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Steve
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Steve
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(NOT US)
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October’s traffic7M uniques150M impressions
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Thanks.
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(for smallpox vaccines?)
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Start!
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WARNING
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STEAL THIS IDEA
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http://www.paulgraham.com/siliconvalley.html
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USD 2.6 billion
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USD 2.6 billionUSD 21 billion(2007)
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Will it be you?
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Co-founders matter, a lot
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Everest is the Ben Nevis of the Himalayas
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Good news, everyone!
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Programmers are from Mars,business ppl are from…
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Special Message for all the
“useless founders”
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Be Mr. Wolf
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Cheerleading
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Writing
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“Have character”- Prakash Swaminathan
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HYDvWLGmo4
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Look for opportunities
to do somethingawesome
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Working harder makes up for being dumber
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Working harder makes up for being dumber
(but it's not a substitute)
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Respond quickly to calls & email.
Do so as a human.
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The elementof surprise
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http://www.groupon.com/new-york/unsubscribed?mid=96988&addx=
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Hand-mailing >300 sets of stickers is not fun work, but it’s rewarding.
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Early adopters.
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Early adopters.
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no onewants to useyour website
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My mom
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only your momwants to useyour website
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you needevangelists
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FAIL
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Make something
people want
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Make something people love
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Give them a reason to talk
about it.
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Know about competitors.
But don’t care.
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Launch.Improve.Repeat.
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you don’t
need PR
firms
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stickers, wtf??
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Start!
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Questions?