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Exploring your business idea Media Evolution 20th February 2011 Mary Carty

Exploring your business idea

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Do you want to set up your own business? Here are a few key questions you need to answer to make sure you have a sustainable business. Number one on that list is to find out if you are solving a problem that needs solving. And just importantly, will anyone pay you for it? Find out what questions to ask and how to go about finding the answers with this presentation.

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Exploring your business idea

Media Evolution

20th February 2011

Mary Carty

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About Me

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Can you see me?

3, 2, 1 Go!

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Part 1

Stage 1:

Do I have a problem worth solving?

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Profile

Profile

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• 5 testers will discover 85% of the problems

• Customers are better at articulating problems than visualizing solutions

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Toddle.com

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Workshop 1

What is the problem

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Is there a market for what I want to do?

Stage 2:

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Twitter

Websites

Micro sites

VimeoYouTube

Facebook

LinkedIn

Blogs

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Facebook

Website

Twitter

LinkedInEmail

Flickr

Event Blog

Vimeo

YouTube

Marketing Loop

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How do I get to MVP as soon as I can?

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Product

Market

Fit

Three words to rule them all …….

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Flickr

EventBrite

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Workshop 2

Why are happy customers your number 1 priority?

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Cathy Fitzgerald

Workshop 3

Stage 3

Monetization

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2000 voices

Barney

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Workshop 3

Funding models for me

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20 x 200

Stage 4

Partnerships

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Mashery

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Is sharing worth it?Workshop 4

Is there skin in the game?

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Next stepsWorkshop Customer Journey & Online Touch Points

Capture Audience

Segment Audience

Measure & report

Marketing PlanNext Steps

Write down the 3 most important things you heard today.

Write down the 3 things you WILL do after today’s

session.

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Thank you

Thanks

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: @marycarty

Web: www.spoiltchild.com

Blog: www.marycarty.com

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