presentation on entrepreneurship.ppt
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- 1. Agenda
- LeftHand Networks
- Small Business
- Entrepreneurialism
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- Are you an Entrepreneur?
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- Learning from others mistakes
- The Business Plan
- Capitalizing a Business
- Resources for Entrepreneurs
- Closing Comments
2. My Story
- CSU-ME 1984
- Worked for 3 technology companies in the storage industry over a 15 year span
- The Vision
- Late nights at the Holiday Inn
- The Business Plan
- 7 guys in a basement
- Garage Technology Ventures
- Raised $500,000 from angel investors
- Blastoff!
3. LeftHand Networks Today
- Headquarters - Boulder, CO
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- 176 employees
- Delivering full-featured SANs via Ethernet
- Market leader in IP SAN Storage segment
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- 5000+ Installations
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- 2000+ Customers
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- 2 OEM partners
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- Three financing rounds $75M total
- SAN/iQ:patented, distributed, network storage operating system
4. Why start or work for a small company?
- Small Companies (