The Startup Story:From shit to great

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HELLOmy fucking name is

Alex BarreraCampus Party Europe

Berlin 2012

Alex Barrera (@abarrera)

How we got here?

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YOU ARE FIRED!

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TheUnemployment

Effect

(aka Spain)

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I’m MBA biATch!

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“Here's to the crazy ones, the

misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in

the square holes...”

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Idea stage

Social local app in real-time! Bigger than

Facebook!

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The Pub idea

The Instagram of feet!

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The MBA idea

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IDEA

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OMG, OMG!No ideas!!

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NDA: My precioussss

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First steps: conception

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Death by Powerpoint

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Oh, you have a product?

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How do you

make money?

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Business

plan

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NO one reads it

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Numbers, numbers, numbers!

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In 3 years, we’ll be dead!

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My BP Wishlist

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Startup competitions

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Gets you thinking

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Polish presentation

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Lame reward

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Startupweekends / Hackathons

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Find cofounders(and share Opium)

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Lame idea

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Incubation spaces

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Sorry, this is not The Matrix

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Whaaaat? Not using node.js?!!

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Mind your startup!

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Accelerators

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Great for newbies

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Gets you started

& noticed

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Mentors & advisors

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Demo day

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Cargo

cult

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I’m a mentor biatch!!

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Show me the money - Demo Day

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Validation

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What’s the problem?

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Get out, talk to people!

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Is this the best solution?

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Growing up:

Investing

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To FFF or not to FFF?

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Plants VS Zombies

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Seed Round!+5

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You...

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Oh look, another box!

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It’s about the noise!

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Cint

Grand Cru

Linas Matkasse

Ostrovok

Wibiya

Soluto

Hire a writer

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WTF is she?

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You will FAIL

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Yes, AGAIN!

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“The only constant in the world is change”

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Have fun, be happy!

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Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look

back and realize they were the big things.

Alex Barreraalex@press42.com