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Startups!
Calvin Loncaric
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What’s a startup?
• A new, small company • Not profitable yet (usually)
• Startups are very common in the tech sector – Computer programs are cheap and easy – The internet can reach a wide audience quickly
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A Bit About My Experience
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“So, uh… what did we hire you to do?”
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Things I Worked On • Website (desktop + mobile) • API layer • Search engine core • QA & TesSng • Internal tools • AnalyScs • Data science • Deployment & operaSons • etc., etc…
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Things I Learned • Python • HTTP • Lucene • Nginx • Puppet • Fabric • Mongo • Search algorithms • Natural language processing • Zookeeper • KaZa • Gradle • Innumerable smaller APIs • A wee bit of Hadoop
• Startups are awesome
• Startups are hard
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Why work at a startup?
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Have an awesome work environment
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More control & more freedom
• Nothing is set in stone yet
• You might not even have a boss!
• A very large percentage (all?) of the company’s code will be YOUR code
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Be part of a small team
(No really, that’s it. The whole company.)
Taken about a year before I joined. That’s all of them!
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Be part of a small team
(No really, that’s it. The whole company.)
Taken about a year before I joined. That’s all of them!
Be a code ninja
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Be respected
• No seniority • No “levels” • (oaen) No pay grades
• You are valued based en.rely on your contribu.ons, not your history or experience
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Stock opSons
What you pay What it might be worth someday
Not much
An awful lot
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How do I “startup”?
(Disclaimer: I have never started my own startup; this is stuff I learned talking to Quixey’s founders.)
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Startups are Hard
From the WSJ: • 75% of startups fail completely • 30% of VC-‐funded startups fail completely
(We’ll cover what “VC funded” means shortly)
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Why do they fail?
• Not enough funding • Wasted money • Hired the wrong people • Hired too quickly (or too slowly) • Unable to moneSze • Beaten our by a compeStor
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Step 1: An Idea
Idea FFF
Angel InvesSng
VC Backed
IPO
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Step 2: get started
Idea FFF
Angel InvesSng
VC Backed
IPO
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Step 3: build up
Idea FFF
Angel InvesSng
VC Backed
IPO
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Step 4: prove yourself
Idea FFF
Angel InvesSng
VC Backed
IPO
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Step 5: be successful
Idea FFF
Angel InvesSng
VC Backed
IPO
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Meanwhile…
Idea FFF
Angel InvesSng
VC Backed
IPO
• Development • Publicity • MarkeSng
• Building a team • HR • Sales
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Why bother?
• Work on something you care about
• Work on your own terms
• Change the world
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Resources • UW Center for CommercializaSon
– depts.washington.edu/uwc4c/ – Will help you develop ideas & find investors
• UW Startup Weekend – uw.startupweekend.org – Networking event… no news about this year tho
• UW Career Fair • Startup Searle
– startupsearle.com • Started in Searle
– searle.started.in
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Last Notes
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Advice…
“We invest in people, not in products.” (paraphrased from one of Quixey’s investors)
Your idea won’t stand up on its own. Be the kind of person people can trust, and surround yourself with others of equal caliber. And network like crazy.
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A startup might NOT be for you
• Pay is oaen lower than at large companies
• Less job security
• Long hours
… but these are true of some large companies too!
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Shameless plug…
If you like the culture but don’t want the hassle of starSng your own company…
Go work for Quixey! – www.quixey.com/careers/ – 3 free meals a day, good pay, full benefits – Silicon Valley is sunny and beauSful – Seriously, I will give you a referral
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Ask me anything!