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Mountain Partners Group
In a Nutshell
Conny BoerschMay 2012
Financial crisis – is the worst already over?
Foreign Exchange Reserves
China
Switzerland USA
3’042 bn US$ 278 bn US$ 78 bn US$
Credit Default Swaps: CDS
CDS/Derivative700 Trillion US$
World debts45.2 Trillion US$World GDP
63.2 Trillion US$
While Europe is arguing...Who is paying the bill?
….BRICS are solid.
Everything comes in waves…
2009 - 20112006 - 2008 2012 - 20152001 - 20051999 - 2000
EXITS
INVEST INVEST
2000
EXITS
2006
EXITS
2012
2003
1976
1998
2008
2004
2009
Trends are hard to predict ...
2003
2009
Trends are hard to predict ...If you miss a trend – Then what?
Great inventions from the past…
FAXCHIPS
FIBER OPTICS
CREDIT CARDS
SPACE SHUTTLES
MOBILE PHONES
SATELLITES
LAPTOPS & COMPUTERS
POWER PLANTS
HEART-LUNG MACHINES
JETSEMAIL
DIGITAL CAMERAS
DIALYSIS
BIOTECH
NON-INVASIVE SURGERY
MAGLEV TRAINSNANOTECH
SEARCH ENGINES
iPodINTERNET
RFID TECHNOLOGY
DVDsWEB
BROWSERS
… and future stories of success!
CLEAN WATER
SMART HOUSE
SMALL BATTERIES AND FUEL CELLS
ENERGY COST + EFFICIENCY
ELECTRIC CARS
SUPERSONIC PLANES
PERSONALIZED INFORMATION
NEW FORMS OF ENTERTAINMENT
GENETIC DISEASE PREDICTION
ARTIFICIAL HEARTS
NEW WAYS OF SHOPPING
NEW DRUGS TO CURE AIDS OR
CANCER
SEMANTIC SEARCH
UNLIMITED ACCESS AND
SPEED TO DATA
MOBILE PAYMENT
Vs. Vs.
Original Copycat Copy-Copycat
Do you have to invent something?
Speed to wealth:No. of years until first 1st billion dollars made
Jay Walker
Marc Zuckerberg
S. Brin/L. Page
Bill Gates
Warren Buffet
Henry Ford
John D. Rockefeller
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
2
4
8
12
19
23
25
Eco-System
Risks
Execution
Business Model
Value Chain of founding
Time-to-market
Internationalization
Industrial Farming of Startups
15 Lessons
04/10/2023 17
Good
idea.
Hire the best.
04/10/2023 19
Timing.
Focus?
Be brave.
Learnfrommistakes.
Lemming effect. Beware!
Rightfunding.
Money Money
Aimhigh!
Only 1/10
work.
The 90-90 rule
“Robin Hood” “Sheriff of Nottingham”
You need a story.
Consultant-only start-upsdon’t work.
Network!
Don’t be overoptimistic.
Don’t be too creative…
