Ben Parr's LeWeb 2011

2. So You Want to Be
an Entrepreneur...

5. Entrepreneurship
in 2012

6. Three Big So-Lo-
Mo Trends To
Watch

7. Three Big Problems
That Will Face
Startups

8. Some Friendly
Advice

9. #1

10. Local Social
Networks

11. Ideal Use Case for
So-Lo-Mo

12. Nextdoor

13. Opentable Co-
founder’s startup

14. Local Isn’t About
Location

15. It’s About Groups

16. It’s About Groups

17. Social Enterprise

18. #2

21. 182 Million

22. 19.5

23. 50%

24. 50%

25. Hulu Example

26. Not Monetized
Properly

27. #3

28. The End of the
Realtime Web

29. The End of the
Realtime Web

31. TRANSITION
SLIDE

32. Three Big Problems
Facing
Entrepreneurs

33. #1

37. #2

38. Talent Wars

40. 34%

41. 38%

44. Startup Offering
Cows (picture of a
cow)

45. #3

48. The Truth

49. Most Ideas Suck

51. Incremental

52. It’s Easier to Build
Incremental Ideas

53. Picture of Funding
(Arrington Smoking
Money?)

54. It’s Getting
Crowded

55. Photo-Sharing
Apps

71. (Please Don't Build
a Photo-Sharing
App)

72. The Truth

73. Changing the
World Is Really,
Really, Really Hard

74. Advice

75. #1

76. #1

77. Build a Business
For the Long-Term

78. Revenue - Costs =
Profit!

79. #2

80. Be Adaptable

81. Great Ideas Evolve

82. So Do Great
Entrepreneurs

83. So Do Great
Entrepreneurs

84. So Do Great
Entrepreneurs

85. So Do Great
Entrepreneurs

86. #3

87. Don’t Build a
Company

88. Build a Cause

89. Braveheart Picture

91. “I’m convinced that about
half of what separates the
successful entrepreneurs
from the non-successful
ones is pure
perseverance.”

92. Questions?

93. @benparr
Slides on
BenParr.com

94. Credits:
Flickr: Stargazer95050, Zoomar, Viernest, casch52
UCLA, ComScore, TheNextWeb, Mashable,
TechCrunch, lolcats everywhere