LONDON SAN FRANCISCO READING NEW YORK

OUR STORY is THE evolution of social Data

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STORY OF DATASIFT + DOING IT ALL AGAIN

NICK HALSTEAD presents

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“YOU DISAGREE WITH EVERYTHING EVERYONE ELSE SAYS”, (what my wife said)

HOW IT ALL BEGAN

THE BEGINNING (2008)

LONDON NETWORKING

LEARNING TO TELL A STORY

ANGEL INVESTORS 101

SMART PEOPLE

PEOPLE WITH MONEY

PEOPLE WHO DONT

INTERFERE

DOESN'T EXIST

TWEETMEME

WHAT DO THE FOLLOWING HAVE IN COMMON?

ROBERT SCOBLE

GUY KAWASAKI HERMANN HAUSER

BATTLE OF THE BUTTONS

BEING FIRST

BUTTONS SOLD TO TWITTER

DATASIFT

SMART PEOPLE

RAISING VENTURE CAPITAL

PEOPLE YOU KNOW

PEOPLE WITH LOTS OF MONEY

CEO CTO

THE GOOD …

THE BAD …

AND THE CRAZY …

CTO CEO

DOING IT ALL AGAIN (WITH LESS MISTAKES?)

HIRING THE BEST

RAISING CAPITAL

THINGS TO AVOID

LEARNING DILUTION

see http://bit.ly/1TEKd1U

STATE OF TYPICAL COMPANY AFTER SERIES ‘C’

STARTING NUMBER OF CO-FOUNDERS HAS THE BIGGEST IMPACT ON HOW MUCH

YOU EXIT WITH

GOING THE EXTRA MILE

STORY

STORY

STORY

COGNITIVE LOGIC

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