Blueprint for Startup Success

Blueprint for Startup Success

Marc Nathan Founders Space

Houston, Texas April 28, 2011

Three Questions

Who Are You? What Do You Do? Who Cares?

Entrepreneur, Know Thyself

What Do You Want to Be?

Lifestyle vs. Scalable

Solving Problems Profitably

Worthless

Great Markets Make Great Companies

Want vs. Like vs. Need

When To Start

Social Overhead

No Man’s an Island

Team Dynamics

Plans vs. Models

Think Lean

Milestones

Lines, not Dots

De-Risking

Critical for Success

Customer Team Offering $

PETROLEUM

Healthcare

Real Estate Cloud

Where Houston Invests

Bet the Jockey not the Horse

Labels Tell Stories

Watch Your Language

Pitch Deal Pivot

Exit

Team

Stage

IP Round

Valuation

VC

Formal

Grassroots

Questions?

Thank You Marc Nathan

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