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0 to 100 Real Quick Learning from Failure Learning from Failure Learning from Failure - Get approved by Apple - Do as much work for the user as possible Version 1.0 - Frustration w/ Twitter Version 1.0 - Frustration w/


  1. 0 to 100 Real Quick

  2. Learning from “Failure”

  3. Learning from “Failure”

  4. Learning from “Failure” - Get approved by Apple - Do as much work for the user as possible

  5. Version 1.0 - Frustration w/ Twitter

  6. Version 1.0 - Frustration w/ Twitter - “Yik Yak?”

  7. Version 1.0 - Frustration w/ Twitter - “Yik Yak?” - The most advanced tech ever (php, mysql, DO, Parse)

  8. Pop Quiz! A) Walking around tailgates in a yak costume B) Flyers around a college campus C) Email the sororities and fraternities D) Drop beer off at greek houses

  9. - Scalability

  10. - Scalability - Personalization

  11. - Scalability - Personalization - FOMO

  12. - Scalability - Personalization - FOMO - Leverage Networks

  13. - Scalability - Personalization - FOMO - Leverage Networks Try Everything

  14. Getting Lucky

  15. Don’t take shots before a red-eye

  16. Don’t take shots before a red-eye Don’t count your chickens before they hatch

  17. Don’t take shots before a red-eye Don’t count your chickens before they hatch Don’t close doors

  18. It’s All About People - Raised $10MM and started hiring

  19. It’s All About People - Raised $10MM and started hiring - Sets the culture

  20. It’s All About People - Raised $10MM and started hiring - Sets the culture - Something special about first hires

  21. It’s All About People - Raised $10MM and started hiring - Sets the culture - Something special about first hires - Invest in people’s development

  22. - Traction attracts money

  23. - Traction attracts money - Play hard to get

  24. - Traction attracts money - Play hard to get - Have multiple options

  25. So what went wrong?

  26. Constant Negative Press Doesn’t Help Word of Mouth Growth

  27. Misbalanced the internal needs of the company vs the external needs of the user

  28. Listened to ourselves instead of our users

  29. Start Simple. Start Small.

  30. Start Now.

  31. Questions

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