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13 November 2008
- 17:3217:32, 13 November 2008 diff hist +7,767 N Getting Started as an Entrepreneur/Money/Profile: Student-Run, Their Way New page: == '''Student-run, their way: EcoTech Marine''' == Amid all the talk in this section about elevator pitches and equity, burn rate and liquidation, preferred stock and venture fairs, we p...
- 17:3117:31, 13 November 2008 diff hist +4,328 N Getting Started as an Entrepreneur/Money/Profile: Waiting a While New page: == '''Waiting a While for the Payoff: Insitutec''' == '''High-tech bootstrapping'''<br> Imagine trying to bootstrap a company that makes industrial positioning and measuring systems with...
- 17:3117:31, 13 November 2008 diff hist +7,232 N Getting Started as an Entrepreneur/Money/Social Money New page: == '''Social Money''' == '''It’s out there'''<br> Let’s assume for a minute you’ve decided to become a social entrepreneur. Getting money for your socially beneficial startup isn...
- 17:3117:31, 13 November 2008 diff hist +7,484 N Getting Started as an Entrepreneur/Money/Pieces of the Pie New page: == '''Pieces of the Pie''' == '''Funding pitfalls'''<br> What the heck is valuation and dilution? How much equity should you give up? What are the different kinds of equity? How does all...
- 17:3117:31, 13 November 2008 diff hist +7,819 N Getting Started as an Entrepreneur/Money/Your Equity Circle New page: == '''Your Equity Circle''' == '''The fabulous Fs'''<br> Your first taste of equity will likely come from your family and friends and maybe some fools. In a university environment, facu...
- 17:3017:30, 13 November 2008 diff hist +4,299 N Getting Started as an Entrepreneur/Money/Debt and Equity New page: == '''Debt and Equity''' == '''What’s the difference?'''<br> Let’s start by making the distinction between debt and equity. It’s pretty simple. Debt is an obligation, on the part ...
- 17:3017:30, 13 November 2008 diff hist +7,600 N Getting Started as an Entrepreneur/Money/Finding the Money New page: == '''Finding the Money''' == '''Where do I find money?'''<br> As your parents have helpfully pointed out, it doesn’t grow on trees. But here are a few leaves you can turn over to fin...
- 17:3017:30, 13 November 2008 diff hist +6,863 N Getting Started as an Entrepreneur/Money/Bootstrapping New page: == '''Bootstrapping''' == '''What is it?'''<br> Bootstrapping is funding a new business with a minimum of outside investment. Ideally, everyone would like to start their new venture wit...
- 17:2917:29, 13 November 2008 diff hist +5,871 N Getting Started as an Entrepreneur/Company/Profile: Chemical Attraction New page: == '''Chemical Attraction: Griffin Analytical''' == '''Griffin’s success'''<br> How do you take a high-tech prototype developed in a university lab and build a successful company aroun...
- 17:2817:28, 13 November 2008 diff hist +6,833 N Getting Started as an Entrepreneur/Company/Profile: A Failure Success Story New page: == '''A Failure Success Story: John Fabel''' == The story of John Fabel teaches us that when it comes to entrepreneurial endeavors, failure isn’t always a bad thing: new opportunities ...
- 17:2817:28, 13 November 2008 diff hist +7,063 N Getting Started as an Entrepreneur/Company/Legal Structures New page: == '''Legal Structures''' == '''Know your options'''<br> Before you start your own company, consider legal variables, like how many shareholders you will have, or what kind of taxes you...
- 17:2817:28, 13 November 2008 diff hist +8,208 N Getting Started as an Entrepreneur/Company/For Profit or Not New page: == '''For Profit or Not?''' == As you learned earlier, a social entrepreneur is an innovator seeking social benefits. But the story doesn’t end there. Social entrepreneurs can be found...
- 17:2717:27, 13 November 2008 diff hist +6,723 N Getting Started as an Entrepreneur/Company/Nuts and Bolts of Company Formation New page: == '''Nuts and Bolts of Company Formation''' == '''Be frugal'''<br> One of the hardest-hitting errors of startups is that when people get overconfident, they spend their capital on luxu...
- 17:2717:27, 13 November 2008 diff hist +7,625 N Getting Started as an Entrepreneur/Company/What Makes it a Company New page: == '''What Makes It a Company?''' == Building a company is an experience that varies widely, depending on the nature of the product or service. If you’re a student, your company may sh...
- 17:2717:27, 13 November 2008 diff hist +8,632 N Getting Started as an Entrepreneur/Company/Getting Started in the US of A New page: == '''Getting Started in the US of A''' == So you’ve got a great new idea and want to put it into action? Here’s some good news to get you started: a combination of unique characteris...
