The Life of An Entrepreneur

I L IKE TO BUILD THINGS.WES BOOTH

T H E L I F E O F A N E N T R E P R E N E U R .

– U N K N O W N

“ENTREPRENEURSHIP IS LIVING A FEW YEARS OF YOUR LIFE LIKE MOST PEOPLE WON’T, SO THAT YOU CAN SPEND THE REST OF YOUR LIFE LIKE

MOST PEOPLE CAN’T.”

T H I S I S R E A L I T Y.

B E I N G A N E N T R E P R E N E U R I S N O T E A S Y.

S U C C E S S R E Q U I R E S H A R D W O R K .

B U T I T ’ S W O R T H I T.

– T O N Y G A S K I N S

“IF YOU DON’T BUILD YOUR DREAM SOMEONE WILL HIRE YOU TO BUILD THEIRS.”

A S K Y O U R S E L F…

W H AT ?

– S T E V E J O B S

“THE ONLY WAY TO DO GREAT WORK IS TO LOVE WHAT YOU DO.”

W H AT D O Y O U L I K E ?

C O U L D Y O U D O I T E V E R Y D AY ?

C A N Y O U M A K E M O N E Y D O I N G I T ?

T H I N K O F A B U S I N E S S M O D E L .

W H O ?

– O S C A R W I L D E

“BE YOURSELF; EVERYONE ELSE IS ALREADY TAKEN.”

W H O A R E Y O U ?

W H AT S K I L L S D O Y O U H AV E ?

H O W C A N Y O U U S E Y O U R S K I L L S T O F U E L Y O U R PA S S I O N ?

W H E R E ?

W H E R E D O Y O U WA N T T O W O R K ?

W H AT D O Y O U N E E D ?

W H O D O Y O U N E E D ?

T R AV E L W I T H P U R P O S E .

– U N K N O W N

“TRAVEL IS THE ONLY THING YOU BUY THAT MAKES YOU RICHER.”

S A N F R A N C I S C O

S TA R T U P B A S E C A M P

G L O B A L I N N O VAT I O N S U M M I T

S TA N F O R D

S TA R T U P H O U S E

H O M E I S W H E R E T H E H E A R T I S …

N O VA S C O T I AWOLFVILLE

A W E S O M E F O U N D AT I O NANNAPOLIS VALLEY

S U P P O R T S A W E S O M E I N I T I AT I V E S W I T H I N T H E C O M M U N I T Y.

B Y G I V I N G A WAY M O N T H LY G R A N T S O F $ 1 0 0 0 .

T O T H E M O S T D E S E R V I N G I D E A .

N O S T R I N G S AT TA C H E D .

S TA R T U P

A F E W T H I N G S F O R Y O U .

F R E E T O O L S

• GOOGLE ANALYTICS

• IBM WATSON ANALYTICS

• MAILCHIMP

• EVENTBRITE

I N - D E M A N D S K I L L S

• CODING

• C#

• JAVA

• JAVASCRIPT

• PYTHON

• .NET

• SQL

• PHP

• ASP.NET

• LINUX

• SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING

• MOBILE SKILLS

• WRITING

• OTHER SOFT SKILLS

L E A R N I N G V E H I C L E S

• ONLINE COURSE MARKETPLACE

• MOOCs

• CODE SCHOOLS

• CODEACADEMY

• TREEHOUSE

E N T R E P R E N E U R S Y O U S H O U L D F O L L O W.

3 E N T R E P R E N E U R S T O F O L L O W

• ELON MUSK - @ELONMUSK

• RICHARD BRANSON - @RICHARDBRANSON

• MARK CUBAN - @MCUBAN

3 C A N A D I A N E N T R E P R E N E U R S

• BRIAN WONG - @BRIAN_WONG

• DAN MARTELL - @DANMARTELL

• HARLEY FINKLESTEIN - @HARLEYF

3 N O VA S C O T I A N E N T R E P R E N E U R S

• DANIELLE FONG - @DANIELLEFONG

• MIKE KENNEDY - @ITS_MIKE_K

• ROSS SIMMONDS - @THECOOLESTCOOL

U P C O M I N G E V E N T S .

E A S T C O A S T S TA R T U P W E E KMARCH 16 -22 - FREDERICTON/SAINT JOHN

S TA R T I T U P - L A U N C H B O XMARCH 27 -28 - ACADIA UNIVERS ITY

– B A B E R U T H

“IT’S HARD TO BEAT A PERSON WHO NEVER GIVES UP.”

T H E E N D .

W E S B O O T H @ W E S L E Y B O O T H

W E S L E Y. B O O T H @ A C A D I A U . C A F E D D I S H E S . C O M

@ F E D D I S H E S AW E S O M E A N N A P O L I S VA L L E Y. C O M

H E L L O @ AW E S O M E A N N A P O L I S VA L L E Y. C O M I L I K E T O B U I L D T H I N G S . C O M

R E A C H O U T