Dimitris Glezos presents a hands-on howto on the mentality and steps projects which changed the world in a revolutionary, disruptive way.

1. Building a Revolutionary
Project
Or: How to get invited to conferences
after you've pissed everyone off.
Dimitris Glezos
glezos@indifex.com

2. Who?
@glezos
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4. Revolutionary
- adj. Marked by or resulting in radical change.
Bringing about or supporting a revolution.
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6. It's all about
Value
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7. Winds of Change
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8. “If I had asked people what they wanted
they would have said faster horses”
—Henry Ford
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9. Change Everything
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10. “If you really want feedback
be controversial and provocative”
—Richard Hughes
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11. Build it for yourself
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12. Interlude:
Three Cool Business Models
(aka Slashdot's #3 step '???' to success)
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13. Open Source
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14. Software as a service
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15. Web 2.0
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16. Fund yourself
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17. “First, we build great software.
Second, we take great care of our customers.
And third, we tell the world about it.
That's it. Anything else is a distraction.”
—CAMERON PURDY, Oracle
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18. Get going
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19. The drawing board
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20. Build a great
team
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22. Be agile
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23. Focus
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24. Embrace reality
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25. Just friggin'
Build the thing
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26. “Don't type, prototype.
Don't worry, be crappy.”
—Guy Kawasaki
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27. Choose a cool name
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28. Enjoy the ride!
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29. FIN
glezos@indifex.com
@glezos on Twitter
Presentation available at http://bit.ly/fossin09glz
Photo Credits: icanhascheezburger.com
Dimitris Glezos · Building a Revolutionary Project · FOSS.in '09