- 17:2617:26, 13 November 2008 diff hist +5,237 N Getting Started as an Entrepreneur/Plan/Profile: Open to Learn New page: == '''Open to learn: Evan Edwards and EpiCard''' == '''EpiPlan'''<br> Evan Edwards knows a thing or two about business plans. The recipient of an NCIIA Advanced E-Team grant in 2000, Ed...
- 17:2517:25, 13 November 2008 diff hist +4,726 N Getting Started as an Entrepreneur/Plan/Profile: Innovation in the Bag New page: == '''Innovation in the bag: Bob DeMatteis''' == Whether you know it or not, you’re connected to Bob DeMatteis. This leading packaging systems innovator holds the patent and license o...
- 17:2517:25, 13 November 2008 diff hist +7,471 N Getting Started as an Entrepreneur/Plan/Licensing as Part of the Plan New page: == '''Licensing as Part of the Plan''' == '''Consider licensing'''<br> Let’s say you have a promising venture idea but find yourself without the funds or experience to produce and co...
- 17:2517:25, 13 November 2008 diff hist +7,423 N Getting Started as an Entrepreneur/Plan/Presenting Your Plan New page: == '''Presenting Your Plan''' == If everything goes right, at some point you’ll find yourself presenting your plan to potential investors. This can be nerve-wracking for anyone, especi...
- 17:2517:25, 13 November 2008 diff hist +7,925 N Getting Started as an Entrepreneur/Plan/Measuring Your Success New page: == '''Measuring Your Success''' == '''When is this going to make money?'''<br> In the typical business world, profits are the ultimate measure of success. Investors look to the financi...
- 17:2417:24, 13 November 2008 diff hist +6,814 N Getting Started as an Entrepreneur/Plan/Business Models New page: == '''Business Models''' == A business model is a general outline of the transactions needed for your idea to make a profit. The most basic business model involves simply producing a produ...
- 17:2417:24, 13 November 2008 diff hist +7,551 N Getting Started as an Entrepreneur/Plan/Business Plans New page: == '''Business Plans and Why You Need One''' == '''What is a business plan?'''<br> A business plan is a twenty- to forty-page document that serves the dual role of being an internal roa...
- 17:2317:23, 13 November 2008 diff hist +3,864 N Getting Started as an Entrepreneur/Team/Profile: The Right Team New page: == '''The right team at the right time: Keen Mobility''' == Often, the best teams don’t form as a result of careful planning: good teams synthesize when the right people work on the ri...
- 17:2217:22, 13 November 2008 diff hist +3,291 N Getting Started as an Entrepreneur/Team/Profile: Choosing Team Players New page: == '''Choosing team players over superstars: SolemteX''' == As Owen Boyd grew his business, he picked the most impressive résumés from the pile to build his management team. This, he...
- 17:2217:22, 13 November 2008 diff hist +7,150 N Getting Started as an Entrepreneur/Team/Incubators New page: == '''Incubators''' == '''Think chickens'''<br> A good way to get to the heart of what incubators are and what they do is to tease out the metaphor behind the word “incubator.” Incu...
- 17:2217:22, 13 November 2008 diff hist +7,209 N Getting Started as an Entrepreneur/Team/Networking New page: == '''Networking''' == Now let’s move on to talk about an activity that’s absolutely central to your team’s commercial success: networking. Networking consists of exchanging inform...
- 17:2217:22, 13 November 2008 diff hist +7,150 N Getting Started as an Entrepreneur/Team/Building a Healthy Team New page: == '''Building a Healthy Team''' == '''Embrace those differences'''<br> As we’ve mentioned, a healthy team is a diverse team. And in a diverse team, not everyone thinks alike. This is...
- 17:2117:21, 13 November 2008 diff hist +8,204 N Getting Started as an Entrepreneur/Team/The Layers of a Team New page: == '''The Layers of a Team''' == Teams, though they may not be hierarchical in structure, have a natural layering of levels of involvement among their various players. You can think of a...
- 17:2117:21, 13 November 2008 diff hist +7,855 N Getting Started as an Entrepreneur/Team/Teams Make It Happen New page: == '''Teams Make It Happen''' == '''First, some context'''<br> Let’s start by explaining why we think teamwork is essential—especially when it comes to technology entrepreneurship. ...
- 17:2017:20, 13 November 2008 diff hist +5,966 N Getting Started as an Entrepreneur/Market/Profile: Marketing to the Poor New page: == '''Marketing to the poor: International Development Enterprises (IDE)''' == Paul Polak didn’t have to do any of this. At age forty-seven, Polak was a successful Colorado psychiatrist...
