This document discusses startups and the startup ecosystem. It begins by defining what a startup is and providing examples of businesses that are not startups. It then discusses the importance of startups in driving innovation, job creation, and investment. It also briefly profiles the leading startup hubs globally and notes where the Philippines ranks. The document concludes by emphasizing that the Philippine startup community needs just one major success story to inspire others and help the ecosystem grow.

1. THE STARTUP GAME
a.k.a Rollercoaster

2. STARTUP, WUT?

3. STARTUP, WUT?
a venture that is searching
for a repeatable and scalable
business model.

4. NOT A STARTUP

5. NOT A STARTUP
Banks
BPOs
Outsourcing shops
game development firms
Bakery
Restaurants

6. NOT A STARTUP
READY, AIM, FIRE!

7. STARTUPS
READY, FIRE, AIM!

8. STARTUPS, SO WHAT?
aka Why its so damn important

9. STARTUPS

10. STARTUPS
Innovation Capital
Acquisitions
Creative Jobs
Global Perception > investment
Gold vein > CREATE a market

11. STARTUP SPOTS

12. STARTUP SPOTS
Silicon Valley (LA)
New York, Boston, Texas, California
UK, Singapore, China, India
Israel
Estonia, Chile, Indonesia

13. GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE

14. GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE
#3 Singapore

15. GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE
#3 Singapore
#27 Israel

16. GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE
#3 Singapore
#27 Israel
#89 out of 133 Philippines

17. GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE
#3 Singapore
#27 Israel
#89 out of 133 Philippines
between Libya & Trinidad/Tobago

18. STATE OF PH STARTUPS
aka the great suck

19. Notable ones are Insync, Infinite.ly, Aloo.ph, Mor.ph
and PicLyf (of course!)
ALOO.PH

20. ZERO angel investors, ZERO incubators, ZERO
government support. (lots of talkers though)

21. Startup community is nascent, Roofcamp is the most
organized and consistent so far. No equivalent of
Techcrunch.

22. WE ONLY NEED
A SINGLE HOMERUN

23. PHSTARTUPS W/ A HOMERUN
Startup alumni > makes more startups
Startup alumni > angel investors
Everybody gets inspired
Something to write about
Filipinos will understand startups (support)

28. POP QUIZ

29. WHAT IS FACEBOOK?

30. FBNET
your friends are the news editor (stream)
the arcade is right next door (flash games)
so is the mall (pages)

31. WHAT IS FACEBOOK’S
ASSUMPTION?

32. WHAT IS FACEBOOK’S
ASSUMPTION?
THE INTERNET IS BETTER
WITH FRIENDS

33. WHAT IS FACEBOOK’S
BEST FEATURE?

34. WHAT IS FACEBOOK’S
BEST FEATURE?
EVERYONE

35. WHAT IS FACEBOOK’S
STRATEGY?

36. WHAT IS FACEBOOK’S
STRATEGY?
BUILD THE FASTEST TEAM
TO CLONE THE INTERNET

37. WHAT IS TWITTER?

38. TWITTER

39. TWITTER
140 character posts

40. TWITTER
140 character posts
real-time

41. TWITTER
140 character posts
real-time
mobile

42. ASSUMPTION

43. ASSUMPTION
MICROBLOGGING IS FUN

44. BEST FEATURE

45. BEST FEATURE
QUICKNESS

46. STRATEGY

47. STRATEGY
SIMPLICITY

48. WHAT IS APPLE?

49. APPLE

50. APPLE
computers

51. APPLE
computers
operating system

52. APPLE
computers
operating system
retail

53. APPLE
computers
operating system
retail
itunes

54. ASSUMPTION

55. ASSUMPTION
COMPUTERS SHOULD
ADVANCE ITS USER
(HUMANKIND)

56. BEST FEATURE

57. BEST FEATURE
IT CARES

58. STRATEGY

59. STRATEGY
END TO END

60. Q &A