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N O W W H AT ?Y O U B U I LT A P R O T O T Y P E
D R E A M B I G !
E X A M P L E S F R O M S I L I C O N VA L L E Y A N D B E Y O N D
TW ITTERS I D E P R O J E C T
T W I T T E R
• Jack Dorsey was a lead Ruby developer at Ev William’s startup ODEO
• He hacked together a prototype for short message protocols via SMS
• Many bug fixes later, it becomes the central hub for social media
• Now its a Multi Billion Dollar Public Company
– J A C K D O R S E Y
“Make every detail perfect and limit the number of details to perfect.”
H A C K E R L E A G U EB U I L D I N G T H E P R O D U C T F O R Y O U R S E L F
H A C K E R L E A G U E
• 3 developers identified a need
• Keeping hackathons organized and tracked
• Give devs and designers a place to show off work
• Acquired by Intel / Mashery
I N S TA G R A M / H Y P E R L A P S EC O L L A B O R A T I O N B E T W E E N T E A M S
I N S TA G R A M / H Y P E R L A P S E
• Built prototype for video stabilization clips
• Team shows working prototype to CEO
• Impresses company, they make it a stand alone app
• Adds value to overall Instagram strategy
R E M E M B E R T H E K E Y FA C T O R S
• Product Market Fit & Customer Interviews
• Minimum viable product
• First launch experience
• Mobile first
• Mentors on topics
• Team building
T O S O LV E P R O B L E M SR E M E M B E R W H Y Y O U A R E H E R E
N E T W O R K & L E A R N S TA Y F R E S H
S TAY I N S P I R E DN E V E R L O S E S I G H T O F T H E E N D G O A L
– M A X L E V C H I N
“The very first company I started failed with a great bang.
The second one failed a little bit less, but still failed.
The third one, you know, proper failed, but it was kind of okay. I recovered quickly.
Number four almost didn’t fail. It still didn’t really feel
great, but it did okay.
Number five was PayPal”
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