Building startups like a boss

Building startups like a boss

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  Pecha Kucha Night Singapore! BuildingStartups
 LIKE A BOSS @benjaminjoffe!
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  Defining Startups LIKE A BOSS Temporary organization! designed to search for a! repeatable and scalable business model.!
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  Everyone things itis a bad idea! Rocking it! LIKE A BOSS You think it’s the greatest thing ever! People try to change your vision! You have co-founders! No paycheck! Long hours with no direct return! Ideas  Credits  >  h-p://www.jeffgothelf.com/blog/rock-­‐bands-­‐and-­‐startups  
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  Free pizza andbeer! Cool Parties! You’re a boss! Living the Dream! Dress casual! LIKE A BOSS
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  Alpha, beta…! Angels! Talking Startup! VCs! LIKE A BOSS Accelerators! TechCrunch!
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  Lean! MVP! Talking Startup! LIKE A BOSS Pivot! Traction!
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  I’m a BOSS Mentoringat accelerators! Fairly lean! …and on TechCrunch!! Angel investments!
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  Style yourself! Rockstar! LIKE A BOSS Ninja! Guru! Growth Hacker (?!)!
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  Find your Passion! LIKE A BOSS Just go for the first love.!
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  Steal ideas! LIKE ABOSS Thomas Edison! “The Boss” Even Thomas Edison – who gave ideas their (terrible) symbol – was not the first nor the only working on it.!
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  Have more Ideas! Come up LIKE A BOSS with 10 ideas a day…! …and throw them away!! “I write one page of masterpiece to 99 pages of shit”! Hemingway! Ernest Hemingway! Writing Guru
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  "I have justsolved the problem of the Hype it up! subdivision of the electric light.”! LIKE A BOSS “When I'm through, only the rich will be able to afford candles.”! “Lai dat.”! ! Stock of gas companies! Thomas Edison! Boss! (finally ready after 2.5 years)!
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  Pivot! LIKE A BO First idea is not working out? Adjust concept, revenue model, target market, etc.!
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  First Startup! Pivots! 2007!!“3D collaboration”! LIKE A BOSS 2008! !5 prototypes! 2009  1 game!
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  Business! 2010! !Cleanup everything! 2011! !Investment from Skype Founder! 2012! !1M Likes! Get 1M Likes! LIKE A BOSS
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  •  Helping peoplehelp others! ! •  “Social Craigslist”! •  No noise, all signal! BRILLIANT! Second Startup! LIKE A BOSS
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  Fight! LIKE A BOSS Before launching, I found many had failed. After launching, I found others still trying, all struggling to find a market!
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  What  for  Who?   •  Early  adopters?   •  No  clear  problem   Content   •  Don’t  make  them  think   •  Charming  content   Scrap Features! LIKE A BOSS I tried and fix the service by clarifying the value proposition, identify possible early adopters, and making usage as simple as possible.!
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  Mentoring! LIKE A BOSS Iwent to mentor at the 500 Startups accelerator, and found many companies having clear value propositions and doing “lean”.!
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  Idea  source  >  h-p://grasshopperherder.com/taxonomy-­‐of-­‐the-­‐lean-­‐startup-­‐anG-­‐pivot/     Friends & Family Pivot! LIKE A BOSS If everything fails, there is always a possibility for a final pivot for saving face: the Friends & Family Pivot!!