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Engineering 245 The Lean LaunchPad

Engineering 245 The Lean LaunchPad. Session 1: Overview/Business Models/Customer Development Professors Steve Blank, Ann Miura-Ko, Jon Feiber http://e245.stanford.edu/. Agenda “ Is This the Right Course for Me? ”. Course Objectives/teams/project Introductions Class Logistics

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Engineering 245 The Lean LaunchPad

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  1. Engineering 245The Lean LaunchPad Session 1: Overview/Business Models/Customer Development Professors Steve Blank, Ann Miura-Ko, Jon Feiber http://e245.stanford.edu/

  2. Agenda“Is This the Right Course for Me?” • Course Objectives/teams/project • Introductions • Class Logistics • Building a “Lean Startup” • Idea • Sizing the Opportunity • Business Models • Customer Development • Break: Stay If You Want to Be in the Class • Class “Culture” and Next Steps

  3. Course Objectives • Understand the real world aspects of Entrepreneurship by getting out of the building • Analyze and assess an opportunity • Build the product • Get orders • Work with a team • Learn whether entrepreneurship is for you

  4. What Will you Learn? • Opportunity evaluation • Search for a Business Model • Customer Discovery and Validation • Operating and decision making in chaos with insufficient data • Teamwork

  5. The Course ‘By the Numbers’ • 3/4 Units of Credit • 3 Instructors, 2 CAs, 25+ Mentors, • 8 Lectures • 8 Weekly 10-minute presentations • 1 Final 30 minute presentation • 3 Textbooks 5 -10 hours of work a week outside the classroom

  6. Course Reading • Business Model Generation • Four Steps to the Epiphany • Founders at Work copies available at the bookstore

  7. This Class is Hard • You can’t pass by attending the class • Your grade is determined by the work you do outside the class • There’s a lot of it • You are dependent on teamwork and teammates – communication is critical

  8. Teams • Suggested team size is 4 people • Deadline for team formation is Jan 6th • Must contact your mentors by Jan 7th • Present Weekly and for Final • Weekly lessons learned • Final is demo and summary • Class is about teamwork, discovery and fast iteration

  9. Team Projects • Any for-profit scalable startup • If you are a domain expert, that’s your best bet (but not required) • If you pick a web project, you have to build it (and there needs to be some novelty)

  10. Team Deliverables • Each Week • Lessons Learned presentation 10 minutes • Updated blog/wiki • 10’s of hours of “outside the building” progress • Final Presentation • 30 minute Lessons Learned Summary

  11. Individual - 20% Participation in class 20% Team - 80% Weekly summary and out of the building progress 50% Final Presentation 30% Grading

  12. Introductions

  13. Steve Blank, Ann-Miura-Ko, Jon Feiber • 8 startups in Silicon Valley • Semiconductors • Supercomputers • Consumer electronics • Video games • Enterprise software • Military intelligence • sblank@kandsranch.com • twitter sgblank • www.steveblank.com • Yale BS EE • McKinsey and Co. • Charles River Ventures • Stanford Ph.D MS&E • TA: E145, Mayfield Fellows, MS&E 273 • V.C. @ Floodgate • ann@floodgate.com • @annimaniac • BS CS/Astro Physics U of Colorado • VP Networking SUN • V.C. @ MDV since 1991

  14. Steve Blank, Ann-Miura-Ko, Jon Feiber • 8 startups - 32 years in Silicon Valley • Semiconductors • Supercomputers • Consumer electronics • Video games • Enterprise software • Military intelligence • Teach: Stanford, Berkeley, Columbia • Details at www.steveblank.com • Yale BS EE • McKinsey and Co. • Charles River Ventures • Stanford Ph.D MS&E • V.C. @ Floodgate • ann@floodgate.com • @annimaniac • BS CS/Astro Physics U of Colorado • VP Networking SUN • V.C. @ MDV since 1991

  15. Steve Blank, Ann-Miura-Ko, Jon Feiber • 8 startups - 32 years in Silicon Valley • Semiconductors • Supercomputers • Consumer electronics • Video games • Enterprise software • Military intelligence • Teach: Stanford, Berkeley, Columbia • Details at www.steveblank.com • Yale BS EE • McKinsey and Co. • Charles River Ventures • Stanford Ph.D MS&E • V.C. @ Floodgate • ann@floodgate.com • @annimaniac • BS CS/Astro Physics U of Colorado • 50th employee, VP Networking @ Sun • V.C. @ MDV since 1991 • jdf@mdv.com

