9 unconventional startup lessons
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9 unconventional startup lessons I learned the hard way.TRANSCRIPT
9!unconventional startup lessons
There is no shortage of great startup advice
Eric Ries Steve Blank
Guy Kawasaki
Brad Feld Jason Fried
Jeff Bezos Ben Horowitz Drew Houston
Fred Wilson Paul Graham
Dave McClure
Reid Hoffman
Seth Godin
Richard Branson Mark Cuban
David Cohen
Michael Arrington Joel Spolsky
Bill Gates
Mark Suster
Dharmesh Shah
Larry Page
I am not qualified!
to give conventional advice
But I will share
some
I learned
tough!lessons
Me in San Francisco pitching my startup, March, 2013
Do not wait for someone to build your idea for you
1!
1!If you want to lead a
learn how to build company
technology!
technology!
2!Become an storyteller!awesome
2!Tell your story with words!
images!videos!demos!
passion *learn photoshop, you are going to need it
Some
fair!things
are not with it deal
3!
3!“I need money to build a team, but I need a team to raise money”
with it deal “I am hungry”
“No one will help me”
“VCs are mean” “He promised to write me a check
then disappeared”
“This is really hard”
Klout!Your 4!
score
sh*t mean doesn’t
4!No one gives a damn
great!about your personal “brand”
Go build a company
sucks!Raising money
5!
5!Raising Money is difficult slow stressful frustrating time-consuming
exhausting
Finding the right investor is hard Getting that investor to listen to you is really hard Getting a check from that investor is hard insanely!
6! holes!Have no
in your game
6!You cannot hide
deficiencies!from your
Address them!!
ask!Do not for attention
someone’s
Take It!
7!
7!Do something amazing!Leave them no choice but to look at you
investors customers
recruits
8!All-In!Go
8!No one will take even a
small!chance
if you are not taking a HUGE!chance
on you
on yourself
9!punched!You will get in the face
9!fail!You only truly
when you give up!
Jamie Bailey @MrJamieBailey