Taking the leap as an entrepreneur
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This document provides advice and resources for starting a business in Auckland, New Zealand. It discusses finding an idea you are committed to, creating a product that meets customer needs, and developing a sustainable business model. A variety of local startup events, coworking spaces, accelerators, and funding resources are listed to help entrepreneurs with idea validation, prototyping, networking, and growing their business. The overall message is that with commitment and utilizing the local startup community, it is easier than ever to successfully launch a business in Auckland.
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Taking the leap as an entrepreneur
- 1. It’s easier than ever to start a business in Auckland Jennifer Clamp
- 2. An idea you’re committed to A product that meets a need A sustainable business model The startup journey
- 3. What good shall I do this day? Winston Churchill An idea you’re committed to “ ”
- 4. My tools An idea you’re committed to • A book of ideas • A letter to myself five years from now • Funds to take some time off work • Co-founder of
- 5. Find a motivating reason, not a solution. An idea you’re committed to
- 6. INSPIRATION • The Leap! • gridakl.com • Techweek.co.nz • meetup.com • eventfinder • medium.com Your best friends An idea you’re committed to Events: • Startup grind • Coffee and cream • Show and tell • Bootstrappers Breakfast
- 7. Your best friends An idea you’re committed to EXPLORATION • Mum’s garage • Startup weekend • ngConnect • Young enterprise scheme • Ventureup • Livethedream
- 8. Your best friends An idea you’re committed to RESEARCH • Google (has it been done?) • Techcrunch.com
- 9. Vision without execution is hallucination A product that meets a need “ ” Thomas Edison
- 10. • Lean canvas / elevator pitch • Competitor research • Networking events • Customer interview • Hacked together prototypes My tools A product that meets a need
- 11. Find a compelling problem, not a solution. A product that meets a need
- 12. FEEDBACK • Networking events meetup.com / eventfinder / techweek newsletter • Event: Entrepreneurs with a twist • Technical communities • FKA Angel Dropins A product that meets a need Your best friends
- 13. A product that meets a need Your best friends ROBUST VALIDATION PROCESS • Co.starters • thevalidator • eCentre foundations course • “Running lean” by Ash Maurya
- 14. A product that meets a need Your best friends PROTOTYPING • PowerPoint for software • DIY store • Makerspaces • Callaghan research grants
- 15. Without customers, you don’t have a business. You have a hobby. A sustainable business model Don Peppers & Martha Rogers “ ”
- 16. • Business model canvas / Lean canvas • Desk at co.working space Bizdojo • People who had been there before • Pitch competitions • Website / Advertising • Sign up page A sustainable business model My tools
- 17. Start small and get help A sustainable business model
- 18. A sustainable business model Your best friends PEERS / COFOUNDERS • Meetup.com / eventfinda / Techweek newsletter • Events at GridAKL • Start a meetup group • GridAKL tech café • Café Holm up on Krd • Facebook Groups NZTech Startups Ecosystem, CRAKL • Angel dropins
- 19. HEAR OTHERS PITCH • Pitch circus • Accelerator demo days … Akina Lightining lab eCentre Sprint Icehouse Powerhouse VentureUp A sustainable business model Your best friends
- 20. LEARN FROM MENTORS • Ventureup.co.nz • Velocity ideas challenge (UoA) • digmyidea.nz • Co.starters • This week in startups (TWIS) podcast A sustainable business model Your best friends
- 21. CLOUD SOFTWARE • Wordpress / WIX • Unbounce landing pages FUNDING • Savings • Callaghan research and development grants A sustainable business model Your best friends
- 22. 1. Your co.founder could be sat right next to you 2. Sign up to Startup Weekend 3. Or co.starters 4. Join a meetup group (… and go along) COME SAY HI! Start today!
- 23. If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants “ ”