2011 11-öredev
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Peter NeubauerFounder, Neo Technology
#neo4j@[email protected]
From Småland's woods to silicon valley
Öredev 2011
What is Neo4j?
The jurney
The jurney
The jurney
The jurney
CTO #3
The idea
Focus
http://viniciusvacanti.com/2010/08/03/new-ideas-can-kill-your-startup/
The chasm
Theory
#startuplife
#startuplife•You marry your co-founders
#startuplife•You marry your co-founders•Startuplife Take Over
#startuplife•You marry your co-founders•Startuplife Take Over•It's an Emotional Roller-coaster
#startuplife•You marry your co-founders•Startuplife Take Over•It's an Emotional Roller-coaster•It IS Fun
#startuplife•You marry your co-founders•Startuplife Take Over•It's an Emotional Roller-coaster•It IS Fun•Embrace change.
#startuplife•You marry your co-founders•Startuplife Take Over•It's an Emotional Roller-coaster•It IS Fun•Embrace change.•Long term persistence Is the Key
#startuplife•You marry your co-founders•Startuplife Take Over•It's an Emotional Roller-coaster•It IS Fun•Embrace change.•Long term persistence Is the Key•Little things, start minimal
#startuplife•You marry your co-founders•Startuplife Take Over•It's an Emotional Roller-coaster•It IS Fun•Embrace change.•Long term persistence Is the Key•Little things, start minimal•Users. Community. Advisors.
#startuplife•You marry your co-founders•Startuplife Take Over•It's an Emotional Roller-coaster•It IS Fun•Embrace change.•Long term persistence Is the Key•Little things, start minimal•Users. Community. Advisors.•Pivot, Luck, Timing.
#startuplife•You marry your co-founders•Startuplife Take Over•It's an Emotional Roller-coaster•It IS Fun•Embrace change.•Long term persistence Is the Key•Little things, start minimal•Users. Community. Advisors.•Pivot, Luck, Timing.•Don’t worry about competitors
#startuplife•You marry your co-founders•Startuplife Take Over•It's an Emotional Roller-coaster•It IS Fun•Embrace change.•Long term persistence Is the Key•Little things, start minimal•Users. Community. Advisors.•Pivot, Luck, Timing.•Don’t worry about competitors•Deals fail, some investors are clueless
Reality
Reality
Reality
Reality
Reality
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Reality
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Reality
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Reality
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Reality
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Reality
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My way
My way
Great People
My way
Great PeopleGreat Projects
My way
Great PeopleGreat ProjectsGreat Places
The statistics
don’t do this!
new marketnew model
new product
don’t do this!
How?
How?•The Lean Startup -Eric Ries
How?•The Lean Startup -Eric Ries
•Measure
How?•The Lean Startup -Eric Ries
•Measure•MVP
How?•The Lean Startup -Eric Ries
•Measure•MVP•Customer development
How?•The Lean Startup -Eric Ries
•Measure•MVP•Customer development•Pivot, test
How?•The Lean Startup -Eric Ries
•Measure•MVP•Customer development•Pivot, test
Engineers ruleWork hard
Focus
Engineers ruleWork hard
FocusHave fun!
Where are we now?
Reading•http://neo4j.org•http://www.startuplessonslearned.com/•http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/2006/05/10/top-degree-for-sp-500-ceos-engineering/•http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossing_the_Chasm_(book)•http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2009/03/06/5-things-to-do-when-youre-unemployed-hint-its-not-job-hunting/•http://viniciusvacanti.com/2010/08/03/new-ideas-can-kill-your-startup/ •http://www.paulgraham.com/really.html•http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/66/mylife.html
