'10 Minute Tip' by Karen Adams - Crowd & Angel Fundraising Expert - 7.15am to 9.30am
To celebrate Christmas and the end of another very successful year we're having a "Bubbly Breakfast" with free flowing Prosecco!
Karen is a determined, courageous leader with a 'can do' attitude. She’s a proven track record in retail merchandising principles, methods & software, product life cycle & supply chain management. Karen’s retail experience is delivery of department & category strategies for large corporates.
Karen has designed the UI/UX of The Prosperous Shop, combining best-in-class capability with an easy to use interface.
Wide ranging experience consists of optimising sales & profit through planning,sourcing, fulfilment, stock management and trading.
Karen has delivered retail best-practice through an ability to think laterally. This resulted in a number of intrapreneurship initiatives where thinking outside of IT & workflow norms led to the creation of new, profitable workarounds.
Karen understands financial planning & strategic analysis & is able to work with a strong commitment to financial & strategic constraints.
Karen’s retail experience was gained from blue chip PLC's & mid sized designer chains across a range of product groups, providing her with the expertise required to launch The Prosperous Shop which offers software growth tools for SME retailers.
About the conversation:
How to stand out from the Crowd in Crowd & Angel fundraising
With all the hype about Crowdfunding & Angel Investment you may think it is an easy way to fund your big idea. Unfortunately, the success rate is actually very low. You will often have to refine your offering and go back again & again. So you need resilience & determination!
Karen Adams’ big idea is The Prosperous Shop, a plug in for ecommerce platforms providing highly responsive tools so your online shop can react very quickly to what is really happening in your marketplace. Karen has an incredible story to share with you about her long and arduous journey to attract investment to The Prosperous Shop including her successful use of crowdfunding & Angel Investment.