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Spring Lab● For teams that have built a minimum viable product
● Mentor Speed Dating
● $1,000 grant
● $5,000 credit at Amazon Web Services
● Free table at SXSW ATX Startup Crawl
● 2-3 Local Mentors per Team
● Guest Mentors each week
Office Hours● Josh Baer and Mellie Price
○ Th 5-6PM at the GDC Lobby
● Sam Lin (TA)
○ MW 1-3PM at the Blackstone Center
Open Pitch Pizza● You give a 2-minute pitch (Sam is timing)
● Then I take a crack at it or give you feedback
● Should be targeted at a customer or investor
● Video recorded, streamed & posted to Facebook group
● Line up along the left wall
● 10 students will get to pitch each week
Let Instructors and Mentors give feedback for pitches, if you have
Social Media
Spring 2018
Tweet pictures and quotes from classes
Volunteer position
Email [email protected]
Teaching Assistant
Spring 2018 & Fall 2018
Longhorn Startup Alumni Preferred
20 hours per week paid
http://baer.ly/longhornstartuptaapp
Austin Startup WeekOctober 9-13, 2017
How to Start Starting a Company(in school)
Joshua BaerFounder & Executive [email protected]@UTexas.edu
Tell me about you● Business/Management?
● Engineering?
● Computer Science?
● Communications?
● Fine Arts?
● What else?
Parent is an entrepreneur?
Have a startup now?
With customers?
Who pay you?
Want to be an entrepreneur?
Pick a proBlem that I have
personallyI help people quit their jobs and become entrepreneurs
@JoshuaBaer@CapitalFactory@LonghornStartup
(this is my license plate)
I got rejected by the web server beta program
SKYLIST
SKYLIST
We deliver email
How to Start Starting a Company (in school)
1. Become an expert at something you are passionate about
2. Meet someone new every day
3. Work your ass off
Pick a proBlem that I have
personally
fine print
Pick a proBlem that I have
personally
Pick a problem that I have personally
1. male2. kids3. bald4. nearsighted5. lots of email
Find a Co-founer
Find one or more co-founders
Bootstrap at the beginning
Bootstrap at the beginning
Use Crowdfunding
Get paid in advance with crowdfunding
Focus on Mobile
Talk about my idea with everyone
Focus on mobile first
Think about Artificial Intelligence
Build an MVP without any code
Outsource to people and API’s
Focus on MobileSurround myself with other entrepreneurs
The best day to plant a tree was 20 years ago...
Chinese proverb
The best day to plant a tree was 20 years ago...
Chinese proverb
The second best day is TODAY.
Pick a proBlem that I have
personallyAsk Me Anything
@JoshuaBaer@CapitalFactory@LonghornStartup