borrowed from permission from Amit Seht. Originals@ https://about.me/aseth

1. Start-Up Bootcamp
Author/Concept: Amit Seth | aseth@yahoo.com | @aseth
Instructors: Archana archana@sbcglobal.net & Lochan Lochan@gmail.com

2. Master Agenda
Session 1 – March 4th What is creativity? What is my passion?
Session 2 – March 11th Behavior traits of a successful entrepreneur.
Session 3 – March 18th Turning your passion into a business opportunity.
Session 4 – March 25th Steps needed for your startup ... 1, 2, 3 GO.
Session 5 – April 1st Financials of the business opportunity.
Session 6 – April 8th Presentation skills, successful pitches, what ideas got funded.
Session 7 – April 15th Filing your patent, patent gotchas, successes and failures.
Session 8 – April 22nd Pitch your business plan to VCs (12 spots will be available).

3. • Success Criteria:
– Come up with team, and
– Business plan
– Attend each session
What will be our success!
JUDGING CRITERIA Contestant Points (please circle the points you wish to
award)
Concept* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
IDEA: Creativity 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
IDEA: Uniqueness 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
BUSINESS PLAN: Product success
chances in market
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
BUSINESS PLAN: Financial and
Monetization plan
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Teaming / Collaboration 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Presentation 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Leadership 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

4. Session 1
What is Creativity?

5. Who is an Entrepreneur?
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWBif5GTzNs

6. Creativity is the act of turning new and imaginative ideas into reality.
Creativity is the ability to perceive the world in new ways, to find hidden
patterns, to make connections between seemingly unrelated phenomena,
and to generate solutions.
What IS Creativity?

7. What is my Passion?
Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you’re passionate
about something, then you’re more willing to take risks. – Yo-Yo Ma

8. Why is Creativity Important?
Video Link: http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=2267

9. Creativity Can Change the World.
Lets See How….

10. Google
Revolutionized search by using a completely new approach to an old
problem. Today they have a market cap of $500B+.
Search Pre-Google Google
Google did not stop there. They continue to innovate with Android, Self
driving cars, Google Glass, among other products.

11. Apple
Most valuable company in the world today!
Apple’s Revolutionary Lineup
Devices Pre-Apple

12. Tesla
Pushing the limits of battery power. They proved that battery-
powered cars are not only possible but desirable. Tesla’s
valuation exceeds $30B, which is more than double the
valuation of General Motors, the largest U.S. automaker.

13. Netflix
Found a creative solution to the old Blockbuster model where consumers
had to go to a physical store to rent and return DVDs. Netflix made it easy
by offering a subscription model that allowed customers to rent as many
movies as they wanted - with no late fees.

14. Tom’s Shoes
A simple yet impactful idea that has helped both physical and mental well being among children!
Vídeo Link: https://vimeo.com/79833962
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15. My Creative Journey…

16. Cliff Bar

17. How to Bring Creativity into
Entrepreneurship?

19. 1. Ask Compelling Questions

20. 2. Challenge Assumptions

21. 3. Convert Ideas into Prototypes

22. 4. Execute

23. 5. Iterate

24. Class Exercise
1. Form Teams (all startups start with a Founding
Team – Co-Founders): 5 people per team, assign a
leader
2. A cool name for your team – write the team name
and team members’ names
3. 20 mins to brainstorm an ‘initial idea’, which will be
developed more as we progress through the camp
4. Submit idea and if time permits we will discuss a
couple