Startup Opportunities

Startup Opportunities
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THE BOOK FOR EVERY TEACHER WHO HAS EVER BEEN FRUSTRATED BY THE DECISIONS MADE OUTSIDE THEIR SCHOOL THAT AFFECT THE STUDENTS INSIDE THEIR SCHOOL. How to Be Heard offers every teacher 10 ways to successfully amplify his or her voice, and demonstrates that when teachers' voices are heard, they will be rightfully recognized and supported as change leaders in their schools. Celine Coggins, a renowned teacher advocate, offers nuts-and-bolts strategies that are recognized as the "price of admission" to becoming a credible and welcomed participant in important policy conversations and decisions. The author clearly demonstrates that it is not only possible for teachers to initiate change, but to also effectively participate on the policy playing field. In ten clear chapters, the author demonstrates how teachers can and must advocate for their students and their profession. Throughout this book Coggins proves that "If you're not at the table, you're on the menu." This how-to guide is filled with concrete ideas for engaging in productive decision-making, using real-world examples from teachers who have successfully used these strategies.

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Sacca Chris. Startup Opportunities

Foreword

Preface

Trust Me, Your Idea Is Worthless. by Tim Ferriss1

CHAPTER 1. What Is a Startup?

How to Use This Book

Who This Book Is For

CHAPTER 2. The Democratization of Startups

The Cost to Launch Is Approaching Zero

The World Is Flat

The Path Is Known

Access to Capital

CHAPTER 3. Opportunities

The Four Criteria for an Opportunity

What Is Opportunity Evaluation?

What Is the Cost of Poor Opportunity Evaluation?

Execution Trumps Opportunity

Risk, Uncertainty, and Ambiguity

The Issue of Bias

CHAPTER 4. Approaches to Opportunity Evaluation

Where Does Opportunity Evaluation Fit into the Overall Startup Process?

Overview of Business Model Generation

Overview of Customer Development and Lean Startup

Overview of the Disciplined Entrepreneur

A Modern Version of the Scientific Method

CHAPTER 5. People

Team

Working Full Time

Been There, Done That

Passion

Coachability

Ability to Attract Talent

Business Acumen

Domain Knowledge

Operational Experience

Mentors

Board of Directors/Advisors

Customers

Social Capital

CHAPTER 6. Pain

Compelling Unmet Need

Size

Durability and Timeliness

CHAPTER 7. Product

The 10× Rule

Rate of Adoption

Rogers’ Diffusion of Innovations Theory

Intellectual Property

Key Asset Access

Proof of Concept – Selling Your Product in Advance of Making It

Gross Margins

Scalability

CHAPTER 8. Market

Market Stage

Product/Market Fit

Disruptive Innovation

Industry CAGR

Distribution Strength

Customer Acquisition Costs

Viral Marketing

Competition

The Goliath Paradox

Barriers to Entry

Government Regulations

Partnership Status

Knowing Why You Need to Raise Money

CHAPTER 9. Plan

Time to Launch

Plan to Scale

Reasonable Not Right

Get Out of the Building

Plan B

CHAPTER 10. Pitch

Short Form (Under 10 Minutes)

Long Form (30 Minutes)

Business Plan – or Not

Executive Summary

Q&A

CHAPTER 11. Raising Money

Building a Relationship with a Potential Investor

Who Makes the Ask?

Use of Proceeds

Raise the Least Amount of Money to Get to the Next Level

Ask for Money from the Right Kind of Investor

Raise Money When It’s Available

You Aren’t an Exception

Why Anything Other Than a Yes Is a No

Be Realistic about Your Valuation

Even Angels Have Investment Committees

CHAPTER 12. Pitfalls

Showstoppers and Red Herrings

Excessive Valuation

Taboo Businesses

No Skin in the Game

The No Asshole Rule

The Key Person Dependency

Drinking Your Own Kool-Aid

CHAPTER 13. Don’t Quit Your Day Job If You Aren’t

Passionate about the Space

Able to Execute the Solution

Certain That the Problem Is a Need (as Opposed to a Want)

Certain That the Problem Is Shared by a Large (and Growing) Market

Able to Offer a Solution That Is 10× Better Than Anything Else in the Market

Ready to “Burn the Ships”

Able to Access Potential Customers

Able to Spend Six Months without Personal Income

Able to Garner Enough People, Users, and Money to Create a Minimum Viable Product

Prepared to Get into the Weeds and Do the Grunt Work

Glossary

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

Index

Crowdfunding

Product Crowdfunding

Equity Crowdfunding

How Equity Crowdfunding Differs

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“Dear Chris. I have an idea that will revolutionize a $34 billion industry. .”

Do you know what that is? An email I will never open. No matter how elegant the prose that follows, I see a snippet like that in Gmail and immediately hit Archive.

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Raise a glass to the democratization of it all! And best of luck to all the now unnecessary investment bankers with incredible PowerPoint and personal grooming skills who have since moved back to New York City to apply their talents to some predatory lending scheme or mass layoff.

When I first got into this investing business full-time, I was holed up at Brickhouse on Brannon in San Francisco hearing back-to-back pitches. Small teams who could show me live code were impressive. I loved being able to play with a site or an app rather than merely considering a hypothetical.

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