Neologisms
Did it work?
What happened
It did work
CEO
100

FinTech

What is Finance Technology?

100

What successful startup has transformed into a top vacation rental site?

What is AirBnB

100

According to Findstack, what percentage of start-up businesses fail by the end of the fifth year (to the nearest 5%)?

What is 50%?

100

What do you call someone who is starting a business?

What is an Entrepreneur?

100

Do most start-up founders stay on as CEO after the first year?

No

200

AgriTech

What is Agriculture Technology?

200

What successful startup is the top app for giving rides to users?

What is Uber

200

According to findstack, the percentage of startups that are profitable (to the nearest 5%)? 

What is 40%?

200

Which popular social media company did Facebook purchase in 2012?

What is Instagram?

200

Is the highest paid CEO in the world?

Who is Elon Musk?

300

PropTech

What is Property Technology?

300

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.

300

Conventional startup wisdom says what percentage of startups fail (to the nearest 5%)?

What is 90%?

300

What do you call someone who provides money and resources to startups in exchange for equity?

What is a Venture Capatilist? 

300

Is credited as an executive producer on the first Toy Story (1995)

Who is Steve Jobs?

400

MarTech

What is Maketing Technology?

400

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

400

According to CBInsights, the percentage of startups that evolve into a unicorn startup, like Uber, Airbnb, Slack, Stripe, and Docker. (CBInsights)

What is 1%?

400

According to the venture capital industry, what value does a Startup need to be known as a Unicorn.

What is $1 billion.

400

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)

500

FemTech

What is Female Technology?

500

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?

500

Should William leave us to launch a startup?

Yes? (Boo hoo)

500

Which popular platform is used for finding funding information for private and public companies? (Starts with C)

What is Crunchbase?

500

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?