Famous Entrepreneurs
This entrepreneur co-founded Microsoft and is known for his philanthropic efforts through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Who is Bill Gates
Launched in 2007 by Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia to solve hotel shortage problems
What is Air Bnb
Start-Up’s fail percentage
What is 90%
The issue of an over-reliance of candles, and the impossibility of getting work done at night was fixed by which startup invention
What is the light bulb
This term refers to a startup valued at over $1 billion.
What is a Unicorn
This entrepreneur founded Amazon in 1994 and revolutionized online shopping.
Who is Jeff Bezos
Founded by Kevin Systrom as a photo sharing app under name Burbn to solve missing social media problem
What is Instagram
A company in the first stages of operations; involves entrepreneurs creating something unique that could be in demand
What is a Startup
The inability to effectively treat bacterial infections such as pneumonia was solved by the discovery and innovation of what?
What is Penicillin
This term describes the rate at which a startup is spending its capital.
What is Burn rate
This entrepreneur is the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX and is known for his ambitious goal of colonizing Mars
Who is Elon Musk
Founded by Ben Chestnut and Dan Kurzius to incorporate email marketing in business models and websites
What is MailChimp
An individual or a small group of partners who strike out on an original path to create a new business.
What is entrepreneurship?
The problem of slow communication from long distances through letters was solved by which startup invention?
What is the telegraph
This term describes the initial funding round for a startup, often from friends and family.
What is Seed funding
This entrepreneur is known for founding Alibaba Group, a major player in e-commerce and technology.
Who is Jack Ma
Founded in 2008 by Travis Kalanick and Garrett Camp because of cab shortages
What is Uber
What qualities should every entrepreneur possess?
What is Leadership, resilience, respect, passion, and communication qualities.
The issue of clean water access worldwide was assisted by which invention that filters water before drinking?
What is LifeStraw
This term refers to the process of acquiring new customers or users for a startup.
What is Customer Acquisition
This entrepreneur founded a cosmetics company Cosmetics and became the youngest self-made billionaire.
Who is Kylie Jenner
Founded in 2018 by Mike Cessario after seeing bands drinking water from energy cups on stage
What is Liquid Death
LLC, S Corp, C Corp, Non-profit, etc.
What are the entity structures for startups
The issue of children quickly outgrowing their shows in developing countries was assisted by the invention of what?
What is the shoe that grows
This term refers to a significant change in a startup’s business model or product.
What is a Pivot