2. Maker Faire Africa 2009
Ghana

3. Maker Faire Africa 2010
Kenya

4. Cyrus’s Wild Glasses

5. Talking Books

6. Solar Power Inverter

7. Bamboo Bike

8. Handmade FM Radio
Transmitter

9. Furniture From Recycled
Bottles

10. Digital Drum

11. The Toilet Man

12. Bicycle Hacksaw

13. Recycled Water Satchel
Sandals

14. Super Money Maker Water
Pump

15. Solar Powered Flashlight

16. Sisal Maker

17. William Kamkwamba

18. The Boy Who Harnessed The
Wind

19. Raising Money
Presenting Your Idea
10 slides, 20 minutes, 30 point
font

20. Title Slide
Company name, contact info

21. Problem Slide
What pain are you solving?

22. Solution Slide
How are you solving that?

23. Business Model
How you make money?

24. Underlying Magic
What is the secret sauce?

25. Sales & Marketing
How will you go to market?

26. Competition
What you can do they cannot?

27. Team Slide
Most major tech companies had
unproven teams

28. Projections
The underlying metrics are
important

29. Status & Timeline
Where are you?

30. Top 12 Entrepreneur Startup
Qualities
• Integrity • Organization
• Self Discipline • Strong Leadership
• People Skills • Competitiveness
• Supportive • Well Organized
Spouse • Sales Ability
• Strong Work Ethic • Vision
• Problem Solver

31. NedSpace: 8 Companies, 14+
Million

32. Business Plan vs. Marketing
Plan

33. Exit Path: IPO, Acquisition,
Lifestyle

34. Make Something People
Want

35. Markets Are Conversations

36. Multiple Revenue Streams

37. Recurring Revenue Streams

38. Thank You
Mark Grimes Ned.com
mark.grimes@ned.co NedSpace
m NedWater
@neddotcom Maker Faire Africa
503-502-0185
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