Starting Up with Sex, Love, & Violence
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Slides from my talk "Starting Up With Sex, Love, & Violence" from Intl Startup Festival (Montreal, July 2012)
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Starting Up with Sex, Love, & Violence
- 1. Starting Up with Sex, Love, & Violence.
- 2. WARNING:
- 3. WARNING!!! this deck is guaranteed to offend, provide tragically incorrect advice, and perhaps get you arrested. Fucking Deal with it.
- 4. [This Talk] • Be Different, Take Risk!!! • Stand 4 SOMEthing. (or u stand 4 NOthing.) • Tap Into Humanity: Fear, SEX, Power, etc. • Be a Hero, or a Villain. (just don’t fucking BORE me.) • Pictures, Text, Music: they all say 1000 words. • When It Works, Double Down. • Be Yourself… Only More So KISS: Keep It Simple, Stupid.
- 5. [Dave McClure] 2001-2012: • Startup Investor: 500 Startups, Founders Fund • Tech Marketing: PayPal, Simply Hired, Mint.com • Advisor, Investor: 300+ Startups • Conferences: Warm Gun, Lean Startup, SMASH • Stanford Lecturer: Facebook, Startup Metrics 80’s & 90’s: • Entrepreneur: Founder/CEO Aslan Computing (acq.) • Developer: Windows Apps / SQL DB Admin • User Groups: E-Commerce, Internet, Client-Server • Engineer: Johns Hopkins ‘88, BS Eng / Applied Math
- 6. 500 Startups Seed Fund & Accelerator (330+ companies, 20+ countries) • Design • Data • Distribution
- 8. Read Geoffrey Miller. Sex + Evolution + Consumer Mktg = Awesome Sauce.
- 9. More Great Shit. Psychology + Comics
- 10. [Geek Renaissance] • Tech Innovation • Finance Innovation • Design Innovation • Social Innovation • Global Innovation • Gender Innovation
- 13. Be Different. • Take Risk Early. U Have Nothing 2 Lose. • Playing it Safe = Death. • Pissing People Off is OK. (in fact, #WINNING) • U Can’t Build Brand around INDIFFERENCE. • Love *or* Hate are Ok. Both are Good Signal.
- 14. CHANGE. PEACE. POWER. SEX. Stand 4 SOMEthing. (or stand 4 NO-thing)
- 15. Stand 4 SOMEthing, or Stand 4 NOthing. • Be Iconic. • Single word or emotion. • Don’t be afraid 2b Hated. • Don’t be afraid 2b Shamed. • Aim for the Moon. [Land on the Roof]
- 16. Tap Into Humanity Fear, Sex, Power
- 17. Tap Into Humanity • Fear: What u run from • Sex: Who we love, lust 4 • Power: Ability 2 Control Ur World • Family: Find Ur Tribe. • Anger: Fight 4 Ur Right [2 Party]
- 18. Be a Hero Be a Villain
- 19. Be a Hero… or Villain • Who do u LOVE, Admire, Want 2 B? • Who do u HATE, Despise, [secretly] jealous? • Whatever u are Drawn 2 • Just Don’t Be BORING. • Again: Indifference = Death.
- 20. Say 1000 words. [or just 1 Finger]
- 21. Say 1000 words. • 1 awesome picture. • 3 powerful words, or a few sentences. • 30 sec meaningful music or video. • Less is more. note: these slides are not less.
- 22. If/When It Works Double Down.
- 23. When It Works, Double Down. • If someone loves u, it’s working. • If someone hates u, it’s working. • Once u get signal, try iteration, repetition. • Once u get repetition, try variation. • Good artists COPY; great artists STEAL (from themSELVES!)
- 24. Be Your SELF. (But Be Ur SUPER Self)
- 25. Always Be Your [SUPER] Self • Start from the Heart. • Be Yourself. Be Authentic. Be Comfortable. • But: the MOST AWESOME, PASSIONATE u. • Find a feeling or emotion u can sustain • [sometimes even weakness can be ok]