Andrew Reynolds Bootcamp

Backstage at the O2 Arena – a huge truck housing a full Broadcast quality film editing suite – in which a team of film professionals worked into the early hours each day to put together minute by minute recordings of the entire Entrepreneurs Bootcamp hosted by Multi Millionaire Andrew Reynolds.

Their brief was to capture the essence of the event – the Bootcamp speakers presentations, the PowerPoint slides, the audience reactions, the breathtaking ‘set pieces’ of film played out on the purpose built screen – the largest ever used in the O2 – that saw the audience moved to tears.

In the Arena – a total of 5 cameras was used – plus two roving shoulder mounted ‘steady-cams’, to ensure that not a moment of the Entrepreneurs Bootcamp presentation was missed.

A team of editors carefully put together a faithful recording of the two day Bootcamp – including capturing the very moving videos played out on stage during Andrew Reynolds presentation of more than £700,000 raised for the Make A Wish Foundation children’s charity.

For those who missed this most moving and educational event for aspiring Entrepreneurs, Andrew Reynolds this week announced the launch of the Home Study Version of the Bootcamp – put together onto 13 DVDs.

In addition to the DVDs, the Bootcamp team also arranged to record the entire proceedings onto CD as well – so that students of Andrew Reynolds can listen in the car or in their spare time at home.

Andrew Reynolds said “We are really proud of this DVD set. We brought in some of the top professionals in the business to work on this. The result is a great second by second recording – it’s almost like being in the Arena with those who were lucky enough to get tickets. The Entrepreneurs Bootcamp DVD set – also comes complete with licenses to over 100 products for you to market, to get you started.”

Get a copy of Andrew Reynolds Entrepreneurs Bootcamp DVDs here.

Amidst tension -and under the watchful eye of independent prize draw verification company Promo Veritas Ltd – attendees at the Entrepreneurs Bootcamp, held recently at the O2 in London -  watched and waited as seat numbers were called out to bring 4 potential prize winners to the stage at the O2 bootcamp event.

Several attendees missed out as they had left early (As one Bootcamp attendee at the event put it “Imagine watching the event back afterwards on DVD and seeing your seat number called out – only to find that if you had not left early, you would have had a one in four chance of driving away with a Bentley Continental GT – for free!”)

Four prizes were on offer from the stage – three training packages worth around £2,000 each, provided by three of the speakers from the Bootcamp – plus the main prize of Andrew Reynolds Bentley – all given as prizes to help raise funds from the Entrepreneurs Bootcamp for the Make A Wish Foundation children’s charity.

Compere for the prize draw was patron of Make a Wish, Bradley Walsh.

The four lucky winners were invited onto the stage and asked to stand behind a choice of 4 prize boxes – each of which contained an envelope – in which were the details of the prize each had won.

At Bradley Walsh’s signal – all four contestants opened their boxes and envelopes.

Andrew Reynolds, the Bootcamp’s creator, said “The look on the guys face when he won the Bentley was priceless!”

Winner Joe Santos from Reading, was shown over the car in detail – and then taken backstage with friends, to celebrate over a glass of champagne in the O2 Chairman’s Lounge with Entrepreneur Andrew Reynolds, Bradley Walsh and members of the Entrepreneurs Bootcamp team.

“Backstage, Joe called his wife on his mobile to give her the news and you could hear her shrieking all the way from Reading. It was a real pleasure to hand him the ownership of the car “ said Andrew Reynolds.

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Andrew Reynolds Entrepreneurs Bootcamp came to London’s O2 Arena – the largest indoor arena in the UK – and broke several records for technical production.

Andrew Reynolds said “We wanted to make sure that every single Bootcamp attendee in the Arena got a great view of the presentations made on stage – so we briefed our production people, Smyle Creative, to go larger than any other screen ever used at the O2 – and in fact, quite by accident – we found that Entrepreneurs Bootcamp had broken the record when we created the largest indoor projection screen ever used in the UK!”

It was HUGE! – measuring a massive 34.5 meters wide and almost 12 metres high. The system had an absolute ‘state of the art’ HD projection system to provide stunning bright high quality images. In fact we didn’t set out the break records – we simply looked at the space and asked if we could fill it. The screen literally was as wide as the O2 auditorium. It couldn’t have been wider”

And to make sure that no-one in the auditorium missed anything – the Entrepreneurs Bootcamp team also provided ten huge repeater screens flown above the audience all around the venue, together with plasma screens for those at the front of the arena.

“The Entrepreneurs Bootcamp pushed the boundaries’ of what had come before, in terms of on stage productions,  – and this year, having decided on the iconic O2 as our venue we were determined to push it further, to provide an amazing experience for our attendees. Having the largest indoor screen in the UK allowed the Bootcamp’s founder Andrew Reynolds, to produce some very moving and inspirational video pieces, not normally seen at such events – set to music which used to best effect, the purpose built high end Bootcamp sound system.

The Entrepreneurs Bootcamp production team even built a special reinforced stage so that Andrew Reynolds Bentley could be driven onto the Bootcamp stage – to much applause – as part of the prize giveaway for the Entrepreneurs in the audience.

