stetson university: kyle york on building a living legacy

Living Legacy: Indian Head, York Family, Dyn, New Hampshire

11.4.13

Kyle York Chief Revenue Officer

Advisor, angel investor, entrepreneur

@kyork20 / [email protected]

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Motivated by family, competition, legacy, money, community, growth, relationships, vengeance, impact.

@kyork20 Street Cred §  30 Years Old, married to Katie, Dad to Henry (14 months)

§  Bentley University, BS Marketing 2005

§  Career Ladder Climber – Intern to CRO

§  Dyn 2008 (15th employee) – Present

§  Scaled $4M-$50M+ revenue run rate

§  Advisor/Angel: Datanyze, Sprint.ly, Catchpoint, Fastly, SquareOne, Mill33

§  Co-Founder: 1band 1brand – Music & Brand Alignment Agency

§  Speaker: Harvard, Bentley, St. A’s, SNHU, Dublin Web Summit, The Next Web, Launch, Interop, Interact, Facebook EMEA & more

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Portfolio Approach (NASCAR)

"  Co-Founder: 1band 1brand – Music & Brand Alignment Agency

"  Non-Profits: abi Innovation Hub, Rock On Foundation

"  Advising/Investing: Catchpoint, Fastly, SquareOne, Datanyze,

Sprint.ly, Mill33, Incutio (and more…)

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Foundational Company / Stetson Preso

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My Career Narrative How did I get here? 11.26.82 – Present

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Ladder Climbing 101

" Dyn (2008-Present): Director of Sales à Director of

Sales & Marketing à VP, Sales & Marketing à Chief

Revenue Officer

" WhippleHill (2003-2008): Intern à Business

Development Rep à Inside Sales Rep à Regional

Director, Business Development

"   New England Interviewing (2002-2003): Intern

"   Indian Head Athletics (baby-Present): Heat Transfer

Specialist à Retail Clerk à Parking Attendant à

Shareholder/Supporter/Advisor

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Ladder Climbing 101 (continued)

"   Four year varsity football player at Bentley College and

member of Student Athlete Advisory Council (NCAA), 3.3

GPA, group leader in business school

"   Student Council (4 years), Vice President of Manchester

West High School (11th)/President (12th), non-profit

volunteer, Football captain, 1st team All-State football,

honors student

"   Multi-sport athlete in baseball, basketball and football,

middle child, outgoing personality, class clown

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Are entrepreneurs born or made?


Dyn… who the heck is that?

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What is Dyn? Dyn solutions are at the core of Internet performance. Through traffic management, message management and performance assurance, Dyn is connecting people through the Internet and ensuring information gets where it needs to go, faster and more reliably than ever before. The crossroads of consumer behavior and enterprise performance is where Dyn/Delivers.

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“Dyn’s DNS Load Balancing solu4on & aiCache’s proven caching so<ware have enabled a top-‐4er financial news website to shave 30% off response 4me, save money, have beHer, real-‐4me monitoring, repor4ng & aler4ng setup.” Rashid Kamirov, Director of PlaOorms, CNBC When improving our DNS, we chose the focused pros &

the switch was quick & painless. Dyn helped Etsy’s performance improve in all aspects. John Allspaw, SVP of Technical Opera4ons, Etsy Switching to Dyn took literally a few hours (not days,

not weeks) for 75+ zones/domains. Their expert editor makes old hacks like me feel comfortable – ease of a GUI & the flexibility of command line interface. Lenny Tropiano, Senior Systems/Network Architect, Homeaway

Company We Keep / Stetson Preso

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What We Do

dyn.com/dns/network-‐map/

Facebook.com = 69.63.176.13

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People are Culture

•  Trust

•  Passion

•  Performance

•  Respect

#HUSTLE

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Culture is Brand

•  Dyn$ni Events

•  Music Meets Tech

•  Culture Conference

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The Roots & Legacy Why am I here? Indian Head Athletics / Indian Head Shoe Company 1946 – Present Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

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Indian Head Timeline

1946 1958 1963 Early 1970’s 1980 1981 1984 1990’s 2000’s

Indian Head Shoe Company Founded

Indian Shoe Factory Outlet Opened

7-24 Cigar Building Purchased

Big Box Stores Internet Commerce

York Purchase/Evolution Indian Head Athletics

Opening Of Sister: Screen Printed Special T’s

US Manufacturing Exodus

Downtown Revitalization

Building Purchase 18 Lake Avenue

PRESENT Continuously operating,

successful & recognized New Hampshire small business

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Indian Head History

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Poppa Wrote ‘Us’ a Letter

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Heritage Brand – eBay Obsession

The Indian Head Brand has a rich 65+

year history that we intend to

capitalize on. We’re also amazed at

the collectables we’ve been acquiring.

