13. A STARTUP IS...
AN EXPERIMENT IN SEARCH
OF A BUSINESS MODEL- STEVE BLANK
14. SCALABLE

STARTUP
TRANSITION COMPANY
BUSINESS MODEL FOUND
PRODUCT/MARKET FIT
REPEATABLE SALES MODEL
MANAGERS HIRED
BREAK-EVEN
PROFITABLE
RAPID SCALE
NEW SENIOR MANAGEMENT
~150 PEOPLE
“A STARTUP IS NOT A SMALLER
VERSION OF A LARGE COMPANY”- STEVE BLANK
15. CLAYTON CHRISTENSEN’S
TECHNOLOGY LIFE CYCLE “S CURVE”
PRODUCTPERFORMANCE
TIME/EFFORT/INVESTMENT/EXPERTISE
RESEARCH
MATURITY
INNOVATION SWEET SPOT
- RAPID PRODUCT & MARKET DEVELOPMENT
- NEW SOLUTIONS
- SHORT PRODUCT LIFE CYCLES
- LOWERING BARRIERS TO ENTRY
20. Large Pools of
Private Capital
Source: Jerome S. Engel
WHAT IS AN INNOVATION CLUSTER?
Entrepreneurs
Venture
Capitalists
Major Corps/
Strategic Investors/
R&D Centers/
Potential Acquirers
Universities
Government
Professionals
Management
Public Stock
Markets
21. THE NEXT WAVE NEEDS GLOBAL TECHNICAL TALENT
COMBINED WITH THE RAPID GROWTH MODEL OF SILICON VALLEY
INC TOP GLOBAL STARTUP HUBS 2017
1. London 2. Paris 3. Berlin 4. Los Angeles 5. Boston 6. Singapore 7. Bangalore 8. Stockholm 9. Moscow 10. Tel Aviv
HACKER RANK BEST DEVELOPERS 2016
1. China 2. Russia 3. Poland 4. Switzerland 5. Hungary 6. Japan 7. Taiwan 8. France 9. Czech Republic 10. Italy 11. Ukraine 12. Bulgaria 13. Singapore 14. Germany 15. Finalnd 16. Belgium 17. Hong Kong 18. Spain 19. Australia 20. Romania
ALGORITHMS 1. Russia 2. Poland 3. China 4. Switzerland 5. Taiwan ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE 1. Japan 2. Beligum 3. Vietnam 4. Russia 5. Ireland
INDUSTRYWEEK TOP MANUFACTURING COUNTRIES 2020
1. US 2. China 3. Germany 4. Japan 5. India 6. South Korea 7. Mexico 8. Taiwan 9. Canada 10. Singapore
US NEWS & WORLD REPORT BEST GLOBAL UNIVERSITIES 2017 BIOLOGY, COMPUTER SCIENCE, CHEMISTRY, ENGINEERING, MATERIAL SCIENCE, MATH, PHYSICS, SPACE SCIENCE
Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Princeton, UC Berkeley, Georgia Tech, University of Texas, Cornell University of Toronto Cambridge, Oxford Marie Curie Univeristy Ecole Polytechnic Federal Lausanne
Fudan, Trinsghua, Peking, Zhejiang, Harbin, Shanghai Jiao Tongu City University of Hong Kong Nanyang, National University of Singapore
32. Today
3D Transformation
33
Driving the next Industrial Revolution
Industrial
Revolution
Blueprint design

and mass production
3D

Transformation
Immersive and easier design 

and Proto-type & Final Part 

“Digital” production
Handmade

and time intensive
Pre-

Industrial
Internet
Computer aided design

and JIT machine production
Next

Industrial

Revolution
Democratization of
Design and Ubiquitous
production