This presentation covers: What is entrepreneurship, Myths about entrepreneurs, Frameworks for creating high growth ventures and Mountain climbing as a strong metaphor for the entrepreneurial process and fundraising.

1. Entrepreneurship
&
Mountain climbing

2. Hello!
I am Eliya
I am here because I love to talk about and
teach entrepreneurship
You can find me at elon.eliya@gmail.com

3. Agenda:
● What is entrepreneurship
● Myths about entrepreneurs
● Frameworks for creating high growth
ventures
● Mountain climbing

4. What is
entrepreneurship?

5. “entrepreneurship is the
pursuit of opportunity
beyond resources
controlled.”
Professor Howard Stevenson

6. “Pursuit”
● Singular, relentless focus!
● Tangible progress
● Gathering resources
● Urgency (“Gun to head” Vs. Portfolio)

7. “Opportunity”
● Amazing offering:
○ Pioneering an innovative product
○ New business model
○ Better, Cheaper, Faster then existing (10X rule)
○ Re-Segmenting existing product

8. “Beyond resources controlled”
● Scarce Resources
● Pre-Investment:
○ Human
○ Social(Network)
○ Financial

9. Entrepreneurship
SME
(Small Medium Entrepreneurship)
Local Markets
Services
Dry Cleaners
Cafe’s
IDE
(Innovation driven entrepreneurship)
Global Markets
Products for export
Sustainable competitive advantage
● Time span is short
● Linear growth
● Small investment required
● Time span is long
● Exponential growth
● Big investment required
Biz ModelMarket Technical
Different
kinds of...

10. Myths about
entrepreneurs
Common

11. They are the smartest
and most high achieving
people in the room

12. Entrepreneurs are
individualists

13. Entrepreneurs are born,
not made

14. Entrepreneurs love risk

15. Entrepreneurs are
successful because they
are charismatic

16. Entrepreneurs are
undisciplined

17. Frameworks for creating
IDE’s

29. Fundraising and
Entrepreneurship
Is
Mountain climbing

30. The Opportunity
We want
a big one

31. The Team
A strong holistic
team helps us go
faster

32. Not Being
Knowledgeable in
your field!
It’s like walkingnaked in thesnow

33. Is this your Market?
Aiming for a hillinstead of amountain market

34. Being A
Solo-preneurClimbing a
mountain alone is
almost impossible

35. Remember this?
A pastoral view
What might go
wrong?

36. Everybody
thinks about this
OH the succes!

37. When you get closer,
Looks More like this
WHY DID IEVEN GETINTO THIS!

39. Thanks!
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