1. Strategic Planning Update February 22, 2017

2. SLAA Mission Statement
Updated Statement Draft:
“We are a select group of accredited investors with diverse expertise and experience, seeking high potential start-up ventures drawn from the St. Louis start-up ecosystem, to fund and support, resulting in success for our funded companies and outsized returns for our members and corporate partners.”
Legacy Statement: “The mission of the St. Louis Arch Angels is to provide opportunities for our members to obtain outstanding financial returns by investing in early-stage companies with high growth potential in the St. Louis Region and accelerating them to market leadership.”

3. SLAA Investing Fly Wheel
Attract
Retain
SLAA
Investment Exit
SLAA
Membership
Source Quality
Deals
Screen &
Approve Deals
Source Additional Funding
SLAA Membership Investment
SLAA Funded Company
Engagement
Present Deals to Membership
Investment Tools

4. 1 2 3 4 5 Key SLAA Processes Member Recruitment
Deal Sourcing/Screening 3
Investing Process 4
Member Engagement 5
Funded Company Engagement

5. 1 Key SLAA Processes Member Recruitment
Member Goal: Self-selected group of members with experience, expertise, entrepreneurial mindset, and passion for pursuit of new business concepts and opportunities
Drive for updated member contact info, expertise, and job status to leverage
Corporate Member Goal: Similarly minded professional service providers and financial institutions who are looking to help our funded companies and members be more successful resulting in more success and business for themselves
Educational programming, new marketing materials, new focus on post- funding support of funded companies and connection points

6. 2 Key SLAA Processes Deal Sourcing/Screening
Goal: Increase quality of deal flow and enhance SLAA reputation
Working more closely with local ecosystem (e.g. accelerators, VCs)
Defined pre-screening checklist, deal flow monitoring, and redeployment of Gust platform

7. 3 Key SLAA Processes Investing Process
Goal: Increase likelihood of funded company exits and outsized returns for SLAA members
Due Diligence - Interns
Aforementioned overhaul of deal pipeline
New Deal Tools

8. 4 Key SLAA Processes Member Engagement
Goal: Members more involved in process/events and retain membership
Angel Capital Association Access (Inquire with Chris Walsh)
Semi-Annual Company Updates
In-Meeting Surveys drive learning and participation
New committees for these key processes

9. 5 Key SLAA Processes Funded Company Engagement
Goal: Be more involved in funded companies to drive their growth and towards next stage of fundraising
Semi-Annual Company Updates are additional touch points
Expanding SLAA deal lead role to listen as a business advocate to find opportunities to help
Board Participation