growing your own start -up in armenia [barcamp yerevan 2013]
DESCRIPTION
The discussion on growing your own start -up in Armenia will be given at BarCamp Yerevan 2013. A critical task in setting up any business [especially in the IT industry] is to conduct research in order to validate, assess and develop your ideas or concepts. It is a bumpy road with many twist and turns, but the goal is to go over the issues facing all IT start-ups, but specifically ones from Armenia. Please join us May 11-12, 2013 in Yerevan for this years BarCamp www.barcamp.amTRANSCRIPT
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Growing Your OwnStart-Up
Todd Fabacher
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Who am I?
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Industrial Engineer
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Where I have lived
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My Start-Ups
..#1 in the World for 15 Years..
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Why am I here?To tell you a story of how a
city usedIT + education to become the #1 start-up city
in America
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1,200,000New Orleans
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230,000
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Funding
Mentorship
Talent
Education
Location & EventsIncubation
Start-Up Ecosystem
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1,100,000
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startupgenome.com
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Why Armenia?
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The People
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Your Start-Up1. Idea & Trends2. Design & Tools3. Development4. Money and Profit5. Marketing
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Starts with an Idea
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1st 2nd
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47.37%Odds for Red
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0.0047%
Odds to create another Social Site
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Know your Competition
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Find the Niche
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Start-Up Trends1. CMS Systems2. Games3. Multi Devices4. Apps5. SaaS
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1. CMS Systems
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Why are CMS good?
● Frameworks● Marketplace● Themes / Plugins● Large Customer Base● Open Source
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2. Games2. Games
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3. Multi Devices
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4. Apps
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Armenian Cloud
5. SaaS
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Design
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Native Apps
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Language?
CJava .NetOthers
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Native Alternatives?
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Web Apps
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Great Tools
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Great Tools
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Development
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YOU
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YOUHow to get help?
Find other freelancers?
Where to get help?
What areas do you need help?
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YOUR TEAM
GlobalFemaleMixed Abilities
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Project Management
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ScopeFocus
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Experience Tips1. Don't over-design applications
2. You are not the best programmer
-- Live with it!
3. Learn to learn more
4. Document your code
5. Test, Test, Test
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Experience Tips6. Patience is definitely a virtue
7. Beware the know-it-all, possessive
coder, and the inexperienced coder
8. Celebrate every success
9. Deliver polish over features
10. Software is never finished
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How to Make
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Advertising& Sponsors
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Advertising& Sponsors
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$236,000
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Native App
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Sell Upgrade
In App Purchase
Advertising
App Store Sales
App Income
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"App Store is a Channel, not a business"
-Todd Fabacher
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2. Subscribers
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Web App IncomeConsumer = $6.99
Business = $29.99
per month
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Subscribers
2,000
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Web App Income
Consumer = $13,980Business = $59,980
per month
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Income from Different Areas
ContractBusiness Consumer
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Save This
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Heartbeat Income
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The Death Chair
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Marketing
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What about Social Media?
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Content Marketing
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Blogging
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Blogging1. Improves Communication2. Crystalize Thoughts3. Feedback on Ideas4. Forces Learning5. Create More Content6. Build Credibility
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Advertising..Targeted Only..
$5,000 - Page per month
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Marketing Tips1. Customers determine your priority
2. Focus on your customers and
the money will follow
3. Word of mouth = $$$
4. It is a numbers game
5. Patience, success takes time
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中國
Don't Just Look West
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1990
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1996
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2010
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520 Million
200 Million
140 Million
140 Million
China
USA
Growth2015 Online Shoppers