The era of entrepreneurship has arrived and India is going to witness an immense rise in the number of startups in the coming years. This fame and money associated with startups has enticed many youngsters to shun traditional jobs and starting up on their own. 'How to Start a Startup' aims to enlighten budding entrepreneurs, enthusiasts, students and aspirants alike about the rewarding and harsh world of entrepreneurship.

1. Hosted By
Raghuveer Kovuru, B.Com, MBA, CWA, ADR
Founder. Entrepreneur. Startup Consultant

2. WHY DO YOU WANT TO STARTUP?

3. COMMON REASONS
× Entrepreneurship is THE thing today!
× Name, Fame and Money
× Unemployed post graduation
× Irritated with your boss and company
× Immense Success of other startups
 Address an unsolved problem
 Passionate about an Idea
 Self-Belief
 Really good at something
 Perseverance and Patience

4. 90%
Startups
Fail
9 out of 10
close shop
Funding is
scarce
Media
reports
garbage
BITTER TRUTHS

5. NEED FOR ENTHUSIASM
 India 3rd fastest growing startup ecosystem
 4750 startups and counting
 Employment for 100k people
 70% startups in NCR, Mumbai, Bengaluru
 70% founders less than 35 years old
 90% male and 10% female founders
 Fintech, AI, Deep Tech, Health Tech
Source: Nasscom

6. LET’S DIVE INTO
ENTREPRENEURSHIP

8. THE PRE CHECKLIST
 SWOT of yourself and your ideas
 Savings for considerable amount of time
 Mental attitude to learn, fail and grow
 Commitment to the idea for at least 3 years
 Idea Validation (Market, Consumer, Scope)
 Ability to become a clean slate
 Get rid of all egos

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10. HOW DO YOU STARTUP?
Idea
Product
Team
Execution

11. THE IDEA
The Convergence Point!
WHAT YOU CAN DO WHAT PEOPLE WANT

12. A GREAT PRODUCT
 Vision should translate into beta
 Apply ‘DILO’ to your product
 Design - Psychology
 Inventing Vs. Reinventing
 Understanding KPIs
 Multiple Iterations
 No perfect product
 Feedback

13. THE RIGHT COFOUNDER
• Complementary Skill Sets
• Strong Background & Experience
• Investor backable persons
• Within close network & groups
• At startup events & hackathons

14. EXECUTION IS CRUCIAL
A mediocre idea with great execution is better than a great idea with weak execution

15. Reach me on:
Raghuveer@clowork.in
www.startupdive.in