Presentation of Yousef M. Hamidaddin at Startup Istanbul 2016, 6-10 October, Istanbul, Turkey

2. Young
Unconventional
Disruptive
How to go global if you are
not in Silicon Valley ?
Let me try to answer that
…
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3. Young
Unconventional
Disruptive
“COMPARED TO SILICON
VALLEY, I’D SAY WE’RE ABOUT
A QUARTER CENTURY BEHIND,”
Shinichi Fuki, president and chief executive
officer of Jafco Co., is interviewed in Tokyo on
Sept. 12. | BLOOMBERG
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4. Young
Unconventional
Disruptive
“STARTUPS NEED TO AIM
GLOBALLY FROM THE GET-GO.
IT’S NOT ENOUGH TO SETTLE
FOR AN IPO OF A FEW BILLION
YEN. WE NEED THEM TO AIM
FOR IPOS THAT ARE 50 OR 100
BILLION YEN.”
Japan’s oldest and largest VC since the 1970’s
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5. Young
Unconventional
Disruptive
WHY MENA IS BEAUTIFUL
FOR GLOBAL GROWTH
Thriving in Chaos
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6. Young
Unconventional
Disruptive
TURMOIL: IMPORTANT FOR
GROWTH
a state of great disturbance, confusion,
uncertainty, upheaval(s), turbulence, tumult,
disorder, commotion, disturbance, agitation,
ferment, unrest, trouble, disruption, upset,
convulsions, chaos, mayhem, pandemonium, bedlam,
uproar
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7. Young
Unconventional
Disruptive
VOLATILITY
Conditions change constantly; irregular access to
communications, electricity, infrastructure and
humanitarian support
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8. Young
Unconventional
Disruptive
LOGISTICS
Borders, War and natural disasters disrupt local
supply chains; transporting materials is time-
consuming, and expensive
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9. Young
Unconventional
Disruptive
TECHNOLOGY
Lack of access to advanced technology
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10. Young
Unconventional
Disruptive
EXPERTISE
Lack of human resources and specific skill sets
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11. Young
Unconventional
Disruptive
FUNDING IS STILL STICKY
Problems are massive and future reconstruction
requires billions
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12. Young
Unconventional
Disruptive
THE SCIENCE BEHIND:
GLOBAL WHILE BEING LOCAL
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13. Young
Unconventional
Disruptive
DO YOU LINGER AROUND R&D?
Raising Questions around what you want to do …
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14. Young
Unconventional
Disruptive
DO YOU ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS
TO DELIVER A STRATEGIC
OPPORTUNITY?
Market structure analysesmodels
Market assessment study
Market maps, Needs/gap hierarchy of needs
Consumer Segmentation
Habits & Practices
Competitive intelligence
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15. Young
Unconventional
Disruptive
DOES THE IDEA OFFER HIGH APPEAL
AND VALUE TO THE TARGET GROUP?
Concept development lab
Concept screening tools
Concept Testing
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16. Young
Unconventional
Disruptive
HOW MUCH CONSUMER PURCHASE WILL THE
PROPOSITION GENERATE IN THE MARKET PLACE?
Volume Forecast
Test-Market
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17. Young
Unconventional
Disruptive
WHAT ARE YOU?
Solution
Platform
Within Country
Cross Borders
Commerce
B2C / B2G / B2B
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18. Young
Unconventional
Disruptive
THE CAMPUS …
Are you living in a population center …
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19. Young
Unconventional
Disruptive
CRITICAL MASS …
In social dynamics, critical mass is a sufficient
number of adopters of an innovation in a social
system so that the rate of adoption becomes self-
sustaining and creates further growth.
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20. Young
Unconventional
Disruptive
GO GLOBAL FIRST BUT
DEFINE IT …
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21. Young
Unconventional
Disruptive
VALIDATION FOR A ROLL
OUT …
Also validation locally “must” translate into
validation globally
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22. Young
Unconventional
Disruptive
WHAT IS YOUR GLOBAL
STRATEGY
Develop early on your thinking around how you
will win in new markets
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23. Young
Unconventional
Disruptive
WHAT IS YOUR BLUE OCEAN
There are many that find MENA intimidating
therefore leverage that fact
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24. Young
Unconventional
Disruptive
FINANCIAL OUTLOOK
Develop a strategy for raising capital, Valuation
cycles, and be relevant to local stakeholders
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25. Young
Unconventional
Disruptive
BUILD YOUR EXIT MARKET
Build the answer, and imbed in your forecast
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