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Allan Chao Startup Consultant Startup V8 [email protected] UC Berkeley Extension, Summer 2012
Question of the day:
What makes a successful startup?
The Agenda Quiz
Quick review of last session
Final Project Presentations
Wrap up
Quiz Time
Good luck!
10 minutes max
Quick review of prior material Non disclosure agreement (NDA)
Contracts
Incorporation
Sole proprietorship
Partnership
C-corporation
LLC
S-corporation
Liability shield
Stock and shares
Common stock
Preferred stock
Stock options
Vesting
Dilution
Patents
Personal Wealth
Debt financing
Equity financing
Fundraising rounds
Friends and family round
Angel round
Super angles
Venture capitalist
Series A, B, C… etc
Cramdown rounds
Convertible Notes
Exit
IPO
Acquisition
Lifestyle business
The startup lifecycle
Venture capital history
Equity and dilution calculators
Capitalization tables
Crowd funding
Competitions and grants
Incubators
Team and Finding Co-founders The team is the absolute most important thing in a startup
Team problems tend to destroy startups
Best case is to work with people you already know and have relationships with
Classmates, friends, etc.
Vet others and their skill by doing small projects
Many times, swapping part of your time for part of his/her time works well and transitions into joining forces
Getting Involved in Startups News
Meetup groups
Conferences
Hackathons
Startup Weekend
News sources for startups TechCrunch
http://techcrunch.com/
Hacker News http://news.ycombinator.com/
Mashable http://mashable.com/
Meetup Groups Hackers and Founders
http://www.hackersandfounders.com/
Funders and Founders http://fundersandfounders.com/
Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs http://www.sventrepreneurs.net/
Conferences The startup conference
http://thestartupconference.com/
SXSW (South by Southwest) http://sxsw.com/
Failcon http://thefailcon.com/
Techcrunch Disrupt http://techcrunch.com/events/
Hackathons Event where lots of programmers build new projects
Usually has a theme
E.g. Facebook, iPhone, Windows 8
Most take place in one day
Decent place to find great programmers
Startup Weekend Like a hackathon, generally brings a lot more non-
engineers
Launch a startup in 54 hours
http://startupweekend.org/
Great place to build relationships with entrepreneurs
Session Topic
1 Context of Web Startups, The Lean Startup
2 Pitches, Business Planning
3 Product Design: Planning and UX
4 Website Introduction, CMS tools
5 Coding Basics, Frontend programming
6 Backend programming, comparison of frameworks
7 Servers, Deployment, Release cycles, project management
8 Marketing, user acquisition, analytics
9 Legal, Finance and Incubation
10 Final Project Presentations, wrap-up
Here’s a reminder of what we went through
Homework
Start your own startup
If you have time, watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSlwuafyUUo&feature=gv&hl=en#!
