INTRODUCTION TO TECHNOLOGY
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Prepared By: Dr. Alexis John M. Rubio
Learning Objectives
After discussing this topic, you should be able to:
• Describe a Technopreneur and Technopreneurship.
• Explain the importance of grounding business to technology.
• Identify the people involved in a start-up.
• Understand an elevator pitch.
• Develop an idea for a technopreneurial venture.
What is a technopreneur?
What is a technopreneur?
What do they have in common?
An idea and two people
What is a technopreneur?
• An Idea and two people
Steve Wozniak Gordon Moore Bill Hewlett
Steve Jobs Robert Noyce David Packard
1976 1968 1939
Leonard Bosack Sergey Brin Larry Ellison
Sandy Lerner Larry Page Bob Miner
1984 1998 1977
Look into
• An Idea and two people
HP Origins (https://youtu.be/hLORM1TcE1A)
The Apple Timeline (https://youtu.be/TqKWrLO0_5s)
What is Technopreneurship?
• Let us look first at the definition of entrepreneurship
and entrepreneur:
Hayes, A. (2020, July 01). What You Should Know About Entrepreneurs. Retrieved from
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/e/entrepreneur.asp
What is Technopreneurship?
• Let us look first at the definition of entrepreneurship
and entrepreneur:
What is entrepreneurship? (2007, March 21). Retrieved from
http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/entrepreneurship.html
What is Technopreneurship?
• So what is a technopreneur or what is really the definition
of becoming a technopreneur?
Technopreneur. (2009, April 24). Retrieved from https://www.merriam-
webster.com/dictionary/technopreneu
Look into
• Mark Cuban: How I become a Billionaire
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrl5PFB35Ec)
Why is it important?
Top 6 software company revenue vs PH GDP. Digital Website. Revisiting the O&B Vision.
December 14, 2012. https://pt.slideshare.net/CalenLegaspi1/revisiting-the-ob-vision?smtNoRedir=1
The steps in Technology
Entrepreneurship
• A big part of becoming a successful technopreneur are the
stages in the process.
1. Ideation
2. Incubation
3. Validation
4. Iteration, Incorporation and Scale
Look into
• Ideation as a System (Todd Reilly)
(https://youtu.be/aBF8VF2hMgQ)
• The Fallacy Of The "Good Idea": Ideation - How To Start A
Business (Jason Nazar) (https://youtu.be/MbT3My1wMuo)
• Creative Incubation (https://youtu.be/vxu4naafw04)
• 5 Steps of Idea Validation in the Real World (Omar
Zenhom) (https://youtu.be/yMzPtLOhlqA)
• Aaron Levie: Compete Through Product Iteration (Aaron
Levie) (https://youtu.be/np8fNS-n6BY)
Components of a Start-Up
• So what are the key components of a start-up company?
Specifically who are the people you need to become part of
your team?
1. The People
2. Getting Investors
The Elevator Pitch
Elevator Pitch: Definition of Elevator Pitch by Oxford Dictionary. (2020, June 1). Retrieved 2020,
from https://www.lexico.com/definition/elevator_pitch
The Elevator Pitch
Peters, D. (2013, August 27). 6 Tips for Perfecting Your Elevator Pitch. Retrieved 2020, from
https://www.entrepreneur.com/slideshow/300359
Look into
• The Art of the Elevator Pitch: Chris Westfall
(https://youtu.be/GqsWKaR9Q6M)
The Elevator Pitch
• Things you need to think about in your pitch:
A. What is the size of the market?
B. What is the pain point/problem?
C. What is the opportunity/product?
D. What actions will you undertake to solve the problem?
E. What’s the benefit to stakeholders?
Summary
• In this chapter you have learned about what being a
technopreneur means.
• You also learned the steps needed to start your own business
as well as the things you need to do to develop your ideas.
THANK YOU!
