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"The Entrepreneur Mindfield"
- 1. The Entrepreneur Mindfield:
How to keep from Blowing up
your company
Robbie Melton
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© Robbie Melton May 23, 2012
- 10. Suicide EntrepreneurTM
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- 11. Suicide EntrepreneurTM
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- 12. Suicide EntrepreneurTM
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- 13. Suicide EntrepreneurTM
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- 14. Suicide EntrepreneurTM
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- 15. Suicide EntrepreneurTM
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- 16. Suicide EntrepreneurTM
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- 17. Entrepreneur Suicide
• In Love with Technology
• Not willing to take risk/invest own money
• Suspicious
• Doesn’t listen/ oversells product
• No Customer Validation
• Insular – Family/friends
• Not Focused
• Understanding True Market
© Robbie Melton May 23, 2012
- 18. Company Success
• Business Plan
• Good Management Team
• Understands Market/Customers
• Knows its Competition
• Platform Technology
• Financially Savvy
• Create Buzz
© Robbie Melton May 23, 2012
- 20. Management Team
Family
Friends
Strangers
Diversity
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- 21. Market
Size in $$$$
Growth Potential
Do you have the real market
Market Penetration
© Robbie Melton May 23, 2012
- 22. Customers
Validation
Who are they really
© Robbie Melton May 23, 2012
- 24. The Technology
Platform
Disruptive
Enhancement
© Robbie Melton May 23, 2012
- 28. Know How much, What For and When
• How much NOW and LATER
• What do you need the money for
– Be Specific
• When do you need the money
© Robbie Melton May 23, 2012