The Business Lifecycle From Ideation to Liquidity

by Karl Alomar - February 2016

@kalomarnyc

THE GREAT IDEA

BIRTH TRACTION PREDICTABILITY

VALIDATION LIQUIDITY SCALE

WANT

NEED DISRUPTIVE TECH

REVOLUTIONARY PROCESS

THE GREAT IDEA

“You don’t need to be a genius or a visionary, or even a college graduate for that matter, to be successful. You just need framework and a dream.”

– Michael Dell, CEO of Dell

BIRTH

MONEY

TIME

PARTNERS

PATIENCE RESEARCH PLAN

“If you have to ask whether you have Product/Market Fit, the answer is simple: you don’t.”

– Eric Ries, The Lean Startup

VALIDATION

VISION

PRODUCT HYPOTHESIS & REQUIREMENTS

GATHERING BUSINESS FEASIBILITY

TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY

PIVOT LEARN

(MVP) PRODUCT DESIGN

ITERATE

TEST AND ANALYZE

INVESTMENT

“...customers are buying the product just as fast as you can make it – or usage is growing just as fast as you can add servers...”

– Marc Andreessen, The Pmarca Guide to Startups

INSTITUTIONAL INVESTMENT

GROWTH INVESTMENT

BUILD CORE TEAM

TRACTION

PRODUCT / ENGINEERING

SALES/ MARKETING

FINANCE / HR

DEFINE & DRIVE

MEASURABLE GOALS

Drives Organic Traction

Drives Market Traction

Necessary Foundation

“It is important for young entrepreneurs to be adequately self-aware to know what they do not know”

– Mark Zuckerberg

SCALE FOU

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PERA

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DEL

Is your PRODUCT SCALABLE? Is your MARKET SCALABLE?

Profitable BUSINESS MODEL?

Scalable PROCESSES?

Available RESOURCES?

Focus on VISION

Focus on TALENT

AQUISITION

Focus on CULTURE

Focus on LEADERSHIP

Series B

Series A

EMPLOYEE COUNT NUMBERS

Series Seed

“...clearly as you move towards being a public company. Probably even more than growth. There is huge value based upon predictability...”

– Mark Pincus

PREDICTABILITY

CLEAR VISION

MANAGED GROWTH

MEASUREMENT

COMPLIANCE & CONTROLS

Steady Growth, Strong Organization, Clear Vision

“I enjoy not being a public company.” – Marc Andreessen

M&A IPO STAYING PRIVATE

Thank you!