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Startup Camp Montreal 5 keynote presentation by Chris Shipley. See video at www.startupcampmontreal.orgTRANSCRIPT
10 Stupid Things Entrepreneurs Do To Mess Up Their Startups*
*With apologies to Dr. Laura Schlessinger
© 2009 Chris Shipley
Think Like a Guppy
You’re not a little fish; you’re a whale that’s not yet gotten big.
© 2009 Chris Shipley
Confuse Vision and Focus
Dream big, focus tightly. You can eat an elephant – one bite at a time.
© 2009 Chris Shipley
Fall in Love with Technology
Fall in love with customers and they’ll tell you what to make.
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Focus on Fund Raising Instead of Building the Business
How will you use your time?
What brings more value to the company?
© 2009 Chris Shipley
Let Investors Run the Company
Seriously, how much does your investor really think about your business?
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Fail To Measure
Where are you going and how fast are you getting there?
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Ignore Yellow Lights
Your optimism can not be allowed to trump your reality.
© 2009 Chris Shipley
Hire Good People
Founders have got to be the dumbest ones in the room.
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Neglect the Details
Pay now or pay a lot more later.
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Lose Site of Values
Every company has a culture.
Is yours accidental or deliberate?
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Waste Time
While you’re killing time,
time is killing you.
© 2009 Chris Shipley
Chris ShipleyChairman and CEO
Guidewire Group, Inc.
@cshipley
© 2009 Chris Shipley