Neologisms
FinTech
What is Finance Technology?
What successful startup has transformed into a top vacation rental site?
What is AirBnB
According to Findstack, what percentage of start-up businesses fail by the end of the fifth year (to the nearest 5%)?
What is 50%?
What do you call someone who is starting a business?
What is an Entrepreneur?
Do most start-up founders stay on as CEO after the first year?
No
AgriTech
What is Agriculture Technology?
What successful startup is the top app for giving rides to users?
What is Uber
According to findstack, the percentage of startups that are profitable (to the nearest 5%)?
What is 40%?
Which popular social media company did Facebook purchase in 2012?
What is Instagram?
Is the highest paid CEO in the world?
Who is Elon Musk?
PropTech
What is Property Technology?
Founded in 2010 by Adam Neumann & Miguel McKelvey, a co-working space StartUp, that was once valued at $47 billion. (Starts with W)
What is WeWork
It lost $2B in 2019, SoftBank paid Adam, the CEO responsible $1.7B to leave the company.
Conventional startup wisdom says what percentage of startups fail (to the nearest 5%)?
What is 90%?
What do you call someone who provides money and resources to startups in exchange for equity?
What is a Venture Capatilist?
Is credited as an executive producer on the first Toy Story (1995)
Who is Steve Jobs?
MarTech
What is Maketing Technology?
Short for Quick Bites, it shutdown a mere six months after launching its streaming service, a highly touted startup that looked to revolutionize how people consume entertainment?
What is Quibi?
Lost 1.7 Billion of investors money
According to CBInsights, the percentage of startups that evolve into a unicorn startup, like Uber, Airbnb, Slack, Stripe, and Docker. (CBInsights)
What is 1%?
According to the venture capital industry, what value does a Startup need to be known as a Unicorn.
What is $1 billion.
The percentage of Fortune 500 CEO's that are female (according to Fortune.com)
What is 8%?
(It was .6% in 2000 & 3.6% in 2012)
FemTech
What is Female Technology?
What is the name of the Silicon Valley biotech startup that was once valued at $9 billion but was crippled by a scandal of a massive fraud?
What is Theranos?
Should William leave us to launch a startup?
Yes? (Boo hoo)
Which popular platform is used for finding funding information for private and public companies? (Starts with C)
What is Crunchbase?
Name one of the two predictors of entrepreneurial success that can be seen in someone during their teen years?
What is Juvenile delinquency and anti-social behavior?