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5 načina do „krila“ za vaše poslovne ideje
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No Managers - Just Entrepreneurs!
Share price timeline finance
1994
0,001 USD Jeff Bezos
10.000 $ + 44.000 $ loan
0,1717 USD 1995 Family - parents
245.000 $
A
M 0,1287-0,3333 USD 1995 2 business angels
54.408 $
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Z 20 x46.850 $ = 937.000 $.
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Entrepreneurial vs. VC experience
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Yes/No?
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“Imam osjećaj,
da je ovaj_____
PRAVI!”
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Fail Quick
Fail Cheap
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What is going on the market?
Market is limited
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Just quality and price?
we are the
ONLY/BEST
one in the
world
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Kako “nova” je voda?
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1. What problem do you solve? (Evidence of the value of the
problem)
2. How do you solve it? (Does it work?)
3. Who are your clients & how much will they pay for the
solution?
4. Can you make a profit from engaging in this?
5. How can you really grow the business so that in 5 years my
investment is worth 10x what it is today?
6. Who are the team? And why should I believe that they can
deliver on the above?
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7. Tell me all the things that can go wrong with the plan – and
what contingencies do you have in place to cope with these?
7 key questions
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Retained earnings (Internally Generated Funds)
– You reinvest your money into growth of the business
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periods. There must be insurance for every penny, it influences your cash flow
and there is usually no added value from Mr. Banker.
Sources of financing
• 9 out of 10 ventures fail in 5 years
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more money than expected
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Inside
– 4F (founders, friends, family, fools)
Outside
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– Business angels
Venture Capital
– Venture Funds
– Private Equity Funds
– Stock Exchange
Equity financing
Red way
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Founders
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Friends
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Family
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Fools
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Blue way
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AUSTRIA SPAIN ESBAN - Red Española de Business Angels
i2 - Die Börse für Business Angels / AWS www.business-angels.at www.esban.com ACC1O' - CIDEM | COPCA
www.awsg.at www.catalonia.com BAN Madrid
BELGIUM Be Angels www.madrimasd.org BANC
www.beangels.be BAN Vlaanderen www.bancat.com BANG
www.banvlaanderen.be BRABO Ventures - Associated www.bang.es GOBAN - CEEI Ciudad Real/BICs
www.braboventures.com BULGARIA Bulgarian Business Angels Association www.ceeicr.es ESADE ALUMNI - CEIE
www.bbaa-bg.org Bulgarian Business Angels Network www.esadealumni.net ENTRINNOVA
www.bban.eu www.entrinnova.com IESE
CROATIA CRANE - Croatian Business Angels Network www.crane.hr www.iese.edu/businessangels InnoBAN
UMIS-SMEA Small and Medium Entrepreneurs' Association - Associated coming soon REALIZA BUSINESS ANGELS
www.umis-smea.hr www.realiza-ba.com UNIBAN
CZECH REPUBLIC Angel Investor Association www.uniban.org XARXA UNIBA www.uniba.cat
www.aia.cz HIDALGO Partners - Associated SWEDEN SVCA - Swedish Venture Capital and Private Equity Association
www.investori.cz
www.svca.se ALMI Businesspartner Orebro AB - Associated
FINLAND SITRA - The Finnish Innovation Fund www.sitra.fi www.almi.se NUTEK - Associated
FRANCE France Angels www.nutek.se STING - Stockholm Innovation & Growth BA
www.franceangels.org/ KEIRETSU FORUM PARIS www.stockholminnovation.com
www.k4forum.com MEDIA-DEALS (Transnational Network)
www.media-deals.org PARIS BUSINESS ANGELS SWITZERLAND SECA - The Swiss Private Equity & Corporate Finance Association
www.parisbusinessangels.com SOPHIA BUSINESS ANGELS www.seca.ch BAS Business Angels Switzerland
www.sophiabusinessangels.com www.businessangels.ch CTI Invest - The Swiss Venture Platform
www.cti-invest.ch Go Beyond Ltd (Transnational Network)
GERMANY BAND - Business Angels Netzwerk Deutschland e.V. www.go-beyond.biz THE NETHERLANDS BiD Network Foundation
www.business-angels.de Business Angel Agentur Ruhr www.bidnetwork.org Development Agency of East Netherlands
www.baar-ev.de Netzwerk|nordbayern www.meestersvandetoekomst.nt EsBro B.V.
