idea, incubator. It is focused on young adults, the next generation of entrepreneurs. Via a significant publicity & PR plan in place (more details below), we plan focus and passion on small to mid size business, the 28M entrepreneurs in the US today with viable businesses and idea, yet too small to attract the interest of the VC community. I have a tremendous amount of data behind our plan, financials, and roadmap to share with my angel investor at the right time. I am looking for a trustworthy relationship with my angel investor to build success together. I have personally funded all expenses to date & am seeking assistance with operating capital starting to expand the operation and execute on the operating plans in place. TSUE is fully developed on-line portal to help bring new business ideas to market, from Napkin to Reality as I like to say. I have a very significant partnership with a large, US entrepreneurial organization that has agreed to provide all national publicity and public relations. In addition, I will be using their extensive name/brand and organizational resources to build out the business and expand our product offerings in the next 15 months. Most importantly, with this partner, I have secured access to significant client deal-flow which will begin upon the launch of the website and the start of the PR campaign.
The primary reason for our need for outside angel capital is to execute on the completion of the website, have the appropriate team of partners and programs in place to execute the program with clients, and continue to meet the demands of the PR campaign to build the brand accross the US with entrepreneurial organizations, universities, etc. I am asking for $365,000 and the return rate, structure, and period is flexible based on your desires and interest. If you would be interested in discussing, please let me know. I am not certain if you are in individual investor or if you represent a group? However, I welcome the opportunity to share all confidential details with you at the right time to ensure that you are fully aware of who I am, the plans in place, and the exciting opportunity here together with the right angel investor who shares my passion around such a business. My need is to move forward here in the next 45 days and am working hard to do so in advance of our April launch. I am prepared to meet with you so that we can get to know each other personally in the immediate future if you are interested in potentially working together.
Thank you for your consideration!
Mike