Crises in startups

Isaak  Asimov  

Crises  in  Startups:  what  to  prepare  for  

Dima  Malenko  

OpenOffice.org  on  iPad  

Crisis  1:  From  PoC  to  Product  

Your  project  

Development  

Crisis  2:  Going  Public  

Our  First  Press  Release  

Crisis  3:  Tech  Breakdown  

What  can  go  wrong?  

•  “TechCrunch  effect”  •  Buried  by  technical  debt  •  Support  overflow  •  Scaling  issues  

Crisis  4:  Business  Breakdown  

What  can  go  wrong?  

•  Unsustainable  operations  •  Unfundable  growth  •  Legal  disaster  

What  to  do?  How  to  prepare?  

Have  a  plan!  

Questions?  

www.dmalenko.org  [email protected]  

@dmalenko