how i grew in tech - a startup story in 3 acts
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How I Grew in TechA Startup Story in 3 Acts
by Elisha Tan Founder, Learnemy
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Act 1: Growing in SkillsThe Journey Begins
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Check out my mad tech skills yo
Online marketplace for in-person classes
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You don’t need to be a programming expert
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Why should you, the founder, learn how to code?
1. Communicate with developers 2. Test ideas quickly 3. Make better business decisions
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Programming is easy to pick up, hard to master. But it’s learnable!
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rails new my_app rails g scaffold notebook title:string content:text
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You don’t need to be a programming expert
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Act 2: Growing in the Community A Roller Coaster Ride
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The community wants you to succeed
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www.railsgirls.com/Singapore
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The community helped me get 625% growth
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The community helped me fixed my bugs
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Growth is still slow :(
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I went to Silicon Valley for 3 months, interning at the Founder Institute.
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Ron Conway • Ben Horowitz • Adeo Ressi • Keith Rabois • Aaron Levie • Sam Altman • Phin Barnes •
Will Bunker • Dan Hoffer
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The community wants you to succeed
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Act 3: Growing in ContributionThe Next Big Thing
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Pivot or Persevere?
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I decided to kill my startup
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Pain
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Killing my startup is the hardest thing I’ve done
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I have a new job, yay!
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Share, help. Because you don’t know who might just need it.
