This is part of several sessions held for young children, who are in 4th grade or higher, in the City of Saratoga, CA. Silicon Valley Young Coder's club was established by Rishi Kumar, Council member of City of Saratoga.

1. Session 2
Entrepreneur Traits
Sreeram Pydah | sreeram.pydah@gmail.com | @SPydah9

2. Master Agenda for Startup Bootcamp
Session 1 - January 22nd – Sreeram Pydah Outlook, Creativity and Passion
Session 2 - January 29th – Sreeram Pydah Behavior traits for a successful entrepreneur.
Session 3 - February 12th – Sunil Sabat Turning your passion into a business opportunity.
Session 4 - February 19th – Sunil Sabit Steps needed for your startup ... 1, 2, 3 GO.
Session 5 - February 26th – Sreeram Pydah Financials of the business opportunity.
Session 6 – March 5th – Sunil Sabat Presentation skills, successful pitches & Funding
Session 7 - March 12th - Bao Filing your patent and patent gotchas
Session 8 - March 19th - Team Tweaking business plans and getting it ready
Session 9 – March 26th – Team Pitch your business plan to VCs (12 spots only)
Session 10 – April 2nd - Team Programming help and guidance with App Dev
Instructors will pick the 12 teams that will pitch. Top 3 teams will be awarded a certificate.
Note: Final 3 teams that will be selected to represent the location may not be the teams that are
awarded a certificate because a lot of emphasis will be laid on the actual development and progress of
the application.

3. Who Inspires You ?
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Marc Zuckerberg
(Facebook)
Jack Dorsey
(Twitter & Square)
Elon Musk
(Tesla & SpaceX)
Richard Branson
(Virgin Group)
Lori Greiner
(QVC, Shark Tank)
Oprah Winfrey
(OWN Network)
Coco Chanel
(Chanel)

4. What makes a Great Entrepreneur?
• There are no specific traits that every entrepreneur
shares, but many do possess a few common
characteristics.
• it takes a special kind of person to become a
successful entrepreneur
• successful entrepreneurs are typically confident and
self-motivated. They are tenacious but understand
their own limitations.

5. What makes a Great Entrepreneur?
• "An entrepreneur is someone who can take any idea, whether it be a
product and/or service, and have the skill set, will and courage to
take extreme risk to do whatever it takes to turn that concept into
reality and not only bring it to market, but make it a viable product
and/or service that people want or need".
• Instead of following the status quo, entrepreneurs have a healthy
disrespect for established rules, and often set out to do things that
others may not have the courage to. They are also willing to fail and
start over again, taking the lessons they've learned to create
something new and improved.

6. A Successful Entrepreneur is a Leader

7. What Makes A Leader?

8. Key Leadership Traits

9. Most Importantly - Leaders Listen More Than
They Speak

10. It’s About Building and Working as a Team

11. Teamwork

12. Build and Advance your Team

13. Entrepreneurs are Risk Takers

14. Risk Taking

15. Risk Taking – All In

16. Other Key Traits …

17. Conquer Fear

18. Perseverance

19. Being Strong … Under All Circumstances

20. Values

21. Integrity

22. Social Good

23. In Conclusion

24. Entrepreneurs are Mentally Strong People

25. Class Exercise

26. Exercise: An Entrepreneur Who Inspires You
• Please research your favorite entrepreneur (who are
not Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs).
• Bring 3 interesting facts that make them successful
as entrepreneurs in about 3 lines.
• Prepare to present to the class.