Failing Forward, DLD event October 15th, 2013

1. Overcoming the 5 biggest
‘startup breaking points’

3. Startup #1 – Taking CAD to the Web/Mobile

4. Startup #2 – Leveraging the Cloud to change how R&D teams work in the cloud

5. 1. Ups and Downs

8. “We are what we repeatedly do”
- Aristotle

11. “...It is when we act freely, for the sake of the action
itself rather than for ulterior motives, that we learn to
become more than what we were.”

12. How it changed the way I do things?
emails
Writing
Design
Why do I do it?

13. ‘To do’ and ‘Not to do’ lists
Don’t finish up what you’ve started

14. 2. It’s not working

15. VisualTao - The first year
Team
Trying to raise money
Product Pivot
Customer feedback

16. The hydra method

17. 3. Getting along with your
co-founders/ team

19. What makes a happy team?

20. What makes a happy team?

21. Give credit
Even before something is done

22. Company Culture
“There will always be one, you might as well choose it”

23. 4. Startup vertigo

24. 5. It’s so much easier for others

25. Startup Friends?

26. Thanks!
Enjoy the ride
Iris.shoor@takipi.com
@irisshoor
www.startupmoon.com