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15 advices to launch your start-up Ben Piquard, directeur Microsoft Innovation Center Benpiquard

15 lessons from 5 mic boostcamps to create an it startup

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  • 1.15 advices to launchyour start-upBen Piquard, directeurMicrosoft Innovation CenterBenpiquard

2. [email protected] @benpiquardMobile +32 477 36 01 64 3. Entrepreneurs BoostcampsLe Boostcamp : 4 mois pour dmarrer une entreprise !150 Le Boosctamp est un programme dacclration au dmarrage dentreprisesemploisinnovantes du secteur IT. Concentr sur 4 mois, le Boosctamp proposent quelques 20journes de formation intensive, des ateliers thmatiques, des rencontres avec des30 Start-upsexperts et des confrences inspirantes en complment des autres outils existants enWallonie.80participant s Les anciens Boostcampers sont runis dans le Club des Alumni travers lequel ilscontinuent participer aux confrences et ateliers. Le Club des Alumni est galementloccasion de runir des pairs et de rseauter. 800 Rencontres expertJe recommande le Boostcamp qui est une opportunit unique derecevoir des conseils aviss de la part dexperts et dtre encadrspar des personnes exprimentes. Le MIC ma permis dvoluerBoostcampsplus vite et davoir confiance en mon projet. Etre support par leMIC apporte normment de crdibilit auprs des clientspotentiels. Guillaume Tilleul, NumerizikBILAN 2009-2011 MIC WALLONIE 4. 100 startups and 5 Boostcamps laterBefore Starting6 key DimensionsBusiness ModelMarketingSalesFinanceTechnology *PitchesAnd now ?Lets share thinkings 1H ??? 5. Before Starting 6. Why Tools are critical ? A quoi servent les outils ? - Parler le mme langage - Gagner du temps - Travailler ensemble Outils de toutes sortes: Accounting, strategie, HR, organisation, finance, time management, des CENTAINES dOUTILS !!!http://www.wordle.net 7. Must 1 : value chain; Greiner Model; paradigm shifts Explosion du conceptMove to 6 ? ExternalisationBreaking the Chasm ! 8. Must 2 : as basic as XL !!!XL:-Abs / Related-Name-What If analysisBusiness Plan Stability Assumptions stability Cash Flow ? (2/3 bankrupt) ROI measure sensibility and hold them ! 9. Limits of tools: Michael Porter Strategy = define and keep a sustainable advantage 3 ways Best Cheap Different Invented end of 80 Information speed Individual value: , social, sustainable 10. Must 3 : Time management ! Why do you do something ? SMART Think Visual 4D emails management 11. Tons of MUST Voyagez ! Parlez de nombreuses langues ! 12. Conclusions : Learn to Learn Kill your TV Go to CinemaFrom working Hard Subscribe to To working smart Harvard Business Review 123 Manage Wikipedia Amazon.com 13. 100 startups and 5 Boostcamps laterBefore Starting6 key DimensionsBusiness ModelMarketingSalesFinanceTechnology *PitchesAnd now ?Lets share thinkings 1H ??? 14. Contribution to your wisdom 15. Invent or Innovate ? 16. Intro* to Business Models 17. BusinessModelGeneration.com 18. Thinking 1 What are the business ofMicrosoft? Apple ?Salesforces.com ? FaceBook ? 19. Microsoft is a softwarecompany with ww market Local adaptation 1000 720 back to LSE 40% of jobs in IT WW are MsftRelated Partner based model 750.000 partners ww 4800 in Belgium Strong in G2MFOOTPRINT Own & Partners innovation 20. Apple Consummer model(low SMB, Enterprise) End-to-end Captive : web cam, iPhone, Reccuring : G5 (backward), Mac.com vs Me,... Premium Market(High End, $, Design) Why is iPhone that a success ? App StoreRevolutionin distributionBut- pre-finance dev- Volume needed- % fee for Apple DIFFERENT 21. B2B via Web Subscription based Segmented : High end, middle rangeand individual/SMB Direct or Partners : cost of salesaligned to margin; from 1 platform Platform : web 2.0 : user generatedconfiguration Gain on Subscription Services Leverage community :app-ecchange ALIGNMENT 22. Advertising model they know you !!! (subscription ?) Border line of Profitability Stupid basic functionality User Profile Friends Board Share photos / Video But facebook APIMONETARIZE 23. 100 startups and 5 Boostcamps laterBefore Starting6 key DimensionsBusiness ModelMarketing (in IT !!!)SalesFinanceTechnology *PitchesAnd now ?Lets share thinkings 1H ??? 24. Thinking 2 How old are FaceBook ? Twitter ?Fikket ?Resto.be ? Immoweb.be ? 25. 50% of IT today did not exist 3 years ago ! Business = transaction, added value From 1-1 Value Chain (software, integrator, hoster, customer) Distributed / Clouds How do you gain money ? Software Service INfrastructure Web Subscription Adverstising % transaction How do you go to market (G2M) ? B2B, B2C, B2Web Direct, Indirect ? How do you finance your cashflow ? 