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Business  101  For  Hackers  Dare  to  be  under-­‐employed  

Chris  Cera  (~cera)  [email protected]  

hAp://twiAer.com/chriscera      

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Career  Advice:  Values  x  Risk  Tolerance  

•  Fame  – Risky:  Create  the  next  Facebook  – No  Risk:  Work  for  Facebook  

•  Fortune  – Risky:  Create  the  next  Facebook  – Less  Risk:  Work  in  Financial  Services  

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Me:  “No  Risk”  to  “Risky”  

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Business  101:  Supply  and  Demand  

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Sales,  Sales,  Sales,  Sales,  Sales  

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Team  

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Seed  Money  

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TechBiz:  Consumer  vs  B2B  

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TechBiz:  Product  vs  Service    

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TechBiz:  Enterprise  vs  Everything  Else  

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TechBiz:  Product  Pricing  

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Dare  to  be  under-­‐employed  

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Local  Technical  Founders  •  Me  -­‐  Vuzit  (Drexel)  :-­‐p  •  Ilya  Braude  -­‐  CloudMine  (Drexel)  •  Zykria  Syed  -­‐  NextDocs  (Drexel)  •  Rick  Nucci  -­‐  Boomi  •  David  Brussin  -­‐  Monetate,  TurnTide  •  Bob  Moore  -­‐  RJMetrics  •  Gabe  Weinberg  -­‐  DuckDuckGo  •  Not  Hackers,  but  close  – Mel  Baiada,  BlueStone  (Drexel)  –  Tracey  Welson  Rossman,  Chariot  Solu]ons  (Drexel)  

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Op]ons  a_er  your  degree  

•  Get  another  degree  •  Get  a  job  •  Become  an  independent  – Product  – Service  (easiest)  

•  Build  a  team,  and  become  a  company  – Product  – Service  

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Get  a  job  

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Why  wait  to  get  a  job?  

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Dare  to  be  under-­‐employed  

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Business  101:  Sales  Process  

•  Understanding  •  Proposal  •  Nego]a]on  – Execu]ves:  Overall  scope,  cost,  and  ]metable  – Procurement:  Legal  BS  -­‐  SoW,  MSA,  SLA  

•  Implementa]on  •  Deployment  •  Next  Deal  

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Why  do  graduates  leave?  

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Philly  Rocks:  #whyilovephilly  

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Resources  /  Homework  

•  Phillystartupleaders.org  •  IndyHall.com  •  Baiada  Center  •  Whartonite  Seeks  Code  Monkey  (not)  

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•  Dare  to  be  under-­‐employed  •  Chris  Cera:  [email protected]