Startups, their impact on the economy, and critical factors for creating a fertile landscape for entrepreneurial success.

1. STARTUPS
Ali Reza Kohani
CEO and Founder / Labretore
Executive Director / Long Beach Tech

2. Startups, their impact on the
economy, and critical factors for
creating a fertile landscape for
entrepreneurial success.

3. WHAT IS A STARTUP?

4. STARTUP?

5. STARTUP?

6. STARTUP DEFINED
A startup is a company or temporary organization designed
to search for a repeatable and scalable business model.

7. STARTUP DEFINED
A startup is a company or temporary organization designed
to search for a repeatable and scalable business model.
IDEAS
CREATE BUILD
DATA CODE
MEASURE

8. EARLY STARTUP
1/8 share of the Stora Kopparberg mine, dated June 16, 1288.

9. STARTUP BIRTHS SINCE 2006

10. STARTUP BIRTHS SINCE 2006

11. STARTUP DEATH RATE

12. JOBS

13. JOBS
• Companies that are in their first five years of life, account for
virtually all net job growth in the United States economy.

14. JOBS
• Companies that are in their first five years of life, account for
virtually all net job growth in the United States economy.
• On average, one-year-old firms create nearly one million jobs,
while ten-year-old firms generate 300,000.

15. JOBS
• Companies that are in their first five years of life, account for
virtually all net job growth in the United States economy.
• On average, one-year-old firms create nearly one million jobs,
while ten-year-old firms generate 300,000.
• Mature firms grow smaller, more efficient and slower to
expand.

16. INNOVATION
IDEAS
CREATE BUILD
DATA CODE
MEASURE

17. ENVIRONMENT

18. INNOVATION VS. CLONES

19. INNOVATION VS. CLONES
Clones - Easy to outsource, low paying, makes the pie
smaller
Innovators - Hard to outsource, high paying, makes the pie
bigger

20. TOO MANY OBSTACLES?

21. ATTITUDE CHANGE

22. MORE GAZELLES

23. IMPORTANT FACTORS

24. IMPORTANT FACTORS
• Change attitude and outlook

25. IMPORTANT FACTORS
• Change attitude and outlook
• Investment in startups and nurturing of (Gazelles) is good for
economy

26. IMPORTANT FACTORS
• Change attitude and outlook
• Investment in startups and nurturing of (Gazelles) is good for
economy
• Create an ecosystem for finding and relieving pain - David &
Goliath

27. IMPORTANT FACTORS
• Change attitude and outlook
• Investment in startups and nurturing of (Gazelles) is good for
economy
• Create an ecosystem for finding and relieving pain - David &
Goliath
• Invest in long clock projects (10,000-year clock)

28. THANK YOU
Long Beach Tech / longbeachtech.org
Ali Reza Kohani / ali@longbeachtech.org