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Lean Lessons Learned Blossom’s early mistakes and successes in light of the Lean Startup methodology

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Lean Lessons Learned Blossom’s early mistakes and successes

in light of the Lean Startup methodology

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Lean Startup?

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Why do startups fail?

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What is a startup?

“A startup is a human institution designed to deliver a new product or service under conditions of extreme uncertainty.”

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Leap of Faith Assumptions

Value Hypothesis How to provide value someone will pay for

Growth Hypothesis How to increase the

number of people paying

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Is your hypothesis valid?

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Validate / invalidate hypothesis

“validated learning”

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Blossom: Data V0 Value Hypothesis •  Have you needed financing? •  How did/would you get

financing / existing options? •  Need/want halal source of

financing in future? •  Here’s our concept; would

you use it?

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Blossom: Ideas V1 Value Hypothesis •  Provide well-established*

Muslim-owned businesses with access to halal sources of financing

•  Provide investors with 12% average annual return on capital.

Growth Hypothesis Lower the cost of customer acquisition by spreading word-of-mouth awareness through musajid and MCAs and highly-targeted online advertising.

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Implicit Assumptions

•  American Muslims care about avoiding reba

•  Established Muslim businesses in US need access to financing

•  12% annual return is good enough for investors on unsecured “loan”

•  Legal costs •  Regulatory compliance •  Fee structure •  Cost of operating

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Implicit Assumptions

•  American Muslims care about avoiding reba

•  Established Muslim businesses in US need access to financing

•  12% annual return is good enough for investors on unsecured “loan”

•  Legal costs •  Regulatory compliance •  Fee structure •  Cost of operating

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Blossom: Product V1 Value Hypothesis •  Website registration •  Connect bank account •  Get a quote •  “Say yes”

Growth Hypothesis •  Direct: leave postcards at

local musajid •  In-person: give a talk /

khalaqa at local masjid •  Online: Google & Facebook

paid advertising

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Blossom: Data V1 Value Hypothesis •  Website registration"

– low traffic to website; bulk inbound via phone

•  Connect bank account"– low technical savvy

•  Get a quote"– #1 most used feature! J

•  “Say yes”"– slow to agree/sign

Growth Hypothesis •  Direct: leave postcards at

local musajid"– soft interest

•  In-person: give a talk / khalaqa at local masjid"– lack of education/demand

•  Online: Google & Facebook paid advertising"– expensive

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Blossom: Data V1

$150,000 USD projected legal fees

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“Pivot or Persevere”

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220 Million  5 Million  

Market Opportunity

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Blossom: Data V2

Financial literacy Financial access

80% population unbanked; financial illiteracy drives

cyclical poverty;

Huge demand for microfinance limited by

amount of capital

Rp!

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Blossom: Ideas V2 Value Hypothesis •  Provide capital and

technology to micro finance institutions for 6-12% profit sharing

•  Provide international investors halal investment opportunities for social uplift at 4-10% returns

Growth Hypothesis 1.  Grow initial awareness

through bitcoin early adopter community

2.  Build buzz of press around first “transparent” BTC investment platform

3.  Online ads CPA > CAC

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Blossom: Ideas V2 Value Hypothesis •  Provide capital and

technology to micro finance institutions for 6-12% profit sharing

•  Provide international investors halal investment opportunities for social uplift at 4-10% returns

Growth Hypothesis 1.  Grow initial awareness

through bitcoin early adopter community

2.  Build buzz of press around first “transparent” BTC investment platform

3.  Online ads CPA > CAC

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Blossom: Product V2 Value Hypothesis •  Make pilot investment into

Indonesian microfinance institution (“MFI”)

•  Build MVP to move money into / profit from MFI using bitcoin public ledger

Growth Hypothesis •  Solicit investment from

bitcoin early adopters via our existing network

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TBD"(in sha Allah)

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