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www.netzwerk-nordbayern.de BANSON www.esbro.org NEBIB
www.banson.net Peter Jungen Holding - Associated www.nebib.nl TECHNOPARTNER - Associated
QUANTUM BOARD GmbH www.technopartner.nl
www.quantumboard.eu GREECE Mentoring Business Development Services SA
www.mentoring.com.gr Hellenic Organisation of Small & Medium Enterprises & TURKEY
Handicraft - Associated Metutech-BAN www.metutech.metu.edu.tr
www.eommex.gr LabX www.lab-x.org
ITALY IBAN - Italian Business Angels Network UNITED KINGDOM
www.iban.it META Group S.R.L. - Early Stage Ventue Capital Fund BBAA - British Business Angels Association
www.meta-group.com
www.bbaa.org.uk Advantage West Midlands - Associated
LUXEMBOURG LBAN - Luxembourg Business Angel Network www.lban.lu www.advantagewm.co.uk DELTA FINANCE - Associated
MALTA Malta Enterprise - Associated www.deltafinance.biz E-SYNERGY - Early Stage Ventue Capital Fund
www.maltaenterprise.com Malta BAN www.e-synergy.com EXEMPLAS - Associated
www.maltaban.com
www.exemplas.com Finance South East - Early Stage Ventue Capital Fund
NORWAY Connect Vest Nusiness Angel Network www.connectvest.no www.financesoutheast.co.uk Halo
POLAND PolBAN - Polska Sieć Aniolow Biznesu www.nisp.co.uk LINC Scotland
www.polban.pl Lewiatan Business Angels www.lincscot.co.uk London Business Angels
www.lba.pl SilBAN - Śląska Sieć Aniołów Biznesu www.lbangels.co.uk MBM Commercial LLP - Associated
www.silban.pl
www.mbmcommercial.co.uk NESTA - Associated
PORTUGAL FNABA - Federação Nacional de Associações de Business Angels www.nesta.org.uk Northwest Business Angels
www.fnaba.org APBA - Associaçao Portuguesa de Business Angels
www.apba.pt GESVENTURE www.nwbusinessangels.co.uk SWAIN - South West Angel & Investor Network
www.gesventure.pt IAPMEI - Portuguese Agency for Companies - Associated www.swain.org.uk Xenos
www.iapmei.pt www.xenos.co.uk
RUSSIA The National Union of Business Angels of Russian Federation - RUSSBA UKRAINE Private Investors of Ukraine www.uaban.org
www.russba.ru SLOVENIA Business Angels of Slovenia TRANSNATIONAL EUROPEAN NETWORKS
www.poslovniangeli.si (under construction)
European Business Incubation Centre Network (EBN/BIC) - Associated
www.businessangels.si (under construction)
Business Angels
www.ebn.be European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) ww.efmd.org
Business Angels
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High net worth individuals with lots of business experience
and good reputation; usually serial entrepreneurs
Smart money
– Business and sector know how
– Experiences
– Social capital
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– Sometimes working in the business (for free)
Business angels
Co. Angel Invest Exit Value
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Apple No name) $91.000 $154 mio.
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Time horizon of investment: 3 – 7 years (exit)
Exit: IPO, M&A, Buyback
ROI: min 30% annually; rule of thumb:
– 3x money in 3 years
– 5x money in 5 years
Business angels
1. Higher credibility
2. Strategic and business consulting
3. Sales contacts
4. Helping to close the deal
5. Contacts of potential strategic partners
6. Organizing a business
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7. HR contacts
8. Getting additional funding
9. Exit
9x Adding Value
Innovative idea
– problem, pain, solution
Business model
– scalability, profit margins etc.