- 17:1917:19, 13 November 2008 diff hist +4,161 N Getting Started as an Entrepreneur/Market/Profile: Cleaning Up New page: == '''Cleaning up: Sun & Earth''' == Art Rogers is trying to make the supermarket cleaning aisle a little cleaner. According to Rogers, most of the household products we use contain “e...
- 17:1917:19, 13 November 2008 diff hist +7,488 N Getting Started as an Entrepreneur/Market/The Competition New page: == '''The Competition''' == Competition is a good thing. It forces you to perform at a high level, and sometimes it can even legitimize your product or technology, like when IBM entered ...
- 17:1917:19, 13 November 2008 diff hist +8,534 N Getting Started as an Entrepreneur/Market/Show Me the Numbers New page: == '''Show Me the Numbers''' == '''It’s time for a reality check'''<br> Once you’ve identified your market, figured out the range of possible customers you might pursue, how to reac...
- 17:1817:18, 13 November 2008 diff hist +7,771 N Getting Started as an Entrepreneur/Market/Start Spreading the News New page: == '''Start Spreading the News''' == '''Advertising and promotions'''<br> It’s very simple: for people to buy your product, they have to know it exists. There are a number of ways to g...
- 17:1817:18, 13 November 2008 diff hist +8,708 N Getting Started as an Entrepreneur/Market/Reaching the Customer New page: == '''Reaching the Customer''' == '''Where to sell'''<br> You may have figured out who your customers are and what they like, but now you have to figure out how your product will get in...
- 17:1717:17, 13 November 2008 diff hist +7,754 N Getting Started as an Entrepreneur/Market/Evaluating the Market New page: == '''Evaluating the Market''' == '''It only sounds scary'''<br> Market research sounds like something reserved for the Coca-Colas of the world—corporate giants trying to learn whethe...
- 17:1717:17, 13 November 2008 diff hist +7,351 N Getting Started as an Entrepreneur/Market/Identifying Your Customers New page: == '''Identifying Your Customers''' == '''Know who you’re selling to'''<br> Every entrepreneur has, in the back of her mind, a mental picture of the prototypical customer. The questio...
- 17:1617:16, 13 November 2008 diff hist +4,637 N Getting Started as an Entrepreneur/Opportunity/Profile: Ideas Atop Wheels New page: == '''Ideals on wheels: Ross Evans and Xtracycle''' == As a college student, Ross Evans was a reluctant to become an entrepreneur because he believed idealism and business didn't mix. Y...
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- 17:0517:05, 13 November 2008 diff hist +4,079 N Getting Started as an Entrepreneur/Opportunity/Profile: A Sense of Success New page: == '''A sense of success: John Osher''' == What do Hasbro, Gerber, and Proctor & Gamble have in common? They all bought businesses started by John Osher. Toys, baby products, and the best...
- 17:0517:05, 13 November 2008 diff hist +8,404 N Getting Started as an Entrepreneur/Opportunity/Your Intellectual Property New page: == '''Your Intellectual Property''' == '''Intellectual property defined'''<br> Once you and your team have a great, well-evaluated idea, you need to make sure no one steals it before y...
- 17:0417:04, 13 November 2008 diff hist +8,178 N Getting Started as an Entrepreneur/Opportunity/Evaluate Your Idea New page: == '''Evaluating Your Idea''' == '''Who's gonna buy this?'''<br> In the business world, good ideas must pass one test: can they generate a profit? No idea is good, ultimately, if it ca...
- 17:0317:03, 13 November 2008 diff hist +7,155 N Getting Started as an Entrepreneur/Opportunity/The Idea Factory New page: == '''The Idea Factory''' == '''Brainstorming'''<br> The starting point of any entrepreneurial venture, social or otherwise, is the idea. In many ways, the quality of your idea determin...
- 17:0317:03, 13 November 2008 diff hist +7,966 N Getting Started as an Entrepreneur/Opportunity/Why Be a Social Entrepreneur New page: == '''Why Be a Social Entrepreneur?''' == '''Look inside'''<br> What might drive you to social entrepreneurship? While there's no question you can create positive social results simply ...
- 17:0217:02, 13 November 2008 diff hist +8,494 N Getting Started as an Entrepreneur/Opportunity/Social Entrepreneurship New page: == '''Social Entrepreneurship''' == '''Making a difference through business'''<br> If you’re one of those entrepreneurs who wants to help solve some of the world’s problems, this sect...
- 17:0217:02, 13 November 2008 diff hist +8,559 N Getting Started as an Entrepreneur/Opportunity/Defining the Opportunity New page: == '''Defining the Opportunity''' == '''Finding the intersection of technology and market'''<br> So where is the next million-dollar idea hiding, just waiting to be discovered? The answe...