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The York Family & IHA – 16 Deep (and counting)

Indian Head Athletics

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Putting The Family In Business

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Indian Head Athletics is a complete school, team and family sport outfitter since 1958! We are family owned and operated.

IHA Website

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Board of Directors

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Perfect Match – Indian Head Owners

"   Donald Edson Joseph York (DEJY) – Street smart

"   Gail Spaulding York (GG) – Book smart

"   The Perfect Match – Wonderful parents who

instilled work ethic, integrity, family first,

work/life balance and ambition into each of

their kids. I consider myself the perfect blend.

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Not Just A Business: Our Community

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Indian Head Athle4cs TV Commercial – 1986 Indian Head Athle4cs TV Commercial – 1990

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My Brothers – Five Sons •  Travis (35) – CEO of GY&K Marketing, 75 person marketing agency in

Manchester, Boston and LA. Married to Danielle, two beautiful girls

Madeleine (7) & Lily (5). Lives in Manchester, NH.

•  Evan (32) – Sr. Product Manager at Newforma (software company).

Married to Kelda for nearly 10 years, two beautiful girls Sylvie (6) & Esme

(4) & son Lincoln (13 months). Lives in Manchester, NH.

•  Tyler (26) – Production Manager/Associate Producer at Big Brick

Productions. Dating Emily for two years, getting close… hint, hint. Lives in

Manchester, NH.

•  Dylan – Freshman at UNH studying business & poised to do big things.

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My Wife & Son / Stetson Preso

"   Met Katie in Marketing Management class 2nd semester of my senior year at Bentley.

"   Married five years… She’s my best friend and

dream girl. "   Amazing woman: Supportive, loving, funny,

thoughtful, caring, organized, smart, supportive (yes, saying that twice!)

"   Henry is the first York son after my parents

had five sons and then four granddaughters. He is special.

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Why We’re Building An Ecosystem

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Startup Ecosystem = Living Legacy


The Future: Indian Head Brand A thriving family business enterprise, diverse in its portfolio, relevant to the journey, true to its roots, aspirational in its mission & rich in legacy.

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My Parents Take / Stetson Preso

"  The brick & mortar retail sporting goods industry has been declining for 40 years. When

my parents started there were tens of thousands of stores nationally.

"  The business couldn’t support two salaries at the lifestyle we grew up with.

"  My parents didn’t send us to the colleges they did to take over IHA: Boston University

(Travis/Evan), Bentley (Kyle), Plymouth State (Tyler) & Dylan (UNH)

"  My parents own the building & land, the inventory, the sister business, the equipment.

It’s always been built to be their retirement.

"  No one works as hard as Don York. In any field. Ever. He epitomizes the core brand.

QUESTION: Wait, so your parents have five sons and none of you are taking over the current business? Why?

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My Parents Take (going forward) / Stetson Preso

"   DEJY: “Do I need to do anything?”

"   GG: Tears, research and search for memorabilia

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IHA/York Family Objectives / Stetson Preso

"   Carry IHA legacy forward

"   License brand from Mr. & Mrs. York

"   Establish a highly respected & financially successful Lifestyle / Fashion brand

"   Primary / ‘must have’ : 1) IHA brand name & identity (evolved) 2) Authentic

storytelling 3) link to Sport

"   Secondary / ‘nice to have’ : 1) Made in the USA 2) Territory affiliation with

Manchester, NH

IHA Core Attributes

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Important Insight / Stetson Preso

"   Digging deeper into the history. This isn’t the first time future legacy is top of mind.

May 15th, 1973

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Evolving IHA For The Next Generation

•  Research – IHA History & Market Opportunity

•  Strategy – Brand Positioning & Go To Market

•  Creative Direction – IHA Brand Identity & Product Concept

•  Investor Deck – Brand Presentation for Investment

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Questions? Inspired? … THANK YOU! Kyle York Chief Revenue Officer

[email protected] @kyork20