Big market
– PEG – Potential for Explosive Growth
Top executive team with strong leadership
Exit strategy
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Enthusiasm (spark in the eyes) and Competences
(knowledge, skills, values, beliefs + experiences, network)
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It’s a FUND (like mutual fund) with hired management
team (some of them are partners)
Established for 10 – 12 years (fund raising, investing, exits)
They have their own investors who expect return
Investment policy
Investments in later stages (in our region)
– Expansion capital
Higher investment size: 1 mio € to 3 mio €
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Different added value: CFO, Exit
Different type of funds (Sector, Geography, Stage of development)
VC Funds - difference
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Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) US, Europa www.kkr.com
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice US, Europa www.cdr-inc.com
Doughty Hanson Europa www.doughtyhanson.com
The Carlyle Group Global www.thecarlylegroup.com
Thomas H. Lee Partners US N/A
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JP Morgan Partners Global www.jpmorganpartners.com
BC Partners Europa www.bcpartners.com
Apax Partners Europa www.apax.com
Alchemy Partners Europa www.alchemypartners.com
CVC Capital Partners Europa www.cvceurope.com
Warburg, Pincus & Co. Global www.warburgpincus.com
Bain Capital US www.baincap.com
Forstmann Little & Co. US www.forstmannlittle.com
Who’s Who in VC
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European Private Equity and Venture
Capital Association
Investments by European private equity and venture
capital firms amounted to
€73.8bn in 2007
5,200 European companies received
private equity investments.
About 85% of these companies have fewer than 500
employees.
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Studies show that between 2000 and 2004 European
private equity and venture capital financed companies
created 1 million new jobs
EU VC
VC Europe
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EU BAN Statistics
• 300 angel networks in EU
• 250 EBAN members
BAN
EU versuss US
2007 EU US
Networks 297 245
Estimate n of 75.000 250.000
angels
Investment per 165.000€ 210.500€
round
Total estimate 3-5 billion€ 20 billion€
invested
annually
Total invested - 4 billion € 20 billion €
by VC annually
in seed (EVCA
data)
• 25% of US level
Sucess Stories
SI
• Big Bang
• Zemanta (?)
EU
• The Body Shop
• Skype (50.000€ -> 2 mio € in 3 years)
• Innocent
US
• Apple
• Dell
• Amazon
• Google (433x money back)
My way
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Investment process
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Preparation of
Inflow and Internal
investment Investment,
selection of training and Investment
Due Dilligence agreement addition of
potential business plan presentation
and value and exits
projects preparation
negotiations
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Investment time: 3 to 5 years
Expected: Minimum 30% annual return
Targets: Companies with high growth potential, excellent
management and viable exit strategy.
What is an entrepreneur?
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What are investors looking for?
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What are the classic mistakes start-ups
make time and again?
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How do I find investors who are right for
me? http://vimeo.com/1295947
Video
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1. niche market
2. product quality
3. entrepreneur profesionall skills
4. expected financial compensation (for investors)
5. formal protection product (Patents)
6. possible "exits" from the company
7. confidence and reliability of the entrepreneur
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8. entrepreneur's experience
9. Market growth potential
10.impression after the meeting
11.potential product sales
12.enthusiasm of the entrepreneur
13.protection of competitive advantages
TEST
What is most important for investor?
1. confidence and reliability of the entrepreneur
2. entrepreneur profesionall skills
3. enthusiasm of the entrepreneur
4. expected financial compensation (for investors)
5. potential product sales
6. market growth potential
7. entrepreneur's experience
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8. impression after the meeting
9. product quality
10.protection of competitive advantages
11.possible "exits" from the company
12.niche market
13.formal protection product (Patents)
Test Results
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Enthusiasm
Trust
Expertise
Impression after meeting
Experience
1. Innovative idea
– problem, pain, solution
2. Business model
– scalability, profit margins etc.