  16. Course Assistant (CA’s) Thomas Haymore Felix Huber • B.A. in Political Science • Stanford Law (‘06) • J.D. Stanford Law (‘12) • MS MS&E 2010 • Google Translate Product Mgr thomas.haymore@gmail.com huberfelix@gmail.com • CA’s role: Class/lecture questions, Grading and attendance

  17. Volunteer Course Assistant (CA’s) Thomas Haymore Felix Huber • B.A. in Political Science • Stanford Law (‘06) • J.D. Stanford Law (‘12) • MS MS&E 2010 • Google Translate Product Mgr thomas.haymore@gmail.com huberfelix@gmail.com • CA’s role: Class/lecture questions, Grading and attendance

  18. Mentors • Mentors are Venture Capitalists or Entrepreneurs • Mentors role is to: • Help you “Get you out of the building” • Share contacts • Offer “Real-world” entrepreneurial advice • Critical feedback • You arrange your schedule for the mentors, not the other way around

  19. Class Logistics

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  31. How to Build A Startup Idea Size Opportunity Business Model Customer Development

  32. How to Build A Startup Idea Size of the Opportunity Business Model(s) Customer Discovery Customer Validation

  33. How to Build A Startup Idea Size of the Opportunity Business Model(s) Customer Discovery Customer Validation Theory Practice

  34. How to Build A Startup Idea Size of the Opportunity Business Model(s) Customer Discovery Customer Validation • Web startups get the product in front of customers earlier

  35. How to Build A Startup Idea Size of the Opportunity Business Model(s) Customer Discovery Customer Validation

  36. Idea

  37. Stanford We’re Engineers Darn It! • Aren’t companies all about product? • I have a great technology idea • Teach me how to make a company around it • Just like Facebook and Google (or Intel or Apple)

  38. Sources of Startup Ideas? • Technology shifts • Moore’s Law • Disruptive tech • Research • Market changes • Value chain disruption • Deregulation • Societal changes • Changes in ways we live, learn, work, etc. • The world is flat (outsourcing) • Dinosaur factor • Arrogance • Deadened reflexes • Irrational exuberance • Undervalued assets

  39. An Idea is _Not_ a Company

  40. Size of Opportunity

  41. This Class is about Scalable Startups • Not all startups are designed to scale • Small business startups have different goals • They are done by normal people • Scalable startups are designed to grow big • Typically require venture capital • This means the size of the opportunity needs to be $100’s of millions to billions

  42. Small Business Startups Small Business Startup • - Business Model found • - Profitable business • Existing team • < $1M in revenue

  43. Small Business Startups Small Business Startup • - Business Model found • - Profitable business • Existing team • < $10M in revenue • 5.7 million small businesses in the U.S. <500 employees • 99.7% of all companies • ~ 50% of total U.S. workers http://www.sba.gov/advo/stats/sbfaq.pdf

  44. Scalable Startup Scalable Startup Large Company >$100M/year • Total Available Market > $500m • Company can grow to $100m/year • Business model found • Focused on execution and process

  45. Scalable Startup Scalable Startup Large Company >$100M/year • Total Available Market > $500m • Company can grow to $100m/year • Business model found • Focused on execution and process • Typically requires “risk capital” • In contrast a scalable startup is designed to grow big • Typically needs risk capital • What Silicon Valley means when they say “Startup”

  46. Very Different Startup Goals Small Business Startup • - Business Model found • - Profitable business • Existing team • < $10M Scalable Startup Large Company • Total Available Market > $500m • Company can grow to $100m/year • Business model found • Focused on execution and process • Typically requires “risk capital”

  47. Venture Firms Invest in Scalable Startups Small Business Startup Scalable Startup Large Company

  48. Market/Opportunity Analysis How Big is It?: Market/Opportunity Analysis • Identify a Customer and Market Need • Size the Market • Competitors • Growth Potential

  49. How Big is the Pie?Total Available Market Total Available Market • How manypeople would want/needthe product? • How large is the market be (in $’s) if they all bought? • How many units would that be? • How Do I Find Out? • Industry Analysts – Gartner, Forrester • Wall Street Analysts – Goldman, Morgan

  50. How Big is My Slice?Served Available Market • How many people need/can use product? • How many people have the money to buy the product • How large would the market be (in $’s) if they all bought? • How many units would that be? • How Do I Find Out? • Talk to potential customers Served Available Market TotalAvailableMarket

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