Chasing Billions with Zero Knowledge

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Slide 2: le arning e ntre pre ne urs hip be ginning with ze ro knowle dge • entre prene urship mus t be s tudie d • i have always had me ntors & te ache rs • le s sons shared among entre prene urs • be s t le s sons are earne d at the s chool of hard knocks • training e ntre pre ne urs include s making lot’s of mis take s

Slide 3: e ntre pre ne urs role is to obs e rve the horizons of change s e e king ways to he lp the ir fe llow man

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Slide 19: profe s s ional inve s tors want to inve s t in te ams or prove n tale nt

Slide 20: te ams re quire the right playe rs in the right pos itions

Slide 21: e ve ryone on the te am ne e ds to be on the fie ld

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Slide 23: ve & illio n lo $2m ne y g e l mo an rie s illio n s e $5m 9 A – 19 9 rie s llio n s e i $ 25 m 0 B – 2 0 0 n s e rie s illio $ 22 m 1 C – 200 ge lio n brid $ 2 mil s e rie s A

Slide 26: Love Mone y is the be s t kind • Always s tarts with your own • S till a bus ine s s inve s tme nt • Tre at it like a bus ine s s inve s tme nt • Include outs ide love mone y from advis ors , ange ls and cus tome rs

Slide 27: • Unde r $100k ange l & love mone y combine d with s mall bus ine s s and bank financing • Cus tome r financing and s mall s tartup capital cos ts

Slide 28: Ange l Inve s tors • < $ 1 million inve s tme nts • S yndicate of ange l inve s tors organize d by e ntre pre ne urs • Me ntors hip mone y e ntre pre ne urs • Lightwe ight financing s tructure s , le s s ove rhe ad & cos ts

Slide 29: Bank Financing • Re quire s guarante e s or s trong e xis ting bus ine s s as s e ts to s e cure loan • Gove rnme nt s mall bus ine s s programs he lp • Be s t as a s ide dis h to your primary financing to he lp grow your bus ine s s • Love your BANKER

Slide 30: Ve nture Capitalis ts • Profe s s ional Inve s tors with re le vant e xpe rie nce • $ inve s te d for pre fe rre d s hare s & board pre s e nce • Diffe re nt goals & type of re lations hip the n ange ls • Can be cos tly for e arly s tage companie s (Time , Equity)

Slide 31: Inve s tme nt Banke rs • Commis s ion for organizing private place me nts or IPOs • Can appe ar in e arly or late s tage financings • Pre fe r e xis ting bus ine s s e s with conce pt or cas h flow prove n

Slide 32: Vulture s • Do financings to e nrich the ms e lve s at the e xpe ns e of the company & e ntre pre ne urs • De ath s piral financings , e arly s tage large e quity de als

Slide 33: Che ck your Motive s

Slide 34: why an e ntre pre ne ur? • are your motive s me rce nary? • are you in it for the mone y? • give up now, the re are e as ie r ways to make mone y

Slide 35: re je ction is the e ntre pre ne urs die t • le arn to love re je ction • love le arning from re je ction • ne w type s of re je ctions me an you’re making progre s s

Slide 38: e ntre pre ne urs can be s ocie tie s age nts of change • do you want to make me aning? • is the world a be tte r place be caus e of your bus ine s s ? • do you improve s ome one ’s life through your s e rvice as an e ntre pre ne ur?

Slide 39: • Failure is the price of admis s ion to the community of e ntre pre ne urs hip. • Making ne w mis take s fas te r the n your compe titors in the right dire ction de fine s your s ucce s s • Love your mis take s the y will de fine your care e r

Slide 40: e ntre pre ne urs hip can ge t s ticky • A rare bre e d with tough s kin • S upe rhuman e ffort re quire d to face daily oppos ition • Difficult time s are guarante e d

Slide 41: S tay s mall and clos e to your cus tome r Do more with le s s Do-it-Yours e lf Company Building

Slide 42: Avoid Undis cipline d Growth Make your mis take s che ap and fun to make .

Slide 43: Find Me ntors and Coache s

Slide 44: •Double vis ion re quire d to be vis ionary and detail orie ntate d •Mos t e ntre pre ne urs fail becaus e of lack of double vision

Slide 45: Be ne fits of the Hard Work • Re wards can be gre at • Fre e dom and care e r happine s s • #1 me ans of achie ving financial fre e dom

Slide 46: It’s the journe y not the de s tination

Slide 47: Life 's cre ative s olutions re quire alone time . S olitude is re quire d for the uncons cious to proce s s and unrave l proble ms . Othe rs ins pire us , information fe e ds us , practice improve s our pe rformance , but we ne e d quie t time to figure things out, to e me rge with ne w dis cove rie s , to une arth original ans we rs . Este r Buchholz

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