3. From 1980–2005, firms less than five years old accounted for all net job growth in the United
States. (Business Dynamics Statistics Briefing: Jobs Created from Business Startups in the
United States, January 2009)
WHYWENEEDTHEM?
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4. RiskAversion
“Wehateloosing” “Wearedelusional”
Overconfidence
-prospecttheory-
Those considered to be entrepreneurs are not inherently greater risk-takers than non-entrepreneurs. And
successful entrepreneurs show no different risk propensities than unsuccessful.
chapter 2, “risk takers and taking risks” Drs William B Gartner and Jian Liao
Rational
2Irrationalforcesinoursociety
CANYOUBEONE?
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13. FOUNDER
“FOUNDERS ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO CREATE, EXECUTE,
AND INVEST IN IDEAS TO TURN THEM INTO STARTUPS”
Time
Money
Talent
...
Get Shit done
Real things (you can see them)
etc...
From nothing (inventors)
By associating ideas
By complementing existing ideas etc...
-Team Genesis-
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18. STARTUP
“A startup is an organization
f o r m e d t o s e a r c h f o r a
repeatable and scalable
business model.”
Steve Blank
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19. ACCELERATOR
Accelerators are organizations that provide cohorts of selected
nascent ventures seed-investment, usually in exchange for equity,
and limited-duration educational programming, including
extensive mentorship and structured educational components. These
programs typically culminate in “demo days” where the ventures
makepitchestoanaudienceofqualifiedinvestors.
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21. VC / MICRO VC / BUSINESS ANGEL /
CROWDFOUNDING
Venture capital (VC) has delivered poor returns for more than a decade. VC returns
haven’t significantly outperformed the public market since the late 1990s, and, since
1997, less cash has been returned to investors than has been invested in VC
Only 16 percent of the fastest-growing and most successful
companies in the United States had venture investors. (Right-
Sizing the U.S. Venture Capital Industry, June 2009)
ACCESS TO CAPITAL
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24. Shannon number
10
81
10
123 7 billion people
you will fail a lot!
Atoms in the known universe
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
IFENTREPRENEURSHIP
WASAGAME
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26. TEAMS>IDEA
65% of startup (high growth) failures are due to issues within the management team. Not Failed Strategy Not failed technology.
Not failed market acceptance. Team issues. Specifically the founding team. (Noam Wasserman, The Founder’s Dilemmas.
Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls that can Sink a Startup)
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28. Inside entrepreneurs who follow the goal of the organization
INTRAPRENEURSHIP
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29. D. MVT
A. Self Awareness /
BUILD YOUR ASSETS
B. Co-founder
DISCOVERY
C. Co-founder
ACTION-DATING
E. sTARTUP
SERIAL ENTREPRENEUR
- CO-FOUNDER DEVELOPMENT CYCLE -
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31. ACTION > THINKING TO EXTAND THE “UNKNOWN - UNKNOWN”
B
C
Business Decision
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KNOWLEDGE
Entrepreneur
Bounded rationality is the idea that in decision-making,
rationality of individuals is limited by the information they have, the
cognitive limitations of their minds, and the finite amount of time
they have to make a decision
Reinhard Selten
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