Alexis Ohanian talk in Edinburgh: Starting An Internet Venture
Jan 23, 2015
Slides from a talk I was invited to give in Edinburgh - details about not only why you should start an Internet venture, but some suggestions for how to not fuck it up, and just a few things the non-technical founder should be doing.
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Steve
Steve
(NOT US)
October’s traffic7M uniques150M impressions
Thanks.
(for smallpox vaccines?)
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??
Start!
Questions?
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