Alexis Ohanian talk in Edinburgh: Starting An Internet Venture

Starting an InternetVenture Today

alexis ohanianalexis@breadpig.com

Starting anInternetVenture

4 years ago

alexis ohanianalexis@breadpig.com

Steve

Steve

(NOT US)

October’s traffic7M uniques150M impressions

Thanks.

(for smallpox vaccines?)

Starting an InternetVenture Today

alexis ohanianalexis@breadpig.com

Start!

WARNING

STEAL THIS IDEA

http://www.paulgraham.com/siliconvalley.html

USD 2.6 billion

USD 2.6 billionUSD 21 billion(2007)

Will it be you?

Co-founders matter, a lot

Everest is the Ben Nevis of the Himalayas

Good news, everyone!

Programmers are from Mars,business ppl are from…

Special Message for all the

“useless founders”

Be Mr. Wolf

Cheerleading

Writing

“Have character”- Prakash Swaminathan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HYDvWLGmo4

Look for opportunities

to do somethingawesome

Working harder makes up for being dumber

Working harder makes up for being dumber

(but it's not a substitute)

Respond quickly to calls & email.

Do so as a human.

The elementof surprise

http://www.groupon.com/new-york/unsubscribed?mid=96988&addx=

Hand-mailing >300 sets of stickers is not fun work, but it’s rewarding.

Early adopters.

Early adopters.

no onewants to useyour website

My mom

only your momwants to useyour website

you needevangelists

FAIL

Make something

people want

Make something people love

Give them a reason to talk

about it.

Know about competitors.

But don’t care.

Launch.Improve.Repeat.

you don’t

need PR

firms

stickers, wtf??

Starting an InternetVenture Today

alexis ohanianalexis@breadpig.com

Start!

Questions?