# [[case-study|Case Studies]] in Computing-Based Entrepreneurship > [!tip] Take Aways > > - The pure desire for money is not the only thing! > - The most important factor for a startup: **timing**. - Guest speakers - Across different computing-based needs & solutions - Across different levels of maturity - Different geographic locations - Different approaches to financing - When and how to impact for good ## Concepts - [[ipo|IPO]] - [[stock-option|Stock Option]] - [[cap-table|Capitalization Table]] - [[fund-raising|Fund Raising]] ## Lectures - [[vc|Venture Capital]] - [[surveillance-capitalism|Surveillance Capitalism]] - [[corporation|Corporations]] - [[business-model-canvas|Business Model Canvas]] - [[lean-canvas|Lean Canvas]] ## Guest Speakers - [[starfire|Starfire]] - [[hallow-app|Hallow]] - [[trek10|Trek10]] - [[aj-altman|Hover]] - [[plural-policy|Plural Policy]] - [[veloxity|Nick Petroni: Veloxity]] ## Podcasts - [[whitney-wolfe|Bumble: Whitney Wolfe]] - [reCAPTCHA and Duolingo: Luis von Ahn](luis-von-ahn) - [[alexa-von-tobel|LearnVest: Alexa von Tobel]] - [[stripe|Stripe: Patrick and John Collison]] - [[promise-pay|Promise Pay: Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins]] - [[calendly|Calendly: Tope Awotona]] ## [[business-model-canvas|BMC]] Assignment - Examples of final videos for BMC of [[trek10|Trek10]] - [Catherine Evans](https://youtu.be/mHALbWFmXUA) - [Connor Delaney](https://youtu.be/s0XjJ7AYIro) - [Nikita Tsyganov](https://youtu.be/QCqntJ4EjCM)