Post on 16-Feb-2017
Startups &
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Hi, I’m Dwight
1 Gold Coast born and bred
2 Amsterdam based (for now)
3 Software engineer
4 Startup founder
5 Community advocate
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Visiting Entrepreneur Program
What is a startup?
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“A temporary organisation in search of a repeatable, scalable and sustainable business model”
— Steve Blank
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A formal definition
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VentureFunded
Bootstrapped
High Risk
High Growth
Innovative
The Party Balloon Diagram
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How do startups get going?
Inspired Individuals
Emerging Entrepreneurs Founders
Early-stage Startup
Growth-stage startup
Mature business
Concept credit: Daniel Newman @dwightgunning
Startup
Business
Product- Market
Fit
Uncertainty rules …
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Build
MeasureLearn
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Data
Ideas MVP
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Minimum Viable Product
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‘If something is important enough, even if the odds are against you, you should still do it.’ — Elon Musk
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If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you've launched too late! Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn)
My Entrepreneurial journey
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Taxi & Ride Sharing
Build a startup in 54 hours
Startup Launch Program
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/Full-stack StartupEdTech
Fashion / eCommerce
Webcrafters
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+Static Website Publishing Side Projects & skill-sharing
Startup Communities
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Entrepreneurs
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Entrepreneurs
Universities
Service Providers
InvestorsGovernment
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Entrepreneurs
Universities
Service Providers
InvestorsGovernment
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It’s a wrap.
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Questions
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Startups &
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