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Agenda
WELCOME!
About Dave
The Ecosystem
Your Lifecycle
Accelerators/Incubators/Co-Working
Programs
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About Dave
Director, Founder Institute Seattle
Serial Entrepreneur started 4, sold 2,
closed 1, 1 operating.
Board Member sold 4, on 4
VC for three years
Advisory Board Member
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Who are you?
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The Startup Ecosystem
Sponsors
Groups & Organization
NWEN, Meetups
Programs & Events
Universities, Startup Weekend, Hack-a-thons,
Accelerators, Incubators
Resources
Startup City, Startup Calendar
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Ecosystem, Cont.
Media
Investors & Angels
Angel.co , AoA, K4, VCs
Angel List, Gust
Service Providers
Investment Bankers, Accounting Hangers On
Leeches
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Definitions
Incubators Accelerators
Niche clean tech, health care, mobile
Location state, national, international
Invest Cash or Pay Course Fee
Single vs. Co-Founder
Full Time vs. Part Time
Co-Working Spaces space +
CrashDev post
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What Do You Want?
Lifestyle Business?
Services Business?
Scalable Business?
Will you need capital?
What do you need before capital?
Whats your Golazo?
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Pre-Ideas
Pre-Product
Pre-Revenue
Where Are You?
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What do you need?
Blocking & Tackling? Incorporation, research,
Exec Summary, financial model, demo
Team? Some programs require co-founders
Network? Peers & Mentors
Investment? Only after you have a product!
Coaching? When you have a model and $$
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Programs
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Time & Investment
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Incubators
Space
Investment
Themes
Peers
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Accelerators
Structured Program or Outcome
Full time 500 Startups / Tech Stars
Part time Founder Institute
Product Demo
Peer Contacts
Think B-School grads
Mentor Contacts
Hard contacts are still hard to get a hold of
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Co-Working Space
Short term lease Flexible Space
Surf, TheHub, Hacker Dojo
Peers Mentors
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Check List
Idea Stage
Customer Validation
Team Status
MVP & Product
Blocking and Tackling
Space
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Q&A
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thank you
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Supporting Slides
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Idea(s) POC Product Revenue Scale
Founder InstituteTech Stars
Meetups
NWEN
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Notes
Stage of your startup
FI takes the pain out of
Spreadsheets, incorporations,
Focus on problem, solution and product
Geeks on a train/plane
Lean Reis
Niche specific incubators gaming healthcare
Local, State, National, International