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How not to Fuck Up the First Time Like I Did

Lessons from Both Sides of the Table. How not to Fuck Up the First Time Like I Did. Mark Suster NextGen Conference, January 2011 @ msuster. Me. Software development at Andersen Consulting BuildOnline, CEO in London at 31 (sold to public company) Koral, CEO in Palo Alto

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How not to Fuck Up the First Time Like I Did

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  1. Lessons from Both Sides of the Table How not to Fuck Up the First Time Like I Did Mark Suster NextGen Conference, January 2011 @msuster

  2. Me • Software development at Andersen Consulting • BuildOnline, CEO in London at 31 • (sold to public company) • Koral, CEO in Palo Alto • (sold to Salesforce.com) • VC in Los Angeles

  3. The Stupid Mistakes I Made the First Time(but not the second time!) ** there were no blogs, no instruction manuals ;-)

  4. I Didn’t Start Young Enough

  5. JFDI

  6. I Wasn’t Passionate About My Idea

  7. I Raised Too Much Money

  8. I Had Too Many Cofounders

  9. I Pushed PR Before Our Product Was Ready

  10. I Launched Too Many Products & Overspec’d

  11. I Internationalized Too Early

  12. My Team Was Too Much Like Me

  13. I Hired Too Senior of a Team

  14. I Attended Too Many Conferences

  15. I Didn’t Flip Burgers

  16. I Charged Too Much

  17. I Became a Prostitute for Revenue

  18. I Never Thought About Selling the Company

  19. I Stayed Too Long

  20. Take Aways 1. Don’t be afraid to try when you’re young & unencumbered 2. Find a topic you’re passionate about 3. Start lean

  21. Take Aways (cont.) 1. Flip burgers 2. Don’t be a ho 3. Focus on your customers – nothing else matters

  22. </end> Mark Suster NextGen Conference, January 2011 @msuster ; BothSidesoftheTable.com

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