Promo Veritas Ltd appointed to oversee ‘live’ Bentley Draw at the Entrepreneurs Bootcamp 2009

Bentley Draw – Full Terms and Conditions

1. Prize draw open to named ticket holders with pre-booked tickets aged 18 or over who attend the Entrepreneurs Bootcamp 2009 event (the “Event”) on October 2nd and 3rd 2009, excluding employees, agents or contractors of Bookingline plc, or members of their immediate family.
2. The prize is a pre-owned Bentley Continental GT (“Prize”) formerly belonging to Andrew Reynolds. The car is offered on as-is basis. See clauses 8 & 9 for more details.
3. Each qualifying ticket to the Event entitles the bearer to one entry to the draw. One ticket per person only.
4. The winner will be selected in a random draw to be conducted on stage at the event in the presence of PromoVeritas, the independent verification service, at a time to be announced during the two day event. The draw will take place on either Friday 2nd or Saturday 3rd October 2009 .
5. The winner will be announced immediately live on stage, but in order to be eligible for the prizes, the selected entrant must meet the following criteria:
   1. Must meet the eligibility requirements for the Prize, e.g. is aged 18 or over and holds a valid full UK Driving Licence and
   2. Be present in the Event arena at the time of the draw and
   3. Present themselves to the representative of Bookingline plc on the stage immediately and
   4. Is able to present sufficient proof of identity
6. In the event that the selected entrant is not present at the draw, or fails to meet any of the above criteria or is unwilling to accept the prize for any reason, their award will be disqualified and the prize re-awarded to an alternate entrant until the entry criteria are met.
7. By entering, the winner consents to allow the Promoter to use their name and image (video and photographic) for promotional and marketing purposes.
8. The Prize will remain the property of the Bookingline plc until a transfer document is signed by the winner. The Prize is to be collected within 14 days of the draw at a place and time specified by Bookingline plc
9. The Prize will be supplied with any remaining vehicle duty or fuel at the time of collection at no additional cost and at the discretion of Bookingline plc any remaining warranty that is capable of transfer. All other costs associated with the Prize (including insurance, excise and other running and maintenance costs) will be the responsibility of the winner from the date of collection.
10. Neither Bookingline plc nor Andrew Reynolds accepts any liability for any loss, damage or injury arising from this promotion or the awarding of the Prize or for issues with the Prize itself.
11. The Prize winner may not make public reference to the prize, relate their story in any commercial or non-commercial media, nor use the terms Andrew Reynolds, Bookingline plc, the Entrepreneurs Bootcamp without the express permission of the Promoter. The winner will not make any misleading or false representations to third parties regarding the Prize.
12. There is no cash or other alternative to the stated prize.
13. Bookingline plc may (without giving any reason or notice and at its absolute discretion) decline to accept a ticket application. Similarly should an attendee be asked to leave the Event at any time (for example, because of unruly behaviour or because they are required to leave the building by the venue owners, Bookingline plc or their agents) the attendee will have no right to take part in the draw and their ticket will be void.
14. Bookingline plc also accepts no responsibility for lost, damaged or unreadable tickets.
15. Bookingline plc’s decisions made pursuant to these Terms & Conditions shall, once made, be final and binding.
16. Bookingline plc reserves the right in its absolute discretion to cancel the promotion prior to the draw.
17. Entry in to the draw will be deemed to constitute acceptance of these terms.
18. For information, 100% of all proceeds from ticket sales for the Event are going to Make-A-Wish-Foundation UK – Charity Reg No. (England & Wales) 295672 / (Scotland) SC037479.

The Promoter : Bookingline plc of Enterprise House, 10-12 Stanhope Gate, Stanhope Road, Camberley, Surrey, GU15 3DW, United Kingdom.

Draw verification by PromoVeritas Ltd

Registered Office 114 Pinner Road, London HA5 5PA

Reg No : 4437132

Great fun today – very ‘Hollywood’.

Spent the day in a cavernous car-filming studio – the place where they film many of the top car ads – filming some sequences in readiness for the official launch of the Entrepreneurs Bootcamp prize giveaway.

At this year’s Entrepreneurs Bootcamp – ticket holders who are in the room when the draw takes place, will have the chance to win my Bentley Continental GT – not just for a quick drive around at the block – but for keeps! The lucky winner, who will be drawn from the audience on one of the two Bootcamp days, will get full ownership of the car. (I guess I should state here and now that terms and conditions apply).

I’ll hand them the keys and the log book (or whatever the DVLA call the documentation these days).

I am so passionate about helping children – particularly those who have written in to Make A Wish, the UK children’s charity that I am proud to be an ambassador for – that this year I have decided to not only hold an Entrepreneurs Bootcamp event to raise money for them – but also to offer something else – something extra special – something ‘dear to my heart’ – my prized Bentley Continental GT.

I have to admit – I never knew there was so much work that went into producing video and films of cars. It took longer than when I filmed my TV show for the Entrepreneur Channel – and the car was definitely the star of the show.

I counted 9 crew members – just to film the short piece. Lighting technicians, sound guy, make up (and professional valet for the car of course), camera guys, grips (what ever that is??)…a whole team of professionals who came in to help in raising this money for Make-A-Wish.

They spent hours filming the smallest detail in the car, capturing the hand stitching on the leather work, the perfection of the wood veneer… and the audio guy even mic’d up the twin exhaust manifolds to get the gentle roar of the car being started and driven away.

Everything was filmed in High Definition – so you’ll be able to see it live on screen at the O2 at the Entrepreneurs Bootcamp.