The Art of the Hustle - Street Smarts for Startups - Anand Agarawala
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How the hell does a kid from Calgary turn his Masters Thesis into a TED Talk and venture backed startup that eventually gets bought by Google? Anand breaks down some of the street fighting tactics that he learned along the way, like how to get crazy amounts of press, what led to the acquisition and how he raised lots of free money. Don't knock the hustle.
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- 24. → → MSc Thesis Friday, July 15, 2011
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- 34. The Art Of Getting Press Friday, July 15, 2011
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- 38. The Art of Getting Press • Have something to talk about. Don’t be derivative Friday, July 15, 2011
- 39. The Art of Getting Press • Have something to talk about. Don’t be derivative • The Tweet test. Create something that you would pass onto your friends Friday, July 15, 2011
- 40. The Art of Getting Press • Have something to talk about. Don’t be derivative • The Tweet test. Create something that you would pass onto your friends • Package it up for them. Tell a Story. Friday, July 15, 2011
- 41. The Art of Getting Press • Have something to talk about. Don’t be derivative • The Tweet test. Create something that you would pass onto your friends • Package it up for them. Tell a Story. • Talking points (raised a round recently? famous angels? backlink to interesting trend/previous story) Friday, July 15, 2011
- 42. The Art of Getting Press • Have something to talk about. Don’t be derivative • The Tweet test. Create something that you would pass onto your friends • Package it up for them. Tell a Story. • Talking points (raised a round recently? famous angels? backlink to interesting trend/previous story) • Tricks: invite giveaways, press loves exclusivity Friday, July 15, 2011
- 43. What if my startup isn’t demo-candy? Friday, July 15, 2011
- 44. What if my startup isn’t demo-candy? Friday, July 15, 2011
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- 46. The Art Of Free Money Friday, July 15, 2011
- 47. We raised $140k+ of free government money Friday, July 15, 2011
- 48. We raised $140k+ of free government money • Canada has awesome grant programs Friday, July 15, 2011
- 49. We raised $140k+ of free government money • Canada has awesome grant programs • Before you spend • $60k U of Toronto, Heffernan Fellowship • $50k OCE Market Readiness • $30k NRC IRAP Youth Employment Strategy grants ($15k each student) Friday, July 15, 2011
- 50. We raised $140k+ of free government money • Canada has awesome grant programs • Before you spend • $60k U of Toronto, Heffernan Fellowship • $50k OCE Market Readiness • $30k NRC IRAP Youth Employment Strategy grants ($15k each student) • After you spend • $100k’s SRED. Get back ~70% of your wage expenditures. Friday, July 15, 2011
- 51. We raised $140k+ of free government money • Canada has awesome grant programs • Before you spend • $60k U of Toronto, Heffernan Fellowship • $50k OCE Market Readiness • $30k NRC IRAP Youth Employment Strategy grants ($15k each student) • After you spend • $100k’s SRED. Get back ~70% of your wage expenditures. • Caveat: can take lots of time. Friday, July 15, 2011
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- 62. Getting Acquired Friday, July 15, 2011
- 63. Getting Acquired • Process took about 7 months Friday, July 15, 2011
- 64. Getting Acquired • Process took about 7 months • Mostly mechanics, structuring, negotiation, lawyer hell Friday, July 15, 2011
- 65. Getting Acquired • Process took about 7 months • Mostly mechanics, structuring, negotiation, lawyer hell • Really demanding, stressful and un-creative Friday, July 15, 2011
- 66. Getting Acquired • Process took about 7 months • Mostly mechanics, structuring, negotiation, lawyer hell • Really demanding, stressful and un-creative • Living in secrecy, don’t have cycles for product stuff really Friday, July 15, 2011
- 67. Getting Acquired • Process took about 7 months • Mostly mechanics, structuring, negotiation, lawyer hell • Really demanding, stressful and un-creative • Living in secrecy, don’t have cycles for product stuff really • Some key factors Friday, July 15, 2011
- 68. Getting Acquired • Process took about 7 months • Mostly mechanics, structuring, negotiation, lawyer hell • Really demanding, stressful and un-creative • Living in secrecy, don’t have cycles for product stuff really • Some key factors • Thought leadership in a really hot space (tablets since 2004!) Friday, July 15, 2011
- 69. Getting Acquired • Process took about 7 months • Mostly mechanics, structuring, negotiation, lawyer hell • Really demanding, stressful and un-creative • Living in secrecy, don’t have cycles for product stuff really • Some key factors • Thought leadership in a really hot space (tablets since 2004!) • Unique, highly sought after skillset of team. UX + Engineering Friday, July 15, 2011
- 70. Getting Acquired • Process took about 7 months • Mostly mechanics, structuring, negotiation, lawyer hell • Really demanding, stressful and un-creative • Living in secrecy, don’t have cycles for product stuff really • Some key factors • Thought leadership in a really hot space (tablets since 2004!) • Unique, highly sought after skillset of team. UX + Engineering • Press attention. Constantly in mindshare of decision makers Friday, July 15, 2011
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