3. Big market
– PEG – Potential for Explosive Growth
4. Top executive team with strong leadership
5. Exit strategy
• Public relations
• Appearance at entrepreneurial conferences
• Promotion through key partners
– Educational institutions (faculties, institutes etc.)
– Support environment (incubators, technology parks etc.)
– Student initiatives
– Co investments
• Webpage
• Networking and word-of-mouth advertising
Our own projects
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Start Up School
• EBAN Members
• Easy Cross Border Early Stage Financing (2008 – 2009)
• Inno Deal Innovations (2008 – 2009)
• Ready for Equity 2 (2009 – 2010)
– 4 years of program development
– Business angel trainings
– Entrepreneur trainings
– EBAN Accredited
• International oriented BAN!
Club financing
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AJAKHI
10 good reasons for becoming BA
anyone with a little spare cash, belief in their business acumen and an adventurous spirit can
get involved in this exciting and sometimes very rewarding venture.
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Learning Menü: Big Five
BLACK SWAN
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Off the radar screen
Huge Impact
“Retrospectively” logical
& foreseeable!
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Low Probability High Impact (by Nassim Taleb)
GO
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How to
globaly?
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SHARKS IN
BLUE OCEAN
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•value innovation
•do something different, create a "blue ocean".
•The innovation (in product, service, or delivery)
must raise + create value for the market
• simultaneously reducing/eliminating features &
services that are less valued by the current or future
market
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B.O.S.: Sharks in the red ocean (by W.Chan Kim)
MAKE
MARKET
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How to
your market?
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Cirque du Soleil: reinventing the industry
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Wii : focus on core business, innovation
technological leaps when they matter
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ELEPHANT
CAN(NOT) DANCE
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Learning Elephants to dance
BIG
BOYS
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How to
your Company?
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the shift from
chemistry to
electronics is a
technological change
that destroys the
profitability of the
traditional
photography
business
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Kodak as a
niche player
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Mouses are eating the cheese
PURPLE COW
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• Habit of doing the "unsafe" thing
• Explore the limits
• Go from the smallest conceivable market
• Find things "just not done"
• Differentiate your customers. Ignore the rest.
• Pick one underserved niche
• Customer base that loves what you do
• Ask, "Why not?"
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Making & marketing something remarkable = asking new
questions + trying new practices (Seth Godin)
DO
SALES
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How to
your products?
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Using Denmark brand: Shipman (www.Seaway.si )
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from niche to Monte Carlo www.interblock.si
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How to sold the fridge for $ 110,000? www.Gorenje.si
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BUTTERFLY WINGS
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The flapping wing = a small change
in the initial condition, which causes
a chain of events leading to
large-scale phenomena
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The butterfly effect (Jacques Hadamard)
MORE
CONSUMERS
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How to
users?
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In modern Japanese slang, the term otaku refers to an overtly obsessive fan of,
or is specialized in any one particular theme, topic, or hobby.
Otaku
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You are having Your own stadards
Customer development
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How far can you go?
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Me
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Others
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Virtual
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We
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iCult
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SHiFT
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HAPPENS
…because this creates
Create Customer Value profit potential
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…in order to realise
Extract Value the profit potential
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NEXT
THING?
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Brand called
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Almost everything you don't do has no good reason for it. Almost
everything you don't do is the result of:
fear / inertia / lack of someone asking "Why not?"
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out
of
the box
HAS DONE?
IN THE WORLD
THAT NO ONE
DONE TODAY,
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WHAT HAVE YOU
ACOT (Apple Classroom of Tomorrow)
West High School, Columbus, Ohio, ZDA
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What can angels for you?
Dare
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Care
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Share
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The most important part of this day
is
what you DO
afterwards
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Decision Making
TODAY
TOMORROW
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A.4
A.3 A.4
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Learning Menü: Big Five
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