Startups &

Startup Communities

Hi, I’m Dwight

1 Gold Coast born and bred

2 Amsterdam based (for now)

3 Software engineer

4 Startup founder

5 Community advocate

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Visiting Entrepreneur Program

What is a startup?

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“A temporary organisation in search of a repeatable, scalable and sustainable business model”

— Steve Blank

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A formal definition

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VentureFunded

Bootstrapped

High Risk

High Growth

Innovative

The Party Balloon Diagram

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How do startups get going?

Inspired Individuals

Emerging Entrepreneurs Founders

Early-stage Startup

Growth-stage startup

Mature business

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Startup

Business

Product- Market

Fit

Uncertainty rules …

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Build

MeasureLearn

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Data

Ideas MVP

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Minimum Viable Product

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‘If something is important enough, even if the odds are against you, you should still do it.’ — Elon Musk

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If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you've launched too late! Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn)

My Entrepreneurial journey

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Taxi & Ride Sharing

Build a startup in 54 hours

Startup Launch Program

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/Full-stack StartupEdTech

Fashion / eCommerce

Webcrafters

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+Static Website Publishing Side Projects & skill-sharing

Startup Communities

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Entrepreneurs

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Entrepreneurs

Universities

Service Providers

InvestorsGovernment

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Entrepreneurs

Universities

Service Providers

InvestorsGovernment

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It’s a wrap.

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Questions

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Startups &

Startup Communities