Business Development for Startups

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Technology StartupsQueen Rania National Entrepreneurship Competition

Business opportunity Vs. Business idea

A unique innovative idea

Has the needed

knowledge about skills

Passionate about it, and

willing to sacrifice to

make it work

Startup Lifecycle

Theoretical Stage

•Concept

•Demo.

•R&D.

Early Stage

•Viable product.

•Revenue.

Growth Stage

•Break-even.

•Profit.

Exit Strategy

•Acquisition.

•IPO.

The AWESOME! Idea stages

Why would the AWESOME! Idea DIE…

The startup might die because of different scenarios:

It might be because of funding:

Going out of cash at the theoretical stage.

Going out of cash at the early stage.

It might be because of bad decisions:

Being stiff while dealing with the business model or the business plan.

Taking the wrong decisions when it comes to the product development.

Not considering the market reality.

Some technologies that couldn’t make

it

Technology Startups sources of

Funding

Bootstrapping Angel Investors

(Ex. Bedaya)

Corporate Venture Capital

(VC)

Traditional Venture Capital

(VC) (Ex. IVH)Others

Sahlman’s* Entrepreneurship Model

People

Team, Capabilities, Attitudes, Reputation.

Resources

Financial, Physical, Intellectual.

Deal

Rewards and risks, Incentives, Ownership,

Harvest.

Opportunity

Customers, Strategy, Business Model.

Business Plan

Bill Sahlman - HBS

Technology Lifecycle adoption curve

Discovery

•Developing the new technology

Introduction

•Introducing the new technology to the market

Implementation

•Innovators and early adopters start using the technology

Evaluate

•Innovators evaluate the new technology and either adopt it or reject it

Market dynamics

It’s not impossible yet very hard to expect the market dynamics, because

of:

In the technology field it’s hard to predict the future.

To know the market dynamics you need experts in multiple sectors not only the

sector that you are working at.

The data keeps on changing all the time and it’s hard to collect.

Still you can:

Talk to the customers.

Reasoning indicators, understanding the S curve.

The historical data.

Understanding the S curve

The technology development curve

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Concept development

Product Development

Alpha/Beta Test

Launching

Understanding the S curve

The penetration curve

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Early Adopter

Growing Market

Mass Adoption

Slowing down

Alliances importance

Why you get into alliances?

Fostering the product developing.

Giving a better access on the market.

Understanding the industry culture.

Entering new markets.

Some of the large companies nowadays are hiring top managers in the position of (Strategic Business Alliances), where this person can focus on developing alliances with other organizations and companies to develop strategic alliances and to work on finding new opportunities for the company through cooperating with other organizations.

Some Successful Alliances

LCD Panel

Taking Advantage of a Successful

Alliances

LCD Panel

Why Alliances are more

important for Startups?

Startups business development

Create clear BD targets

Structure your approach

Be prepared and solve the problems

Always be responsive

Don’t over rush

Promise less deliver more

Focus on building the strong partnerships

Listen to your customers and partners

Make sure that you have all the needed legal back-up and support

Hire the right person!

The BDM can be:

Scouting

Testing

Scaling

Business Development Vs. Sales

Network, Network, Network

It’s not about how large is your

company!

Code of ethics & CR

importance for startups.How can startups afford having such programs and how it would affect their

work.

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For more Information

Feel free to contact me at:

Mohammad.Obaidat@gmail.com

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/mobaidat

Twitter: mobaidat

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