Enrique Allen, Designer Fund, Warm Gun 2012

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EVAN SHARPof Pinterest

EVAN SHARP of Pinterest“I did well at [University of Chicago] and itwasn’t negative, but it was the wrong schoolfor me. en later on, I went to architectureschool for graduate school and that was theopposite. It made sense for me. I just killed itbecause it was all about making, with a littlebit of reading and writing. Maybe not enoughof that actually.”

LESSONSchool major isn’t always a predictor

RASHMI SINHAof Slideshare

RASHMI SINHA of Slideshare“We built Mindcanvas with the revenues fromconsulting and built Slideshare based on therevenues from that and from consulting. Wejust took it step after step.”

LESSONBuild on small wins

Yves Beharof fuseproject

YVES BEHAR of fuseprojectAt these Internet parties, over-stimulatedMBA guys would be like, “We’re doing thisvirtually. We’re shipping toys to people.” And Iwould tell them, “I actually make the stuﬀ. Imake tangible goods that people can enjoy.”And their eyes would just completely glazeover, and like “poof!” I disappeared from theconversation. It was like, “is guy isirrelevant, who else can we talk to?” en thebust happened.

LESSONBe ahead of the bust

CHRISTINABRODBECKof theicebreak

CHRISTINA BRODBECK of theicebreak“While I was at NASA, Max Levchin from PayPalstarted an incubator called MRL Ventures andone of the companies was looking for a designer.I knew this was my chance. I really had to provemyself because even though some of them weremy friends, they weren’t just going to give me ajob. I did work for them to prove that they shouldhire me while still working at NASA. Some dayswhen I was “working from home”, I was really inthe city working to convince my friends tohire me.”

LESSONStep up and prove yourself

MATIAS COREA & SCOTT BELSKY of Behance

SCOTT BELSKY MATIAS COREA of Behance“e funny thing is if you look at the initialmockups from 2005, we had no fucking cluewhat we were doing on the technology,product side. But we were both real students.”

LESSONFind a complementary partner

SCOTT BELSKY of Behance“Probably a lot of people aren’t cut out for this.It’s a tumultuous roller coaster of a journey andthere are many times when it would be a loteasier to have my paycheck and my healthinsurance and just check in, check out andknow I’m going to have a job in three years. Butfor people who have the drive, who want tocreate value in this world, that’s the start ofwhat you need to become a founder.”

SUMMARYSchool major isn’t always a predictorBuild on small winsBe ahead of the bustStep up and prove yourselfFind a complementary partner

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Enrique Allen, Designer Fund, Warm Gun 2012

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