26. Tom Siebel : ww leader in CRM Ex Oracle Has a Vision on next generation CRM First group a Board 5 customers early adopters 3 Partners 1 bankers 1 Nasdaq investor Marketing team Business Dev / Sales / Partner Team Fully paid, 6 month time for true ? 1 year : release 1 Direct Sales, B2B + Partners License based : cash + maintenance 600mio$ in 4 years Purchased by Oracle for 5.85 Bi$ after 7 years 27. What can we learn from all this ?1. Time to market is more important than features2. Inventing the appropriate business model (you can copycat, danger of being the first one,)3. Align costs and revenue (Siebel vs HR)4. Manage risk in time5. Dont he$itate to partner if time 2 market is in danger : VC, Bank, public funds*, sales partner, implementation, hosting, Make or buy question ?6. Which distributed value chain do you accept ? Michael Porter : best, cheapest or the other one7. Have a clear value model (open ERP) 28. 100 startups and 5 Boostcamps laterBefore Starting6 key DimensionsBusiness ModelMarketingSalesFinanceTechnology *PitchesAnd now ?Lets share thinkings 1H ??? 29. Whats the difference between a company and succesful company ? THE ABILITY TO EXECUTE KENICHI OHMAE 30. How can you do 1 Mio in 2 Years ?Example : SMS game, pay per SMS10c / sms; 500k de cout / an Stratgy 1 : Think "Big" Stratgy 2 : Repeatable Business Case Stratgy 3 : Socialisation Stratgy 4 : Indirect / Prescriptor Stratgy 5 : web 2.0 Stratgy 6 : Pure Services 31. 100 startups and 5 Boostcamps laterBefore Starting6 key DimensionsBusiness ModelMarketingSalesFinanceTechnology *PitchesAnd now ?Lets share thinkings 1H ??? 32. Finance for StartupsMartin van WunnikXavier Corman 33. Creativity levelFinance & Accountinglevel 34. 5 Company Setup Accounting Financial Plan Funding your startup Valuation / Dilution 35. Why should I create a company ? Limit your liabilities !Professional touch Fiscal 34% (24% for 3y)Succession... Formalities & some costs (bank, notary, KBO/CBE, social secretary)Double entry accounting Revisor for in-natura contributions 41 36. Accounting: Profit & Loss (P&L) COGS (Cost of Sales) Personnel CostsGross margin Revenues (Sales) General Expenditures Added Value Depreciation EBITDAFinancial costProfit 37. Financial Plan / Profit & Loss Revenues (Sales) COGS (Cost of Sales)General ExpendituresCOSTSPersonnel Costs Financial costDepreciationCASHCASH-FLOW IF NEGATIVE DRAIN Profit 38. http://www.ideaowl.com/blog/2011/06/microconf-2011-3-surprises-and-learnings-from-best-conference-ever/ 39. How to finance your start-up ?FFFClientsBA SuppliersVC Banks CrowdShareholdersEquityLT DebtsST DebtsPublicBanks Shareholders 40. Valuation Exit Money Sweat MoneyYear 1 Year 2Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 41. Valuation - What is dilution ? 42. Next Workshops06/03/2012 | 18:30 20:30 Company Setup20/03/2012 | 18:30 20:30 Accounting17/04/2012 | 18:30 20:30 Financial Plan15/05/2012 |18:30 20:30 Funding29/05/2012 |18:30 20:30 Valuation Venues still to be defined (Brussels) 43. On possible way for a Belgian IT startuptype B2B: 20kIdea : 4 weeks POC : max 6 monthsClear Proposal ValueWhere is the money First run = max 1 year Pre-activity fundsBusiness plan 2nd run : (12.500)Build or buy Build a technical POC FFF + Find 150k max 24 months3rd run : max 36 Show this to 2 early 2 persons months adopter customersFind 250k Distribution Partner model Channels 10 persons (PAM vs Direct Sales)Find 1MioIndirect Web 2.0 branding 20 peoplesTarget Target : 5 distributorsIndirect 3 distributors, 100 customers Target 25 customers 2 moi 10 distributors 500k 300 customers 10 Mioi Sell ? Sell ? No Revenue Sell ? True business 44. 100 startups and 5 Boostcamps laterBefore Starting6 key DimensionsBusiness ModelMarketingSalesFinanceTechnology *PitchesAnd now ?Lets share thinkings 1H ??? 45. The SaaS opportunity Costs of your IT resources are simplifiedas commodity Advantages Possible Costs alignments on Revenue streams No upfront investments Backing SLA on Microsoft New revenue model possible Can turn decision from Capex to Open inBuyer eyes Cf 7 revenue models (infra) 46. Variant = Affiliations ? 47. The SaaS opportunity Costs of your IT resources are simplified as commodity Advantages Possible Costs alignments on Revenue streams No upfront investments Backing SLA on Microsoft New revenue model possible Can turn decision from Capex to Open in Buyer eyes Cf 7 revenue models (infra) 48. 100 startups and 5 Boostcamps laterBefore Starting6 key DimensionsBusiness ModelMarketingSalesFinanceTechnology *PitchesAnd now ?Lets share thinkings 1H ??? 