Weitere ähnliche Inhalte Ähnlich wie Startups Dead Horse Beating (20) Kürzlich hochgeladen (20) Startups Dead Horse Beating1. Startups’ Dead Horse Beating Stating the obvious about startups Laurent Kretz| @laurentk 12. a few words on submate discover people and things to do in your areas 25. don‘tevengetstart(up)ed rule of thumb: it‘sjustbad (luck) 1,000 people have the sameidea > 100 willwork on it > 10 willbuild a product > 1 willsucceed => why?? 33. supposedly good ideas getyourstufftogether, in order idea > team > prototype > tests > MVP > traction > funding 34. supposedly good ideas = failoften, failfast don‘twaste time, money and effort try to fail, test new things, you have nothing to lose 35. supposedly good ideas beprepared, staystrong you’re a visionaryproductguy? you‘llspendyour time chasing money, customers, users, employees, facingNOs 39. supposedly good ideas To sum up… - becommited - put structure in yourprocess - try to fail - be patient, strong & confident - beaware of your fate 41. < build /> simple value proposition beunderstood (users, customers, investors and yourmother) 42. < build /> # value prop Your files, anywhere, instantly. sloth? 43. < build /> # value prop Tell your friends where you are. vanity? pride? 44. < build /> # value prop Save money envy? greed? 45. < build /> # value prop self explanatory lust(!) 46. < build /> # value prop best value proposition = 1 of the 7 deadlysins from Dave McClure, Startup Viagra 47. < build /> launch as soon as possible submate: 6 months. secretpoke: 1 month. fastfwdme: 1 week 48. < build /> “ if you’re not ashamed by your first realease, you’vereleasedtoolate “ Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn 49. < build /> iterate, iterate, … ittakes an afternoon to change an MVP forget long brainstorming sessions, and go test 51. < build /> berealistic on your agenda trust the 90-90 rule: 90% of the code = 90% of the time & last 10% = 90% of the time 52. < build /> think mobile first facebook mobile users are 2x more active than non-mobile users 53. < build /> use a platform facebook, twitter, twilio, foursquare, …. : they have the users, they have the servers 54. < build /> #use-platforms built on Twilio’s API raised $1M in 1st few months 55. < build /> #use-platforms built on smart phone gps, twitter and facebook for sharing worth $500M to $1B 56. < build /> #use-platforms hashable started on twitter 57. < build /> go sellsomethingnow! sell, sell, sell remember: bill gates sold BASIC before building it 58. < build /> learn to code ruby on rails iseasy, senchatouch for mobile apps, … if you’re a bizguy, savesome cash and equity! 61. < build /> fastfwdme , mvp in a week: web, mobile, sharing, … 63. < build /> To sum up… - targetlowesthanging banana - launchasap & iterate - plan carefully - think mobile and platforms - go sellsomething - learn to code