Web.Start
Zagreb | 8.-9. svibnja 2008

5000 days old

“The Internet changed the way we live and
do business, the next 5000 days will have 10
x as much impact. We’re only at the very
beginning of the technology age!”

infinite bandwidth

unstoppable growth of
internet connections

Cheap computing,
infinite bandwith
unstoppable growth of
internet connections,
Open Standards

9 billion euros of Gold.
= market value of
Facebook

5000 days old

foto publiek

Scarce

Dream Team
Croatian Dream Team?

?

How to build a
successful startup?

How to build a
successful startup?

5 Ingredients
Idea
Team
Time
Money
Spirit

Ideas are worth nothing, it is about
execution.
How to pick your idea as time is scarse?
Fleck verhaal
ConfNet work verhaal
Conclusion:
1. What is keeping you up at night. same as
with girls.
2. Solve a problem

Pick your partners based on skills,
complementary skills.
If you chose a friend as partner realize you can
lose him or her when things go bad.
Fleck verhaal (2 founders)
Confnet work (5 founders)

Dedication is important. Make sure
you’re all on the same page.
From idea to launch takes about 6
months, take into account that your
idea will evolve over time while building
to ser vice.
Fleck verhaal. hele concept omgegooid 3
maanden voor launch.
Confnet work, same story, after first
test we saw that it needed to be changed
radically

How much do you need?
Do you need investors or can you bootstrap.
Getting funded takes a lot of time and is
delaying your launch, ideal situation is to raise
money after you’ve launched.
If you want to raise money at all..!
Focus on earning money from your customers.
37signals, animoto

37signals

Animoto.com

Have fun!
Spirit (picture)
Startup life is hard and you can
make more money somewhere
else. But it is inspiring, fun and
keeping the spirit is very
important. The vibe and passion
you have for your service will
affect other people, that i
AND it can be good marketing as
well.

More focus on making money.
B-2-Small C
hybrid companies focussing on online tools
with offline spinoffs.
Mobile web will become mainstream.
Develop for android and iPhone
Ubiquitous. It is already.

Final Conclusions:
• We are just at the beginning
• Find your idea
• Don’t waste time and talent, work together
• Focus on getting your app out there
• Worry about VCs later.
• Have fun

Thanks!
Pitanje ili kava?
ConfNetwork.com
patrick@ Fleck.com
TheNextWeb.org