1. Jesse Podell, Co-Founder
The Startup Companies, Inc.
December 4, 2013

7. Content +
Community
“I have no talent, except
being able to enjoy and
recognize it in others.”
- David Geffen

8. www.jessepodell.com/columbia

9. ME, ME, ME
about.me/jessepod
@JESSEPOD

10. WORK, WORK, WORK
@NYCDEVSHOP
@NYTECHDAY

15. I WASN’T ALWAYS AN
ENTREPRENEUR

19. “It's easy to have ideas,
it's very hard to turn
ideas into a successful
product.”
- Jeff Bezos

22. Too many features

24. Unrealistic

25. I WILL SELL MY DATA!!!

26. I ALREADY KNOW WHAT THE USER WANTS

27. I CAN RAISE MONEY FIRST THEN FIGURE IT OUT

28. SOLUTION:
GET OUT OF THE BUILDING!!!

32. Non-Technical folk applying to
tech startups

34. Experienced Developers applying to
tech startups

38. NYC Startup Events
www.garysguide.com
www.thisisgoingtobebig.com/weekly
www.startuponestop.com
www.startupdigest.com
www.nytechday.com

39. Startup Blogs
http://avc.com/
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/
http://www.thisisgoingtobebig.com/
http://steveblank.com/
http://gust.com/angel-investing/startup-blogs/
http://paulgraham.com/articles.html
www.bradfeld.com

40. www.jessepodell.com/columbia