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What is Entrepreneurship . en tre pre neur ( n tr-pr-nr , -n r )n. A person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for a business ventureIdentifies pain-points as opportunities Takes calculated risks and leads positively Passionate, Unconventional and OpenCreates jobs Enhances peo
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1. Jayan Ramankutty (1975 80 : 75F04480)
Founding CEO YuMe Networks
BITSAA.org, Jan 20th 2007 EntrepreneurshipA dialog and food for thought
2. What is Entrepreneurship en tre pre neur ( n tr-pr-nr , -n r )n.
A person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for a business venture
Identifies pain-points as opportunities
Takes calculated risks and leads positively
Passionate, Unconventional and Open
Creates jobs
Enhances peoples lives
And reaps the rewards
3. First Step: Exploration BITS, Pilani teaches you
HOW to learn
Compete but yet Collaborate in a social environment
Rules, Ethics, Morality etc
Gain real world experience people and money
Be open and inclusive while team building
Trust-worthy, Fearless, Respectful, Lacking Greed
Get to the bottom of everything but dont get stuck
Analysis Paralysis
Be thrilled by the things around you
4. Pain Points - Opportunities It is a myth to assume that all problems have been solvedIt is a myth to assume that all problems have been solved
5. RISK
6. Funding Sources Angel Investors
Self, family sold on the idea!
Wealthy individuals with industry background or individual funds
Small investment (~ $1M) in a very early-stage company (demo, 2-3 employees)
Financial VCs sophisticated money lenders
Venture Capital, Private Equity and Hedge Funds
Fund sizes: ~$25M to 10s of billions
Main goal ROI through IPOs, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), Dividends
Strategic VCs
Typically a division of a large company.
Examples: Intel, Cisco, Siemens, AT&T,
Strategic investment for Corporate expansion of product and/or sales
Primarily or exclusively not concerned with ROI
7. Funding Stages
8. Funding Criteria
9. Funding a timeline perspective Source: Ten3 Coach
10. Angel (Seed) Valuation Historically seed stage funding is limited to $1M+
higher risk lower funding
Seed valuations tend to be subjective
Quality of the leadership
Trust, enthusiasm etc
Strength of intellectual property
Time-to-market expectations
Cap-ex and burn rates expectations
Sector volatility
11. VC( Series A) Evaluation 6 in 1000 business plans get funded on an average
5% of business plans are read beyond the executive summary
10% of proposals pass initial screening
10% of pre-screened proposals pass due diligence & receive funding
12. State of the VC Industry Improvement in our business model over time: COS, R&D and SG&A decreases while operating profit and profitability increases
-SIA WW semiconductor shipment growth slows to 0% from 2004s 28%
-Early-2005 looks difficult due to downturn in semis, semi capex, and soft handset manufacturing test
-We are planning conservatively for 2005 to minimize downside risk by controlling headcount and expenses, but also take advantage of any upside opportunity
-Plan based on mid-cycle correction, not general downturn
-Agilent markets expected to gradually regain momentum in H2
-Intense competition will drive ASPs downward and apply pressure on our marginsImprovement in our business model over time: COS, R&D and SG&A decreases while operating profit and profitability increases
-SIA WW semiconductor shipment growth slows to 0% from 2004s 28%
-Early-2005 looks difficult due to downturn in semis, semi capex, and soft handset manufacturing test
-We are planning conservatively for 2005 to minimize downside risk by controlling headcount and expenses, but also take advantage of any upside opportunity
-Plan based on mid-cycle correction, not general downturn
-Agilent markets expected to gradually regain momentum in H2
-Intense competition will drive ASPs downward and apply pressure on our margins
13. Chronology Lara Technology
14. Financial Chronology of Amazon.com Source: Ten3 Coach
15. Reward What is this?
Why does this matter?
Is that the end goal?
16. Q & A
17. BIO 80-83: ORG Systems, Baroda, Bangalore
84-86: Tata Elxsi, Singapore
87 : CSU, Chico, Summer job Elxsi
87-89 : Full time Elxsi, Part-time CSU, San Jose
90 : MS Computer Engineering
89-91 : Via Technology
91-93 : co-Founder Nimbus Technology
93-97 : Alliance Semiconductor acquires Nimbus, built PCI multimedia chips
97- 01: Co-founded Lara Networks, EmpowerTel Networks
June 01: Lara pioneer in TCAM Acquired by Cypress
June 02: EmpowerTel pioneer in VoIP Acquired by Ipunity
Sept 03: Founded YuMe Networks New Media Company pioneer in inserting RT video Ads
July 06: Closed $7.2MM Series A funding for YuMe
Dec 06: Stepped down from active duty at YuMe
Mentoring Duke Graduates on entrepreneurship
TiE Charter Member and Co-Chair of Media and Entertainment
Five patents to date in routing, VoIP. Have applied for video over IP, DRM etc