This presentation is mostly just the framework for questions at the Blissdom Canada panel we gave. I think it was recorded, so I'll link to it afterwords so you can see the great advice that followed the questions.

1. THE INTERNET IS FOR MORE
THAN JUST BLOGGING
tech, transmedia and other interesting corners of the media
world

2. TARA @MISSROGUE HUNT
ceo, buyosphere.com, blogger: horsepigcow.com +
agingungracefully.net, author: The Whuffie Factor

3. ROBIN @ROBIN_AHN AHN
community marketing consultant, blogger: agingungracefully.net,
editor: startup digest

4. LAURA @MYSMARTHANDS BERG
founder, mysmarthands.com

5. JAMEY @JAMEYORDOLIS ORDOLIS
Senior Producer of @CBCLive, tech correspondent for
@StevenandChris and co-creator/editor of empirella.com

6. WEB ENTREPRENEURSHIP
1.web app startups
2.media companies/information sites
3. consultancies
4. etc.

7. SOME EXAMPLES OF WOMEN
LED WEB APPS

12. SOME EXAMPLES OF WOMEN
LED MEDIA/INFORMATION
COMPANIES

17. HOW TO START YOUR OWN
BUSINESS
1. idea/solving a problem
2. forming a business
3. funding your business
4. growing your business
5. profit!

18. THE BIG IDEA

19. HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOU
HAVE A GOOD IDEA?
1. where did it come from?
2. are you solving a problem?
3. how did you validate the idea?
4. did you do any market research? testing?
5. do you have competitors in the space?

20. SETTING UP

21. FORMING A BUSINESS
1. finding co-founders?
2. work out of home? office? other?
3. early promotional materials? website? business cards?
4. a website doesn’t just come out of nowhere...how do you find
developers? what are the challenges?
5. what was your number one challenge in setting up your business?
6. any legal advice? horror stories to avoid?

22. FUNDING

23. SOURCES OF FUNDING
1. bootstrapped/savings 7. crowdsourcing (still sorta
illegal)
2. friends & family
8. advertising revenue
3. angel investors
9. grants
4. venture capital
10.credit cards (o_O)
5. bank loans
6. partnerships

24. WHY WOMEN STRUGGLE IN THE VC WORLD...
http://www.ezebis.com/ebook/

25. GROWING/
PROMOTING

26. GROWING YOUR BUSINESS
1. okay, so now how do you find your market?
2. what free tools can you use to help you grow your business?
3. what is worth paying for to grow your business?
4. how do you get people or advertisers to pay?
5. any other tips?

27. IT IS FREAKIN
HARD

28. YOU’LL FEEL
COMPLETELY
LOST

29. YOU’LL
COMPLETELY
LOSE IT
http://www.flickr.com/photos/milkyworld/3128291642/sizes/l/in/photostream/

31. “Many of life's failures are people who did
not realize how close they were to success
when they gave up.”
Thomas Edison

33. the entrepreneurial venn
desire to
delusional A change the
status quo
D
C B
audacity
A. those that go postal
B. dictators
C. serial killers
D. startup entrepreneurs

34. GO FORTH AND BE CRAZY,
AUDACIOUS DREAMERS!

35. ??????
any more questions