Famous Entrepreneurs
He co-founded Apple and became one of the most iconic figures in technology.
Who is Steve Jobs?
Company that changed the way customers could shop; they could shop from the convenience of their home and someone would deliver groceries to them. It was founded in the San Francisco area in 2012 and in only a couple years became a billion-dollar company.
What is Instacart
This SSC event invites you to eat a tasty, buttery snack and evaluate student startups.
What is pitches and popcorn?
This document outlines a company's goals and strategies to attract investors.
What is a business plan?
Entrepreneurs use this activity to present their startup idea to potential investors or stakeholders.
What is a pitch?
He founded Tesla, SpaceX, and later acquired Twitter (now X).
Who is Elon Musk?
Starting as a ship-to-your-door DVD service it is now worth over $30 billion. What started out as the first of its time for shipping DVDs is now the go-to streaming service, even creating award-winning original movies and shows.
What is Netflix
Where did Aaron Anderson go to Undergrad?
What is BYU?
A version of a product with just enough features to satisfy early adopters and gather feedback for future development.
What is an MVP (Minimum Viable Product)
Financing a startup using personal savings and revenue generated by the business without seeking external investments.
What is bootstrapping?
The founder of Amazon who transformed e-commerce and cloud computing.
Who is Jeff Bezos?
Possibly one of the most famous startups was started by a college student in his Hardvard dorm in 2007. Initially started as a way to connect fellow college students, it now is one of the most popular websites worldwide. It changed social media, and the Internet forever.
What is Facebook
What is the name of our startup incubator program designed for student founders?
What Is PLASMA?
A fundamental change in the business model or strategy, typically made when a start-up realizes its initial plan is not working.
What is a pivot?
A shorthand term used to describe a business model where one business is selling software to other businesses.
What is B2B SaaS?
Key figure behind OpenAI and ChatGPT. Responsible for driving advancements in artificial intelligence in recent years
Who is Sam Altman?
Launched first under the name Burbn and gained 25,000 users in just its first day. Within two months of launching it gained 1 million users. It was so successful because it focused on photo sharing when most apps at this time focused on location sharing.
What is Instagram
Name of the Student Startup Center cow mascot?
What is Scout
A fixed-term cohort-based program that includes mentorship and investment to help startups grow rapidly.
What is an accelerator/incubator?
This type of investor provides early-stage funding in exchange for equity.
What is an angel investor?
Known for her eco-friendly products, this Hollywood actress founded The Honest Company.
Who is Jessica Alba?
Its founder was hit with the idea when attending a concert and noticed that bands were drinking water out of energy drink cans because of sponsorship contracts. He decided to create a water company to appeal to the heavy metal/punk audience. It is now valued at $700 million.
What is Liquid Death
This popular food chain sparked Aaron Anderson's passion for entrepreneurship, eventually leading him to found the Student Start-Up Center here at Davis.
What is McDonald's.
These three terms represent a framework for market sizing at different levels. Usually included in pitches to represent the potential of a given market
What are TAM, SAM, and SOM? (Total addressable market, serviceable addressable market, serviceable obtainable market.)
The term for a startup's monthly rate of spending, often measured to track how long funds will last.
What is the burn rate?