This document discusses startups and startup communities. It begins with biographical information about Dwight Gunning, a software engineer and startup founder based in Amsterdam. It then provides definitions of startups, describing them as temporary organizations searching for a scalable and sustainable business model. It outlines the stages of a startup from initial inspiration to growth. It emphasizes the importance of building minimum viable products and obtaining product-market fit despite uncertainty. The document concludes by discussing the key players in startup communities including entrepreneurs, universities, service providers, investors, and government and their interactions.

1. Startups
&
Startup Communities

2. Hi, I’m Dwight
1 Gold Coast born and bred
2 Amsterdam based (for now)
3 Software engineer
4 Startup founder
5 Community advocate
@dwightgunning

3. @dwightgunning
Visiting Entrepreneur Program

4. What is a startup?
@dwightgunning

5. “A temporary organisation in search of a repeatable,
scalable and sustainable business model”
— Steve Blank
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A formal definition

6. @dwightgunning
Venture
Funded
Bootstrapped
High Risk
High
Growth
Innovative
The Party Balloon Diagram

7. @dwightgunning
How do startups get going?
Inspired
Individuals
Emerging
Entrepreneurs
Founders
Early-stage
Startup
Growth-stage
startup
Mature
business

8. Concept credit: Daniel Newman @dwightgunning
Startup
Business
Product-
Market
Fit
Uncertainty rules …

9. Concept credit: The Lean Startup @dwightgunning
Build
MeasureLearn
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Data
Ideas MVP

10. @dwightgunning@dwightgunning
Minimum Viable Product

11. 11
‘If something is important enough, even
if the odds are against you,
you should still do it.’
— Elon Musk
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12. If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you've
launched too late!
Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn)

13. My Entrepreneurial
journey
@dwightgunning

14. @dwightgunning

15. @dwightgunning
Taxi & Ride Sharing
Build a startup in 54 hours
Startup Launch Program

16. @dwightgunning
/ Full-stack StartupEdTech
Fashion / eCommerce

17. Webcrafters
@dwightgunning
+Static Website Publishing Side Projects & skill-sharing

18. Startup Communities
@dwightgunning

19. Entrepreneurs
@dwightgunning

20. Entrepreneurs
Universities
Service
Providers
InvestorsGovernment
@dwightgunning

21. Entrepreneurs
Universities
Service
Providers
InvestorsGovernment
@dwightgunning

22. It’s a wrap.
@dwightgunning
Download the slides
http://www.launchsteps.com/meetups-workshops/

23. Questions
Download the slides
http://www.launchsteps.com/meetups-workshops/
@dwightgunning

24. Startups
&
Startup Communities