Bridget Bridget Harris Buskers Guide to Startups BoS2016

Bridget Harris co-founder & CEO

@bridgettoday

“We’ve got no money so we have to think”

Ernest Rutherford, Physicist

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You’ll grow quicker!You’ll make more money!

You’ll access great advisors!

“it takes about ten years before your company really hits its stride.”

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“The strategies employed to pursue the 30% for $3M,

are often in direct opposition to the strategies needed for a 0.3% shot at making $300M”

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“Maybe some percentage, larger than 95% of VCs, add zero value, and 70% of VCs add negative value in advising.”

“Government is the badge of lost innocence”

Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776

“There are only two possible outcomes to this decision: Hire or No Hire.”

Joel Spolsky, JoelonSoftware.com

We made three main assumptions

not London

London

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We were wrong about all three assumptions

not Bedford

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not Bedford

not Bedford

not Bedford

not Bedford

definitely not Bedford

not Bedford

not Bedford

not Bedford

not Bedford

not Bedford

not Bedford

not Bedford

not Bedford

not Bedfordnot Bedford

how we hire

actual classical musician

stage 1 - the advert

On stage one, we say NO when...

stage 2 - the questionnaire

On second round, we say NO when we see...

On second round, we say NO when we see...

On second round, we say NO when we see...

On second round, we say NO when we see...

On second round, we say NO when we see...

On second round, we say NO when we see...

Stage 3 - the video call

On third round, interview / skype round, we say NO when

At every stage we are looking for

reasons not to hire them.

If not them, then who?

stage 4 - the contract

questions….