...i should practice what I preached here...

1. Why you should never
work for anyone else...
Seán Murphy
@seanrmurphy

2. What do I know?

3. Career options...Academia...BigCo...SmallCo...

4. MyCompany, Inc.
...or you could just roll
your own!

5. What is a startup? Some mix of ideas, a team and (usually!) some
money

6. ...and what’s it like? Chaotic and risky

7. Why would you bother?

8. It’s fun...you can exercise your creativity...you might make a few quid...

9. You have some of the right skills...independent thought...ability to tell
stories...experience working with new technologies...

10. Young workforce, vibrant tech
sector...
Dublin’s a good place to
start...

11. How does it work? What do I need?

12. An idea...
...doesn’t have to be new
(although it helps!)...don’t be
precious about it - talk to
people...

13. A team...
Small - 2/3 people - some
diversity very good...someone
with exposure to business and/or
world outside computers is
nice...

14. Incubators are interesting for web/mobile startups...typically provide
space and some money...

15. www.ndrc.ie/launchpadLaunchpad

16. Bootstrap...probably means bread and water diet...

17. Blog...twitter...write...slideshare...
developer groups...hackathons...
Be visible...

18. Start young... ...you’ve no commitments...

19. Fail early, fail often...you learn so much...

20. BigCo will always want you...and
will be very impressed with your
initiative...even if you fail...
You have a safety
net...

21. Shameless plug...
University Upstarts...great way to
meet team...get started on an
idea...Nov 12-14
http://www.csi.ucd.ie/uuwc
Logo crafted by Ben Arent

22. Make sure you’ve the
right motivation...
...it’s not all about the money...

23. Information...
• Hacker news
• Techcrunch (crunchbase is amazing!)
• For ideas...
• anywhere there is a shortage of information there is an opportunity
• online listings of ideas
• some very big trends and huge opportunity out there - loads of really poor
UIs

24. Questions?