Building a

STARTUP?

Adrian

Pica

- Startup Weekend Global Facilitator

- Central European Startup Awards

- Founder at Obli.co

- Techpeaks Accelerator Trento

- Working Capital - Rome

- Startup Scout – inventures.eu

- Mentor at Spherik Accelerator - Cluj

What is a

STARTUP?

STARTUP=

A cool name fora regular company

Difference between:

Supermarket, Restaurant, Factory

and

Evernote, Runkeeper, Instagram

Clear roadmap, planning vs experiment, pivot

Scalability

Monetization

What is an

ENTREPRENEUR?

Traits of an entrepreneur

Vision

Rulebreaking

Optimism

Persistence

Passion

Entrepreneurship is a mindset.

The 5 dollar

challenge

What would you do

with 5 dollars

and 2 hours?

Reframe the problem.Challenge assumptions.

The 5 dollars

is a limitation.

2 hours is the value.

First teamInflate tiresfor a few $

Instead of abusiness plan,

they experimented,learned and iterated.

Sounds familiar?

Second team.Saturday evening

Restaurantreservations

Best teamChallenged allassumptions.

Made 650$

Idea stage

Frequency is the key

Problem/Solution fit

Build an MVP

Explainer Video

Landing page

Wizard of Oz

Concierge

Piecemeal

Crowdfunding

Single feature MVP

Product/market fit

Test business model,pricing strategy

Market validation through retention

B2B, B2C

Type of Market

Growth

VC moneyPress

Start Hiring

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“We regret the things we don’t do more than the

things we do”- Mark Twain

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