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Presentation to REEE
Guy Kawasaki
CEO and Managing DirectorGarage Technology Ventures
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Then and Now:10 Changes in Entrepreneuring
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1Then
Now
Cleverness
Technology
FoundationFoundation
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2Then
Now
Build Brand
Build Business
PriorityPriority
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3Then
Now
Raise more money
Bootstrap
FinancingFinancing
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4Then
Now
MBAs
Engineers
Key EmployeesKey Employees
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5Then
Now
Advertising
PR
Getting the Word OutGetting the Word Out
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6Then
Now
Disintermediation
Evangelism
LeverageLeverage
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7Then
Now
Think Global
Act Local
ScopeScope
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8Then
Now
Alliances
Revenues
Business DevelopmentBusiness Development
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9Then
Now
Liquidity
Passion
Raison d’ êtreRaison d’ être
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10Then
Now
Next Big Thing
Next Big Thing
Big PictureBig Picture
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Silicon Valley 4.0Silicon Valley 4.0
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Silicon Valley 4.0Silicon Valley 4.0
1.0 Chips
2.0 Personal Computers
3.0 Internet
4.0 Intelligence
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1 Not fixing Silicon Valley 3.0
Silicon Valley 4.0Silicon Valley 4.0
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2 Quantum leap in ubiquity
Silicon Valley 4.0Silicon Valley 4.0
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3 Infinite and free bandwidth
Silicon Valley 4.0Silicon Valley 4.0
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4 Totally wireless
Silicon Valley 4.0Silicon Valley 4.0
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5 Always on
Silicon Valley 4.0Silicon Valley 4.0
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6 Always connected
Silicon Valley 4.0Silicon Valley 4.0
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7 Every device has an IPaddress
Silicon Valley 4.0Silicon Valley 4.0
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8 Self healing
Silicon Valley 4.0Silicon Valley 4.0
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9 New storage and searcharchitecture
Silicon Valley 4.0Silicon Valley 4.0
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10 Network is theknowledge
Silicon Valley 4.0Silicon Valley 4.0
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Ten Ways It’s Not Going toHappen
Ten Ways It’s Not Going toHappen
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1 Not going to be a proventeam
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2 Not going to be a proventechnology
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3 Not going to be a provenbusiness model
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4 Not going to raise $50million in capital
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5 Not going to generatecompetitive term sheets
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6 Not going to be embracedby today’s “experts”
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7 Not going to be created byan existing company
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8 Not going to be sold toexpected customers
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9 Not going to be used inanticipated ways
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10 Not going to happen ifnobody tries
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Guy KawasakiCEO, Garage Technology Ventures
Lessons from the Trenches:Ten Things Students Should LearnBefore They Graduate
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1
Lessons from the TrenchesLessons from the Trenches
Ideas are easy,implementation is hard
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2
Lessons from the TrenchesLessons from the Trenches
More OB, less Finance
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3 Do the math
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• Costs $1• Sell for $5• Margin = 20%
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4 Everyone is a “productmanager”
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Power
Responsibility
CurriculumIncomingstudents
X
Lessons from the TrenchesLessons from the Trenches
Kona
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5 • One-page emails• Twelve slides• One hour meetings
Lessons from the TrenchesLessons from the Trenches
Be brief
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6 Make your boss lookgood
Lessons from the TrenchesLessons from the Trenches
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7 Life’s a niche
Lessons from the TrenchesLessons from the Trenches
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Unique abilityto provide
Value to customer
Stupid
Price
X
Lessons from the TrenchesLessons from the Trenches
Dotcom
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8 A players hire A players
Lessons from the TrenchesLessons from the Trenches
B players hire C players
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9
Lessons from the TrenchesLessons from the Trenches
Don’t ask anyone to dosomething you wouldn’tdo
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01 Right and wrong areabsolute
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11 Karma counts
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Overview of GarageOverview of Garage
� Boutique investment bank
� Three services
� Venture capital� Private placement� M & A advisory
� Capital for innovation
� Venture� Intellectual� Relationship
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Garage CaliforniaEntrepreneurs FundGarage CaliforniaEntrepreneurs Fund
� $10M funded by CalPERS
� Focus on companies emerging from
California universities and research labs
� Sectors: software, communications, and
infrastructure
� Garage will lead or co-invest
� Typical investment: $250K seed stage, up to
$400-500K total over time
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