This was presented at Thakur College of Engineering and Technology as a basic means to introduce students to Entrepreneurship. It covers everything, from starting with the Idea to Deployment.

1. ENTREPRENEURSHIP
AND STARTUPS
SHIVAM VAHIA
FOUNDER AND CEO,
EOTO TECHNOLOGIES
@SHIVAMVAHIA | SHIVAM@EOTO.TECH
IN ASSOICATION WITH
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2. WHAT IS EOTO? 2

3. WHAT’S OUR STORY?
TEAM EOTO
From Left:
- Parth Shah (Exec. Editor)
- Aakash Jhaveri (Chief Evangelist)
- Vikrant Patankar (Exec. Producer)
- You know me! 
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4. WHO IS AN ENTREPRENEUR?
He’s an Entrepreneur!
Jeff Bezos
CEO of Amazon Inc.
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5. WHO IS AN ENTREPRENEUR?
He’s an Entrepreneur!
Vijay Shekhar Sharma
CEO of PayTM
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6. WHO IS AN ENTREPRENEUR?
He’s an Entrepreneur!
Your Grocery Store wale
Uncle!
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7. WHO IS AN ENTREPRENEUR?
He’s an Entrepreneur!
The Bhel Puri wala!
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8. Entrepreneur-ship!
 A person who sets up a business or businesses,
taking on financial risks in the hope of profit. Also
known as Businessman / Tycoon.
 The activity of setting up a business or businesses,
taking on financial risks in the hope of profit. Also
known as Business.
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9. HOW TO GET STARTED?
1. Idea!
2. Business Model
3. Team
4. WORK
5. Overcome
6. Eureka!
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10. BEFORE YOU START OFF…
 Clear out Legal Aspects (Partnership Deeds, Company
Registration, Contracts / Agreements, Patents / IPs)
 Understand your Business / Revenue / Income Model
 Get INVESTMENT!
A. Bootstrap
B. VC / Investor
C. Angel Investor / Incubator
Get started!
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11. WHAT SHOULD YOU
EXPECT?
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12. WHAT YOU SHOULDN’T
EXPECT?
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13. A FEW MISLEADING /
MISUNDERSTOOD THEORIES
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14. VALUATION
“Unlike valuing companies with revenues,
assets and longer track records there is no
agreed upon standards
for startups. Valuation of a pre-revenue
company is often one of the first points of
contention that must be negotiated between
angels and entrepreneurs.” - Forbes
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15. VALUATION
 Back in 2014, Xiaomi received $1.1 Billion in
funding and was valued at a whopping $45B while
investors were aiming at valuation increasing two-
fold to $100B. But, in two years, today Xiaomi is
valued less than $4B. Obviously, multiple factors
are responsible for the fall of Xiaomi, often dubbed
as “Apple of the East”.
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CASE STUDY:

16. REVENUE / REVENUE GROWTH
 A Business needs to sustain. For sustainability, you require
Profit / Income. If you’re in loss for a long period, it’s not
business.
 Revenue growth is necessary, but it needs to be along with
Profit. Positive Revenue Growth along with negative Profit
is of no use to anyone.
 It’s good that your business crossed $1 Billion in revenue,
but it’s of no use, because you lost $250 Million at the
same time.
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17. OHH AND….
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18. KEEP MOVING!
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19. THANK YOU! 
BY SHIVAM VAHIA AT TCET
@SHIVAMVAHIA
SHIVAM@EOTO.TECH
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20. A FEW SITES I RECOMMEND:
 HTTP://EOTO.TECH – OBVIOUSLY! ;)
 HTTP://TRAK.IN – BUSINESS / STARTUP NEWS
 HTTP://THEVERGE.COM – TECHNOLOGY / SCIENCE NEWS
 HTTP://TECHCRUNCH.COM – TECHNOLOGY NEWS
 HTTP://FACTORDAILY.COM – GENERAL NEWS
 HTTP://ANANDTECH.COM – In-DEPTH TECH NEWS
 HTTP://ZDNET.COM – TECHNOLOGY NEWS
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