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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
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Office Hours● Josh Baer and Mellie Price
○ Th 5-6PM at the GDC Lobby
● Sam Lin (TA)
○ MW 1-3PM at the Blackstone Center
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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
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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
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Austin Startup WeekOctober 9-13, 2017
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How to Start Starting a Company(in school)
Joshua BaerFounder & Executive [email protected]@UTexas.edu
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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?
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Pick a proBlem that I have
personallyI help people quit their jobs and become entrepreneurs
@JoshuaBaer@CapitalFactory@LonghornStartup
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(this is my license plate)
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I got rejected by the web server beta program
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SKYLIST
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SKYLIST
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We deliver email
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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
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Pick a proBlem that I have
personally
fine print
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Pick a proBlem that I have
personally
Pick a problem that I have personally
1. male2. kids3. bald4. nearsighted5. lots of email
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Find a Co-founer
Find one or more co-founders
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Bootstrap at the beginning
Bootstrap at the beginning
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Use Crowdfunding
Get paid in advance with crowdfunding
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Focus on Mobile
Talk about my idea with everyone
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Focus on mobile first
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Think about Artificial Intelligence
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Build an MVP without any code
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Outsource to people and API’s
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Focus on MobileSurround myself with other entrepreneurs
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The best day to plant a tree was 20 years ago...
Chinese proverb
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The best day to plant a tree was 20 years ago...
Chinese proverb
The second best day is TODAY.
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Pick a proBlem that I have
personallyAsk Me Anything
@JoshuaBaer@CapitalFactory@LonghornStartup