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100

Kevin Plank started selling this company's merchandise out of his grandmother's townhouse basement

What is Underarmour?

100

The popular social media platform known as Tiktok parented by the Chinese company ByteDance was originally known by another name, back in 2016 people would have referred to it as what?

What is Musically?

100

A person who starts a new business is called this.

Who is an entrepreneur?

100

This is what everyone argues about before investing. It's how much the company is worth right now.

What is Valuation?

100

John S Pemberton created the drink we all know and love. Coca Cola, however, making soft drinks wasn't his first occupation. This is what he did before creating Coca Cola.

 What is a Pharmasist/Doctor?

200

Michael created this company out of his dorm room at The University of Texas at Austin before moving to his garage for more space.

What is DELL?

200

We all are familiar with the paper box used when getting takeout from our local Chinese restaurant, this ‘paper pail’ as it were was invented in 1894. But from what country did it originate?

Where is The United States?

200

This is a short, catchy speech used to quickly explain your startup idea to investors.

What is an elevator pitch?



200

This is the fancy name for the document that says "here's the money, here are the rules."

What is a Term Sheet?

200

This famous entrepreneur dropped out of Harvard?

 Who is Mark Zuckerberg?

300

Mike Kittredge created this company in his kitchen because he could not afford to buy his mother a christmas present.

What is yankee candels?

300

During the Napoleonic wars the French army had a problem. They needed a way to preserve food while still keeping it easily movable. Nicolas Appert had the solution: his new invention changed the way food was preserved and transported. What was his invention?

What is The Can?

300

The very first version of a product, made to test if customers like it.

What is a prototype?

300

Rich people who invest their own cash into early startups are called this.

Who is an Angel Investor?

300

The first McDonalds originate from this state

Where is California?

400

Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia couldn't afford rent so they rented out their air mattress and provided a home cooked breakfast which turned into this popular online marketp;ace company

What is Airbnb?

400

Vino Sano made strides developing his “Grape Bricks”, a slab of dehydrated grapes that when put in certain conditions could turn to wine. He developed this with a very specific warning label that doubles as an instruction guide. This product was sold during what American period?


What is Prohibition?

400

This plan shows how a startup will make money and grow.

What is a business plan?

400

A big firm that invests other people's money into startups is called this (abbreviated).    

What is a VC (Venture Capital)?

400

John D. Rockefeller ran this company

What is Standard Oil?


500

Sara Blakley started this company in her apartment with only $5,000 in savings. After being on the Oprah Winfrey show her business rocketed.

What is Spanx?

500

In the early days before alarm clocks people in Victorian England still needed to awake early. The solution? A knocker upper, someone hired to awake the inhabitants of a home. But how did they go about doing it?


Scratching a predetermined window with a long extended pole with metal wires on the end.


500

When a startup makes enough money to cover its costs, it has reached this point.

What is the break-even point?

500

This thing means you've built something people actually want and will pay for.

What is Product-Market Fit?

500

Andrew Carnegie is originally from here.

Where is Scotland?

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