startup or shut up
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My presentation about StartupsTRANSCRIPT
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WARNING: THIS PRESENTATION MIGHT BE DISTURBING
BugSense presents
"Startup or Shut up"by John Vlachogiannis
@jonromero
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Part I: Start(up) your engines
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Incorporation
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Funding
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Build a great product
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Extra: VISA (H1B, O1)
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Enjoy life
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Part II: Prepare for war
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<----- YOU ARE HERE
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Role models in Greece
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It all started a rainy November evening ...
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It all started a rainy November evening ...
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It all started a rainy November evening ...
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Role models in the US
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"Halfway to a good product, never actually there."
-- Ζeno (possibly about Startups)
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From Greece to Global
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SVGS Fund+
Advisors+
YCombinator+
Users=
Best feedback we ever had!
We learnt more in 2 hours at Palo Alto than 4 months in Athens!
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We used to be called Sfalma. Remember?What the greeks said about the name:
● The branding is bizzare enough to work imho
● Fantastic branding●Sfalma rocks.● I like sfalma, google was/is difficult
to spell too...
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What do you need to "Startup" in Silicon Valley
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I don't know
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You have to figure this out by yourself(every product is different)
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Let me share with you my "Daily SV Startup Secrets"
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S-Corp, C-Corp, LLC?
Secret #1
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Doesn't really matter (for now).
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Get a good lawyer
Secret #2
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And by good I mean, great.
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You can't write a business plan - You don't know your business (yet)
Secret #3
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Iterate (business plan/product)
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"If you are a "fake" in Greece, you'll be a "fake" in SV."
Secret #4
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Don't try the "fake it 'till you make it"
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Be ready for the (emotional) roller coaster
Secret #5
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It won't be fun and games
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Don't be afraid talking about your idea
Secret #6
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Ideas are cheap
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Team
Secret #7
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No need to have an MBA
Secret #8
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SV wants fighters, no "cookie cutters"
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Ignore Business School Books!Get some enligthment from people who broke some eggs
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DROPOUTS
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We've met and got feedback from almost every famous Angel &VC ...
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... wearing jeans and being ourselves.
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Cookie cutters don't do this 'cause:"It was not in the MBA book".
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Determination
Secret #9
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Lots of people cannot handle the competition.
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We know a lot of these people.
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And probably you are one of them
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It's up to you to prove us wrong
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Luck
Secret #10 (last one)
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No such thing
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Thanks
"bug" me at @jonromero