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15 Years to Overnight Success

May 09, 2015

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Scott Rafer

23-Feb presentation to IgniteNYC covering my 14 years of startup trials leading to 9 months of MyBlogLog blis and the sale to Yahoo! Focus given to how dumb it is to be early, that VC isn't for everyone, and that boring is best.
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15 years to overnight success

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April 1992

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1992 - 2006

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1st startup = 16 years early

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Camera-phone1997

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1999, 2004 & -$27M

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9 Months of Bliss

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Oren & Co R killin’ it

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Be a1-hit

Wonder!

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1. Only the rich profit from VC

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Mortgage houses, not startups

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All or nothing

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2. A little rich is critical

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3. Be late, or

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4. Be boring

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Directories

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Customer Lists

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Analytics

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Data Sales

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Become invulnerable