Startupfest, 2014 - Every year, droves of technology entrepreneurs move their businesses to Silicon Valley in the hopes of raising money, recruiting top talent, and building the next big company. However, this thinking is incredibly misguided. During this talk, Adeo Ressi, Founder & CEO of the Founder Institute, will discuss the lessons he learned in helping to launch over 1100 technology companies across 70+ cities and 6 continents. Talented people with the skills to become the next great entrepreneurs are everywhere, and as capital becomes increasingly global, amazing technology companies can be built in any city that adopts a collaborative mindset.

2. WAKE
UP

3. DREAM
BIG

5. 2000

15. Two dot-com millionaires have
decided to do something that
NASA even has overlooked. A
mission to be launched within a
few years by multi-millionaires,
Elon Musk (30) and Adeo Ressi
(29), with contributions from the
Mars Society and the Life to
Mars Foundation, will send mice
into orbit for 6 weeks in Martian
artificial gravity (.38 G) to see if
mammals can reproduce and
survive in those conditions.

20. space & video games:
awesome, right?

23. the big
questions

24. Can it be done?

25. Do you want to do it?

26. Is it worth pursuing?

29. The Ride
The Journey
The Destination

30. WAKE
UP

31. DREAM
BIG

32. DIE
TRYING

36. Thank you!
Adeo Ressi | @adeoressi
http://FI.co