10 startup insights from the founder of n3twork | neil young
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Tune in at 33voic.es/inblmyi Neil is Founder and CEO of N3TWORK. N3TWORK is creating an integrated experience that connects together the internet’s digital content based on your interests. Designed specifically for today’s devices, it enables you to engage with the things and people that you care about, across all the screens in your life. Prior to founding N3TWORK, Neil was Founder and CEO of ngmoco, the leading social mobile games company that was acquired by DeNA in November 2010. Following the acquisition, Neil joined the Board of DeNA and oversaw western product development and publishing operations. Before founding ngmoco, Neil served as the Group General Manager and Vice President at Electronic Arts. In this role, he was responsible for EA's Los Angeles, Maxis, Origin and Blueprint Studio groups, which produced some of EA's most successful game franchises including: The Lord of the Rings, The Sims, Medal of Honor and Command and Conquer, among others.TRANSCRIPT
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The Inside-Out Approach to Launching Your Startupfrom the CEO of N3TWORK
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Neil YoungNeil is Founder and CEO of N3TWORK. N3TWORK is creating an integrated experience that connects together the internet’s digital content based on your interests. Designed specifically for today’s de-vices, it enables you to engage with the things and people that you care about, across all the screens in your life.
Prior to founding N3TWORK, Neil was Founder and CEO of ngmoco, the leading social mobile games company that was acquired by DeNA in November 2010. Following the acquisition, Neil joined the Board of DeNA and oversaw western product development and publishing operations. Before founding ngmoco, Neil served as the Group General Manager and Vice President at Electronic Arts.
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While vision and confidence are the prerequisites
to starting a business,it’s your grit and tenacity that will be most essential to your success.
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Founders who prioritize workplace culture early on
are most likely to inspire greatness in others.
“The rule of law is the rule of man.”
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When delivering a software product, the real work starts when users engage with your product;
Build, learn and refine.
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The smartest entrepreneurs are farsighted;
they never sacrifice their long-term vision
for short-term profitability.
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The smartest entrepreneurs are farsighted;
they never sacrifice their long-term vision
for short-term profitability.
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Personalize your TV experience,
download N3TWORK.http://www.n3twork.com
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“You study, you learn, but you guard the original naiveté.
It has to be within you as love is within the lover.”
- Henri Matisse on naiveté
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Great entrepreneurs embrace change,
as such they accept uncertainty by:
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Great entrepreneurs embrace change,
as such they accept uncertainty by:
Never losing their vision
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Great entrepreneurs embrace change,
as such they accept uncertainty by:
Always watching and listening for better ways to execute their strategy
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Great entrepreneurs embrace change,
as such they accept uncertainty by:
AND Gaining comfort with ambiguity.
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Monetizing a modern media brand doesn’t stop with advertising. Consider the following:
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Monetizing a modern media brand doesn’t stop with advertising. Consider the following:
A more contextual ad model
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Monetizing a modern media brand doesn’t stop with advertising. Consider the following:
Co-branded channels of professional content
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Monetizing a modern media brand doesn’t stop with advertising. Consider the following:
Niche specific premium content
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Monetizing a modern media brand doesn’t stop with advertising. Consider the following:
Engagement based revenue channels
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As a founder, what you did to launch your company isn’t what you’ll need to do to scale it.
think values, people and practices.
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“It’s basically prime-time now, and in the next five years, to think about every business,
every industry and every field and say,
how can we reinvent it?”- Marc Andreessen
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“It’s basically prime-time now, and in the next five years, to think about every business,
every industry and every field and say,
how can we reinvent it?”- Marc Andreessen
Listen to @pmarca and @bhorowitz discuss the future of (practically) everything http://a16z.com/
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