49. Deux exemples de pitches 50. Contribution to your wisdom 51. 100 startups and 5 Boostcamps laterBefore Starting6 key DimensionsBusiness ModelMarketingSalesFinanceTechnology *PitchesAnd now ?Lets share thinkings 1H ??? 52. The MICs BoostcampsMicrosoft Innovation Center asblParc Initialis Boulevard Initialis, 17000 Mons - Belgique Tl: +32 65 95 03 95 Fax: +32 65 95 03 96 Email: [email protected]@micbelgique Groupemic.fikket.be www.facebook.com/micbelgiqueSite web: http://www.mic-belgique.be micbelgique 53. My contribution to your Wisdom today 2012 - [email protected] 54. Are you an app builder or planning to become one? Stay updated and in the know through Microsoft.be/ISVCheck out our ISV team at the Microsoftbooth and get your entrance bracelet forthe Microsoft Partner Drink here at TechDays! 55. Roald SieberathHOPE MIC Belgique 56. Were going to talk about : 57. Who am I ?I used to : I studied business at :I (co-)launched startups :I work with startups : 58. Main ideasWhat is a business modelWhy its importantBuilding blocksStartup is a different animalExemples & TEST ! 59. Violonist story Earned : 32$ 60. Violonist story II (the revenge)Joshua Bell 61. Lessonfor Joshua (& gifted developers) Talent is not enough 62. Some building blocksmissing 63. Why Business Model matters ? 64. The winner isnot the onebut the onewith the best with the besttechnologybusinessmodel 65. Introducing 66. Business Model : 9 building blocks 67. Customer segments 68. Value proposition 69. Channels 70. Customer relationships 71. Revenue streams 72. Key Resources 73. Key Activities 74. Key Partners 75. Cost structure 76. Recap 77. Full model 78. All right,what do I make of it ? 79. Use it as a toolbox ! 80. Business Models need to be designed 81. Business model canvas 82. Its visual 83. Its fun 84. Its a communication toolDevelopers Marketersare from are fromMarsVenus 85. You get to work with Post-It 86. Its becoming a lingua franca 87. An easy way to share, discuss, adjust 88. Itseverywhere ! 89. Introducing (Part 2) 90. We used to think: a startup is a company, just smallerAnd should be managed in a similar way 91. RealityA startup is a different animalManagement scienceshouldnt be completely the same 92. Another view: Steve Blanka company a startupsolves asolves anknown unknownproblem problem 93. Waterfall modelProblem: known Solution: known 94. Agile Development (XP)Problem: knowncustomer Solution: unknown 95. Customer Development Data, feedback, insightsProblem: unknown Solution: unknownHyp, experiments, insights 96. Generate multiple hypotheses 97. TEST the hypotheses ! 98. Customer Development 99. Lean startup cycle 100. Adjust until you can prove it works ! 101. What is a proof ? 102. a signed deal ! 103. So: get out of the building ! 104. Search (and find)the right business model Only then, execute ! 105. Pivot ! 106. Exemple : DjengoCool startupYoungfoundersCool concept 107. Djengo v.0.5 : C2C car-sharing(may 2010)Carsharing concept :- Between individual users- From anywhere to anywhere- clearinghouse + social 108. Djengo was going into a wall 109. So Djengo pivoted 110. Djego v.1.0 : event car-sharingValue prop:Fixed destinationCustomers:Event organizersBMC : changedBetter ! 111. Djengo v.2.0 : B2B car-sharing Changed again : car-pooling foremployees Value proposition forcompanies Different partners,relationships, 112. Djengo : they now have a business ! 113. Business Model innovation Many sectors can be challenged & changed. Not so much technologically, But on their business model. 114. Business Model innovationENIACFirst commercialcomputer15 Feb 1946 115. Lessons(recap) 116. 1. Business Model can win or kill your business 117. 2. You need to design yourBusiness Model 118. 3. Use it as acommunication tool 119. 4. TEST your hypotheses 120. 5. by getting out of thebuilding ! 121. 6. PIVOT (if needed) 122. 7. only then, execute ! 123. Understand this to avoid crashes 124. Thank you ! 125. 30-second pitcheveryone can understandLeo Exter, founder @ westartup 126. Because clarity ofspeech requiresclarity of thought. 127. Not everyoneknows as much asyou do. 128. 1. Short words everyone knows1.Zero fluff2. No vague words: forget about platforms and solutions3. Zero fluff 129. What it is(smartphone app) Whose problem it solves(engineering students) What problem it solves(find cheap second-hand books) With which secret ingredient(Dropbox-like recruitment of buyers and sellers) 130. [email protected] Got questions?@leoexter 131. Anatomy of aCOMPETENT 5-minute pitchLeo Exter, founder @ westartup