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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

http://www.crashdev.com/2012/02/accelerator-incubator-and-why-it.htmlhttp://www.crashdev.com/2012/02/accelerator-incubator-and-why-it.html

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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