4. ENTREPRENEURSHIP
OPPORTUNITIES
solve a need through a product or service:
GROWTH
Lifestyle
Scalable
Buyable
SOLUTION
Consumer Goods
Services
SAAS
MARKETPLACE
Local
Online
IMPACT
Social
International
common
categories
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7. As a startup
CEO I slept
like a baby. I
woke up every
two hours and
cried.
~ Ben Horowitz, Andreessen Horowitz
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8. TYPICAL
TECH
STARTUP
PROCESS
1.Create demo of MVP
Test w/100-500 people
2.Build functional prototype
Get traction w/10,000 people
3.Monetize, if possible
4.Develop scalable product
5.Grow
6.Exit/IPO
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13. The single necessary
& sufficient condition
for a business is a
paying customer
1ST LAW OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP
- Bill Aulet, Disciplined Entrepreneurship
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16. LOANS
Bank
• 2yrs in biz
• Profitable
• Creditworthy
Personal
Personal Credit
FFF: Write it up!
Leverage Assets
Lenders
Accion
incl micro
Lending Club
peer to peer
Funding Circle
Deal Struck
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17. CROWDFUNDING
EQUITY
• Non + accredited
investors
• Giving up equity
• AngelList, Crowdfunder,
WeFunder, SeedInvest,
Fundable, FlashFunders
REWARD
Ideal: product or artistic
No simple task, but great
for $ and exposure if it
works
Kickstarter, Indiegogo
Get creative, it’s all about
cashflow
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19. CONTESTS: REGIONAL
Venture Madness by Invest Southwest
$100,000 awarded annually, Open to companies located in the
Southwest region which includes Arizona, Colorado, Nevada,
New Mexico, Oklahoma, Southern California, Texas and Utah.
AZ Innovation Challenge
by Arizona Commerce Authority
$6mm/year in prize money
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20. CONTESTS: STUDENT
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It’s good to be an ASU student…
changemaker.asu.edu
• Woodside ($1500) + Changemaker Challenge ($10k)
engineering.asu.edu/startup-center
• eSeed ($1k x 30) + new alum programs coming soon
wpcarey.asu.edu/eship
• Igniter ($50k) + Pakis ($20k) + New Venture Challenge ($100k)
entrepreneurship.asu.edu
• Edson (*deadline 4/1/16) + Launch Days
entrepreneur.herbergerinstitute.asu.edu
• PAVE
21. BE CREATIVE, BE SCRAPPY
• Strategic Partnerships, Licensing
• Sharing Economy: Cashflow
• Customer Funded Business Model
• Startup Weekend, Accelerators,
Incubators
• Grants, Externs
• Tech partners: freebie.supply
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24. The only people who
work 80 hour weeks
to avoid working 40
hour weeks
~ Lori Greiner
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25. ENTREPRENEUR
the pursuit of opportunity without regard
to resources currently controlled
early 19th century: French, from entreprendre
‘to undertake, launch, begin, set about’
~ Howard Stevenson, HBS