New talk first presented in Kyiv Feb 2nd, 2015

1. FEB2ND,2015-KYIV
VITALYM.GOLOMB
@VITALYG
20SURVIVALTIPSFOR
VIRGINFOUNDERS

2. LOCAL MARKETPLACE FOR
ANYTHING PRINTED
www.printmo.co
www.keenprint.com

3. www.startupaddventure.co
FROMSILICONVALLEYTOTHEWORLD
MIDDLEEAST(FEB22ND-28TH)
EASTERNEUROPE(APRIL)
www.cccstartups.com
@cccstartups
UNLOCKINGGEOGRAPHIES
ENABLINGEXCEPTIONALFOUNDERS

4. VITALYM.GOLOMB
SANFRANCISCO//KYIV
ENTREPRENEUR//INVESTOR
DESIGNER//SPEAKER//AUTHOR
1981
1990
1993
1996
1999
2010
2013
2015
born
odessa
ukraine
arrived
sanfrancisco
dotbomb
spincircuit
UA
2005
sputnik

5. THEONLYTHINGTHATCANPREPAREYOUTO
RUNASTARTUPISTOWORKINASTARTUP

6. PICKYOURCONFOUNDERSCAREFULLY,TEAM
BREAKUPSAREHARDERTHANDIVORCES

7. YOUCAN’TOUTSOURCEYOURCORE
COMPETENCY-YOUMUSTBEABLETO
DESIGN,BUILD,ANDMARKET

8. YOURCHANCESOFSUCCESSARESMALL
GOFORBIGANDGROWINGMARKETS

9. DON’TCONFUSEANIDEAOR
TECHNOLOGYWITHABUSINESS

10. DON’TFALLINLOVEWITHYOURPRODUCT
THATISYOURCUSTOMERS’JOB

11. DON’TIMITATECOMPETITION
TALKTOYOURCUSTOMERSINSTEAD

12. MOVEFASTORDIE.DON’TDELAYLAUNCHING
YOURPRODUCTWILLNEVERBEPERFECT

13. “EVERYONE”ISNOTATARGETMARKET
PICKACUSTOMER,SOLVETHEIRPROBLEM

14. KEEPITSIMPLEANDDON’TOVERBUILD
YOUAREPROBABLYDEFINITELYWRONG

15. DOUNSCALABLETHINGSTOPROVETHERE
ISABUSINESS-SCALEONLYAFTERTHAT

16. DON’TSPENDMONEYONANYTHINGTHAT’S
NOTRELATEDTOGETTINGCUSTOMERS
BEFOREACHIEVINGPRODUCT-MARKETFIT

17. DON’TCUTCORNERSONYOURBUSINESS
USECONTRACTS,PROPERACCOUNTING

18. HIRESLOW,FIREFAST

19. “GOINGVIRAL”ISNOTABUSINESSPLAN
SETASIDEMONEYFORMARKETING

20. DON’TTAKESET-BACKSPERSONALLY
GETUSEDTOHEARING“NO”

21. NOONEWILLSTEALYOURSTUPIDIDEA
TALKABOUTITANDGETFREEADVICE

22. DEVELOPAVISIONANDFOCUS
DON’TTURNINTOACONSULTINGCOMPANY

23. CHASECUSTOMERS,NOTINVESTORS

24. DON’TRELYONADVISORS,MENTORS,
ORPARTNERSTOBUILDYOURBUSINESS

25. KNOWWHENTOSTOPSOCIALIZING
ANDGOINGTOEVENTS-GETTOWORK

26. UKRAINE’SRAWMATERIAL
#1EUROPEANOUTSOURCINGANDITTALENTPOOL
$2BUSD-50,000+EMPLOYEES-GROWING20-30%/yr
100+INT’LR&DCENTERS-5,000+EMPLOYEES-GROWING30-40%/yr
TOP-10WORLDWIDEINCERTIFIEDITSPECIALISTS
$2BUSDECOMMERCEMARKET-GROWING40-50%/yr
2013GDP(PPP)$337B-PROJECTEDTOGROW30%BY2018

27. KYIV2020
THECAPITALOF
SLAVICSTARTUPS?

28. helpbuild
theecosystem
www.goo.gl/Y2nOL2source:

29. COMINGIN2015
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1STCHAPTER
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