social networks for entrepreneurs
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The social web is democratizing entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship is on the rise, and social networks are helping entrepreneurs do everything needed to get their businesses going, from ideating, finding a co-founder, and hiring, to finding investors, managing stakeholders, getting press, and getting much-needed advice. During April 2013, I spoke with a group of NYU Stern students about the growing social networks for entrepreneurs. Thank you, Professor Arun Sundararajan for inviting me to speak with your "Networks, Crowds and Markets" class!TRANSCRIPT
Entrepreneurship Gone Social
How the Social WebIs Democratizing Entrepreneurship
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Just one thing.
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@ericaswallow
About Me
In the News
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Holy moly.(Everyone’s an entrepreneur.)
Entrepreneurs Abound
Source: 2011 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) United States Report
Incubate and Accelerate!
Everything You Need
IdeatingFinding a co-founder
HiringFunding
Managing stakeholdersGetting press
Soliciting AdviceNetworking IRL
Bootstrapping
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Ideating
Ideas Galore
Join a Project
Skills, No Ideas
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Finding aCo-Founder
CoFoundersLab
Invite-Online Dating
Going Niche?
Adding the Social Layer
Adding the Social Layer
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Hiring
Hire Entire Teams
Hire the Hired
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Funding
AngelList
40,000 startups5,000 accredited investors
1,000 startups have been funded400 investors have invested money
$12 million in first 30 days, $2.1 billion to-date
Good Ol’ Crowdfunding
68,929backers
$10,266,845pledged of $100,000 goal
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ManagingStakeholders
SecondMarket
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Getting Press
Reverse Pitching
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There’s Always Twitter
“It’s amazing to me that I get a MUCH higher response rate when pitching reporters via Twitter than email. I would actually go as far as to say that every time I’ve pitched a reporter via Twitter, I have gotten some sort of response (often resulting in a story for my client). Via email, I have maybe a 50% response rate. The phone call response rate would be my lowest.”
- Nicole Denton, PR, Pyxl
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SolicitingAdvice
I Need Help!
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Networking IRL
IRL Networks
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Bootstrapping
My Story
Everything You Need
IdeatingFinding a co-founder
HiringFunding
Managing stakeholdersGetting press
Soliciting AdviceNetworking IRL
Bootstrapping
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... and beyond!
