It’s easier than ever to start a business

in Auckland Jennifer  Clamp  

An idea you’re committed to

A product that meets a need

A sustainable business model

The startup journey

What good shall I do this day? Winston Churchill

An idea you’re committed to

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My tools

An idea you’re committed to

•  A book of ideas •  A letter to myself five years from now •  Funds to take some time off work •  Co-founder of

Find a motivating reason,

not a solution.

An idea you’re committed to

INSPIRATION •  The Leap! •  gridakl.com •  Techweek.co.nz •  meetup.com •  eventfinder •  medium.com

Your best friends

An idea you’re committed to

Events: •  Startup grind •  Coffee and cream •  Show and tell •  Bootstrappers Breakfast

Your best friends

An idea you’re committed to

EXPLORATION •  Mum’s garage •  Startup weekend •  ngConnect •  Young enterprise scheme •  Ventureup •  Livethedream

Your best friends

An idea you’re committed to

RESEARCH •  Google (has it been done?) •  Techcrunch.com

Vision without execution is hallucination

A product that meets a need

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” Thomas Edison  

•  Lean canvas / elevator pitch •  Competitor research •  Networking events •  Customer interview •  Hacked together prototypes

My tools

A product that meets a need

Find a compelling problem,

not a solution.

A product that meets a need

FEEDBACK •  Networking events

meetup.com / eventfinder / techweek newsletter •  Event: Entrepreneurs with a twist •  Technical communities •  FKA Angel Dropins

A product that meets a need

Your best friends

A product that meets a need

Your best friends

ROBUST VALIDATION PROCESS •  Co.starters •  thevalidator •  eCentre foundations course •  “Running lean” by Ash Maurya

A product that meets a need

Your best friends

PROTOTYPING •  PowerPoint for software •  DIY store •  Makerspaces •  Callaghan research grants

Without customers, you don’t have a business.

You have a hobby.

A sustainable business model

Don Peppers & Martha Rogers  

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•  Business model canvas / Lean canvas •  Desk at co.working space Bizdojo •  People who had been there before •  Pitch competitions •  Website / Advertising •  Sign up page

A sustainable business model

My tools

Start small and get help

A sustainable business model

A sustainable business model

Your best friends

PEERS / COFOUNDERS •  Meetup.com / eventfinda / Techweek

newsletter •  Events at GridAKL •  Start a meetup group •  GridAKL tech café •  Café Holm up on Krd •  Facebook Groups

NZTech Startups Ecosystem, CRAKL •  Angel dropins

HEAR OTHERS PITCH •  Pitch circus •  Accelerator demo days …

Akina Lightining lab eCentre Sprint Icehouse Powerhouse VentureUp

A sustainable business model

Your best friends

LEARN FROM MENTORS •  Ventureup.co.nz •  Velocity ideas challenge (UoA) •  digmyidea.nz •  Co.starters •  This week in startups (TWIS) podcast

A sustainable business model

Your best friends

CLOUD SOFTWARE •  Wordpress / WIX •  Unbounce landing pages

FUNDING •  Savings •  Callaghan research and development

grants

A sustainable business model

Your best friends

1.  Your co.founder could be sat right next to you 2.  Sign up to Startup Weekend 3.  Or co.starters 4.  Join a meetup group (… and go along)

COME SAY HI!

Start today!

If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders

of giants

Isaac Newton

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