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bVenturesBring your ideas to the next level
Pre-MVPIdea →MVP
Community of entrepreneurial
Bruins for feedback and
guidance
Support, motivation, and goal-
setting for successful idea
development
Access to experienced
entrepreneurs
Introduction to Silicon Beach startup
community
Meetings focused on turning an
existing project to a viable
business
Greater access to investor
connections
Post-MVPMVP → Startup
What you’re getting out of bVentures:WorkshopsPre-MVP
Idea Validation
Product Development / MVP
User Interviewing
Value Proposition
Marketing (bootstrapping)
Post-MVP
Pitching
Marketing
User Interviewing
Growth & Scaling
Funding
What you’re getting out of bVentures:Mentorship
William HsuCo-founder &
Managing Partner
Mucker Capital
Matthew ManosFounder &
Managing Director
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John TabisFounder & CEO
The Bouqs Company
Erick MillerFounder &
Managing Director
Hyperspeed Ventures
Joe GuzelAssociate
Crosscut Ventures
What you’re getting out of bVentures:EventsHack Day
Teams will work on their startups
together for a whole day, and
mentors will come in for one or
more hours to help mentor the
startups on whatever they’re
working on.
Meals with Mentors
Eat with your bVentures peers and
mentors during simple get-
togethers over food. Bruin
Entrepreneurs will pick up the tab!
… and more events in the works!
What you’re getting out of bVentures:Resources
AWS Activate provides resources
to get started on AWS
Up to $5,000 in credit from AWS
per team
1 hour free legal consulting if and
when necessary
BE open to giving and receiving constructive feedback
BE working on your startup every week
BE respectful of others’ ideas
What we need from you:Community & Commitment
What we need from you:Community & Commitment @ Slack1. Create an account
2. Create a channel for your startup
3. Post a blurb about your startup in your channel
4. Start posting questions and feedback!
20past startups
+14this quarter!
Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
Product Vision MVP Product
A Minimum Viable Product is the smallest thing you can build that delivers customer value.
“We suggest startups think about what they plan to do, identify a core that's both (a) useful on
its own and (b) something that can be incrementally expanded into the whole project, and then
get that done as soon as possible.” - Paul Graham
“You need three things to create a successful startup:
1. to start with good people,
2. to make something customers actually want, and
3. to spend as little money as possible.
Most startups that fail do it because they fail at one of
these. A startup that does all three will probably
succeed.”
- Paul Graham
