This lecture describes different types of business structures. We discuss some of the early questions that an entrepreneur must ask before committing to a business:
* Will your business be a for-profit enterprise, a not-for-profit or somewhere in between?
* What are the different requirements and resources necessary for your selected enterprise model?
* What type of financing should you target: equity, debt, grant funding or a combination of all three?
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Different Types of Entrepreneurship - Entrepreneursip 101
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2. Entrepreneurship 101!
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Presented by Dr. Tony Redpath, Vice
President, Partner Programs and Allyson
Hewitt, Director, Social Entrepreneurship
and Director, SiG@MaRS!
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October 2011!
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4. Memory at Work
¨ Why do I want to start this business?!
– What is my motivation!
¨ What resources do I need?!
– Basement or corporate office!
– Shared spaces/ incubators!
¨ How do I fit into the rest of the world?!
– Is my product and/or services unique?!
– Have others tried this before?!
¨ What is my business model?!
– For profit!
– Not-for-profit!
– Co-operative!
– Hybrid!
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5. Target
Zone
Grant
Funded
Revenue
Social
Social
Ventures
Tradi;onal
Non-‐Profit
Genera;ng
NFP
Purpose
(B
Corps
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L3C)
Business
(Charity)
(Social
Enterprise)
Business
Co-‐opera3ve
Structure
Social
(Charitable)
Financial
(Commercial)
RETURN
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6. Memory at Work
CONSULTING!
¨ Key Characteristics!
– Multiple participants, diverse focus, variable size, leverage core assets to
provide access to market and advice!
¨ Examples!
– Hatch Associates/ Professional Consulting Firms!
– Aperio/ Venture Deli!
¨ Benefits & Risks of Model!
– Low capital costs and minimal input!
– Liability insurance, lack of support!
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8. Memory at Work
SERVICES!
¨ Key Characteristics!
– Speciality business serving existing businesses!
¨ Examples!
¨ Benefits & Risks of Model!
– Online software as a service!
– Capital costs can be high; labs services, servers!
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9. Memory at Work
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13. Memory at Work
¨ Forms of Financing!
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– Debt - borrow from someone, using an asset
as security; rate & time period to be negotiated!
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– Equity - sell a piece of your venture to
someone in exchange for an investment in the
venture!
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– Bootstrap - self-fund and reinvest all profits
for growth !
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– Fundraising: grants/ foundations/ government
funding/ corporate sponsorship/ members (co-
ops)!
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14. Memory at Work
A quick primer on debt vs equity:!
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Debt: - gets paid back first, before any dividends
! get paid !
!- secured by asset (the companyʼs, yours)!
!+ once the debt is repaid (with interest of
! course), the lender gets nothing else!
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Equity: + never has to be “repaid”!
! - keeps on “paying” forever!
! -/+ you now have an investor partner who
! is in this, like you, for the long haul!
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15. The Lemonade Stand Example!
Assume you’re 10 years old and you need $20 to set
up a lemonade stand
Revenues Debt 50:50 Equity
Rain $10 lender loses $10 partner loses $15
entrepreneur gets $0 entrepreneur gets $5
Cloud $30 lender is even partner loses $5
entrepreneur gets $10 entrepreneur gets $15
Sun $50 lender is even partner makes $5
entrepreneur gets $30 entrepreneur gets $25
17. Memory at Work
¨ The 3Fʼs again – Friends, Family and Fools!
– The turkey principle!
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¨ Angels (aka high net worth individuals)!
– Generally like to invest in areas that they have worked
in or are comfortable with!
– Can add valuable hands-on experience!
– http://www.angelinvestor.ca/!
– http://www.mapleleafangels.com/186103_186104.html!
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¨ Venture Capital Funds!
– Different funds invest at different stages in the growth
of a company!
– http://www.cvca.ca/!
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18. Memory at Work
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Founda;ons:
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19. The Financing Life Cycle
Public Markets
Venture Capital
Seed Funds
Angels
Grants
Risk
Concept Start-up Growth Expansion
20. The Financing Life Cycle
Public Markets
Venture Capital
Seed Funds
Angels
Grants
Risk
Concept Start-up Growth Expansion
23. Memory at Work
¨ Technology Risks! ¨ Market Risks!
– Stage of development! – Market size, dynamics and
– Proof of concept! growth potential!
– Prototype product! – Route to market, access,
scalability!
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– USPs
of
the
products
or
services
¨ Intellectual Property Risks! !
– Nature of the invention!
¨ Execution Risks!
– Scope of the invention!
– IP form: patent, know-how, – Knowledge of the market,
software! networks!
! – Skills required to move the
enterprise through all stages of
development!
– Reputation in the marketplace!
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24. Memory at Work
¨ Mission drift !
– Balancing a Social (or Environmental) and Financial Bottom Line !
¨ Execution risk !
– Knowledge of the market, networks!
– Skills required to move the enterprise through all stages of development!
– Reputation in the marketplace!
¨ General lack of understanding in the global marketplace!
– People understand charity and business but creating a new sector is not
without its challenges – we better have fun while we are doing! !
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25. Tony Redpath – tredpath@marsdd.com and Allyson Hewitt – ahewitt@marsdd.com!