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THE NEW ENTREPRENEURIAL PARADIGM
NAIL IT THEN SCALE IT!
Nathan Furr, Ph.D., Brigham Young University
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Thank you
Thank you to UDD Especially Carlos, Patricio, Ernesto
Thank you to REE Latin America
Thank you to Chile
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Introduction
Nathan Furr [email protected] [email protected]
Ph.D., Stanford University Stanford Technology Ventures Program
Focus on entrepreneurship and strategy
Entrepreneurship professor Brigham Young University #5 undergraduate business Top 20 MBA and entrepreneurship program
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Overview
Emerging paradigm in entrepreneurship
Methodologies for decreasing risk and increasing success
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Hidden Assumptions
Hidden assumptions in the way we teach entrepreneurship negatively shaping outcomes
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Billy Durant and Alfred Sloan
Archetypal struggle that has defined many assumptions in education and entrepreneurship
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Education Outcome
Alfred Sloan and the modern corporation Sloan education model for modern corporation
Strong: managers, planning, repeatable execution Weak: innovation, change, and creation
Sloan model works poorly for startups Startups =/ mini corporations Entrepreneurs =/ mini manage
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Entrepreneurial Process Outcome
Canonical model Based on traditional product development Embedded in the business plan process
Identify product
opportunity
Create product specs
Build alpha product
Test product,
build beta product
Sell product to customers
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Is There a Problem?
Incredible rate of failure for new businesses The vast majority of startups fail
Failure is good when it occurs early
Problem is failure after investing years and millions
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Broken Startup Process
Entrepreneur has a vision
Discuss with trusted
friends and family
Raise money from triple F
Find an office, build a Product
Start selling the product
“Build It and They Will Come” Myth
“American Idol” Problem
“Joan of Arc” Problem
“Blind Leading the Blind” Problem
2 Year / $2M
Russian Roulette
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Is There a Process?
Is there a process that could improve entrepreneurial outcomes
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Entrepreneurial Process Outcome
New paradigm emerging Market first, product last Small financial & time investment = fail early Higher success rates
Objective: Highlight the emergence of this paradigm Provide you deep insight into one of these models
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Key Proponents
Steve Blank Customer Development Model
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Key Proponents
Customer Development overview
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Key Proponents
Eric Reis Lean Startup Model
Apply agile methodologies to technology development
Core principles Minimum viable product Smallest unit of progress Release, iterate and test Shortest path through feedback loop
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Key Proponents
John Mullins and Randy Komisar Getting to Plan B
Tests to get to right model earlier
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Key Proponents
Seed Accelerators Y Combinator, Tech Stars, Sproutbox, Seedcamp
Focus on high-level principles Customer needs focus Identify assumptions and test
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Key Proponents
Nathan Furr and Paul Ahlstrom Pulling pieces of process together Motivating why the process matters for broad audience Making the process more accessible
Nail It then Scale It Book forthcoming next year
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Nail It then Scale It Methodology
Nail It then Scale It: Risk-reduction methodology to transform the
entrepreneurial process Dramatically re-envision product development, branding
Process Apply scientific method to entrepreneurship Methodology to tightly validate customer need and buying
process Or fail fast
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What is Innovation?
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Innovation?
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Innovation in Entrepreneurship
INVENTION MARKET INSIGHT
Science Industry
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Nail It then Scale It Ground Rules
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Fundamentals
Applying scientific method to entrepreneurship
Metaphor of the scientific laboratory
1st Fundamental: Where is the laboratory?
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The Laboratory
“Get the heck outside the building!” –Steve Blank
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Fundamentals
2nd Fundamental:
What is the goal?
Why do you need to remember your goal?
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Setting the Stage: Five Ground Rules
1. Intellectually Honest Learning
2. Don’t Build It, Test It
3. Keep It Cheap
4. Keep It Simple
5. Keep It Small
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Rule 1: Intellectually Honest Learning
Common Learning Traps Overconfidence Motivation bias Familiarity bias Superstitious learning
Goal: Listen to understand the world as it really is Attitude of wisdom Novice expert Willingness to be wrong and to fail
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Rule 2: Don’t Build It, Test It
There is only one thing for sure in a startup Whatever you believe at the beginning is wrong!
Scientific method Identify assumptions about customers & process Test hypotheses with data
Turn hypotheses into facts
Example: Supermac
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Rule 3: Keep It Cheap
Cash has its benefits (investment, speed) But …. it always comes at a price (investors) Higher burn rate Failure buffer -> Overconfidence/Distraction Theory of sunk costs
Cheap, rapid experiments Better to rapidly try many things
Better to fail fast and cheaply than expensively
Example: Classtop and the $300 software package
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Rule 4: Keep It Simple
Modern market creates complexity
As human beings we are happier with simplicity
Applies in business Jam experiment Camera sales Vanguard
Goal: Minimum viable product
Example: Classtop
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YHOO: $36 Billion Market Cap on $1.8 Billion in Quarterly Sales
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GOOG: $184 Billion Market Cap on $5.1 Billion in Quarterly Sales
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Rule 5: Keep It Small
Average venture-backed startup is 15-20 people Selling but not clear exactly what
Big teams create problems Communication problem Political problem
Small teams are better for market discovery Need 2-3 people to run Nail and Scale It Internal commitment to keep each other honest Too few will be subject to bias of interpretation
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Group Activity
Organize into small groups (2-3 people) Think about your entrepreneurship programs Identify your underlying assumptions
What do students need?
How would you test them?
Examples: Entrepreneurship majors Idea plan competition Videos online
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Nail It And Scale It Process
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Nail It And Scale It: 9 Phases
Phase 1: Observation of Market Pain and Preliminary Research
Phase 2: Customer & Stakeholder Identification Phase 3: Generate Hypothesis Phase 4: Rapid Prototyping Phase 5: Road Show – Prove Hypothesis Phase 6: Check Up Phase 7: Market Research and Financial Model Phase 8: Build It and Go to Market Phase 9: Scale It
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Summary of Nine Stages
Product development Before you build anything:
Identify hypotheses about customers Test those hypotheses as cheaply as possible Identify exactly customer pain and your solution with
customer
Sales development Discover exactly how customers buy Develop a replicable sales model