Presentation to an undergraduate class about global opportunities and leveraging technology for business and entrepreneurship

1. Globalization of the
Local
Opportunities through technology for Generation Y

3. Instantly International

4. Massively Distributed
Media

5. Challenges
• "don't have any money"
• "don't know anyone"
• "don't have any good ideas"

6. Challenges
Excuses
Excuses
• "don't have any money"
• "don't know anyone"
• "don't have any good ideas"

7. Crowdfunding

8. TikTok & LunaTik
• US$15,000 target

9. TikTok & LunaTik
US$941,000

10. Pebble Watch
• US$100,000 target

11. Pebble Watch
US$10.26 million!

12. "don't know anyone"

13. It's not about who you
know. It's about who
knows you

14. "If you don't tell us what
you did then it never
happened"
Hilary Clinton

15. Build a reputation
• Facebook - TPE and Upstarts
• Email - Inc. Magazine letter
• Writing - Jamaica Observer and Wealth
Magazine
• Volunteer - Diaspora and US State Dept

16. R.O.P.E.
• Represent
• Ownership
• Participate
• Engage

17. Build an audience
• Be human
• Be accessible
• Be helpful
• Be respectful

18. "don't have any good
ideas"

19. "Good artists copy.
Great artists steal"
Pablo Picasso

20. Only 3 Options
• Start coming up with ideas
• Copy ideas (and improve on them)
• Partner with ideas person

22. Richard Branson's
Advice
"You should start a business
around something that is a
passion of yours"

23. Richard Branson's
Advice
"It has to be about more than
making money"

24. Reading List
• Losing My Virginity - Richard Branson
• How to win friends and influence people - Dale
Carnegie
• The Art of the Start - Guy Kawasaki
• Upstarts - Donna Fenn
• The Pumpkin Plan - Mike Michalowicz

25. @davidmullings
Facebook.com/davidpmullings
Facebook.com/davidpmullings
Facebook.com/davidpmullings