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Berkeley Entrepreneurship class - Winter 2012
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What is your dream venture?
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do.
So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore. Dream. Discover.
Mark Twain
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
Thomas Edison
What Made Silicon Valley?
Rich People
Geeks
Innovation
Location, location, location
4 Myths of Entrepreneurship
Unemployable
Must Be World Changing
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Must raise $$$
Venture Capitalist (VC) Rules
Do you want to an entrepreneur?
Motivation
Entrepreneurship is living a few years of your life like most people won't, so that you can spend the rest of your life like most people can't.
Steve Job
You are determined.
You are going to do it!
How many of you already have a idea?
Where are all the business ideas & opportunities come from?
Watching TV
Culture
Class / Lecture
Reading a book or blog or magazine
Bad ideas
Fear
Fear / Trouble
Friends, Family, People, Potential Customers
Existing Products, Services, Websites
Distribution Channel
Government
Research & Development
Game Time
Step 1: Yell out ~50 random words.
Step 2: Split into 2 teams, each chooses 2 words + ".com” and explain what your website does.
Homework
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Get Ready for Your Pitch
So you have a brilliant idea!
What’s next?
Perhaps…
Develop a product!
Features
Quality
Choices
Warranty & Guarantee
Customer Services
Packaging
Describe the products.
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If you only have $100 bucks
If you only have $1000 bucks
If you only have $10,000 bucks
If you only have $100,000 bucks
The Final
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How are you going to make money?
How big is your market?
Monopoly
Monopoly
Cost
Cost
By Usage
By Subscription
By Usage
One Time Fee
Bundled Fee
More Money Stuff
• Cash Flow- Budget vs. Actual
• Inventory & Fixed Assets
• Costs/Profits
• Taxes
• Shipping & Handling
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Customer Development
The Business Pitch
1. Title
2. Problem
3. Solution
4. Business Model
5. Magic Sauce
6. Marketing and Sales
7. Competition
8. Team
9. Financial Projections
10. Current Status/Timeline
1. Title
Organization name Your name Your title Contact info (email/phone)
2. Problem
Goal: Get buy in.
3. Solution
How are you solving the problem? What is your product? What is your value proposition?
For Example: We are a discount shoe website. We have written software that searches all other show sites and collates their price quotes into one view.
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4. Business Model
How you make money? Who pays you? Your channels of distribution Your gross margin
Who will pay you?
Channel: How to deliver your
product?
Web
Retailer/Distributor
Sales Rep
5. Magic Sauce
Magic sauce behind your product or services.
6. Marketing and Sales
How you are going to reach the customers? What is your go to market strategy? What is your customer buying cycle? How much does it cost?
What is your market?
Existing Market
W
Re-segmented Market
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Moo Card
New Market
iPad
Bring the love back
7. Competitions
Complete view of competitive landscape.
8. The Team
Management Team Board of Directors Board of Advisors. Major investors.
9. Financial Projection
5-year forecast including revenue, cost, profit, number of customers and conversion rate.
10. Current Status and Timeline
Where are you at? What is the near future looks like? How you will use the seed money? How much money are you raising?