Adrian
Pica
- Startup Weekend Global Facilitator
- Central European Startup Awards
- Founder at Obli.co
- Techpeaks Accelerator Trento
- Working Capital - Rome
- Startup Scout – inventures.eu
- Mentor at Spherik Accelerator - Cluj
What is a
STARTUP?
STARTUP
=
A cool name for
a regular company
STARTUP
Is not an “IMM”
Difference between:
Supermarket, Restaurant,
Factory
and
Evernote, Runkeeper,
Instagram
Clear roadmap, planning vs
experiment, pivot
Scalability
Monetization
What is an
ENTREPRENEUR?
…. the people who are crazy
enough to think they can
change the world, are the
ones who do.
1997
Traits of an
entrepreneur
Vision
Rule
breaking
Optimism
Persistence
Passion
Entrepreneurship is a
mindset.
The 5 dollar
challenge
What would you do
with 5 dollars
and 2 hours?
Reframe the problem.
Challenge assumptions.
The 5 dollars
is a limitation.
2 hours is the value.
First team
Inflate tires
for a few $
Instead of a
business plan,
they experimented,
learned and iterated.
Sounds familiar?
Second team.
Saturday evening
Restaurant
reservations
Best team
Challenged all
assumptions.
Made 650$
Idea stage
Value proposition
Elevator pitch.
You need to
understand the problem!
“5 whys technique”
Customer discovery interviews.
GET OUT OF THE BUILDING!
What product to hire for a job?
The Milkshake case.
Frequency is the key
Problem/Solution fit
Build an MVP
Explainer Video
Landing page
Wizard of Oz
Concierge
Piecemeal
Crowdfunding
Single feature MVP
Product/market fit
Test business model,
pricing strategy
Market validation
through retention
B2B, B2C
Type of Market
Growth
VC money
Press
Start Hiring
MATE RIMAC
RIMAC AUTOMOBILI – CONCEPT ONE
“We regret the things we
don’t do more than the
things we do”
- Mark Twain
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Pica
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