Gabe Velez has started multiple startups over the years, winning some competitions but also experiencing issues like co-founders leaving. He discusses various startups from 2012 to 2015, including WhatNow, Voutche, and Linesnap. Through these experiences, he has learned to deeply research problems before pitching ideas and building companies around solving them. He encourages taking risks and persevering through the entrepreneurial process of eating, sleeping, and repeatedly pitching ideas.

1. entrepreurs be nuts, yo.
by @gabevelez

2. Hi! I’m Gabe Velez
& I must be crazy.

3. 2012| WhatNow
WON:
$5,000 via Techcrunch Disrupt NYC CityGrid Media API award
$1,000 via WePay Hackathon Award
WHAT HAPPENED: Founder quit & got a job at GOOGLE :(

4. 2013| Voutche
WON:
$5,000 via VISA Global Security Summit Developer Challenge
WHAT HAPPENED: Founder Issues

5. 2013-2014| Linesnap
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WON:
Startup Weekend Summer 2013
GRADUATED FI 2014
WHAT HAPPENED: Co-Founder left & got a job at a Startup

6. 2015| Back at it
threadfarer.com
SIGN UP NOW. I’LL WAIT.

7. All of these
work to solve
problems.

8. DIG DEEP
ON THE PROBLEM

9. Eat, Sleep, Pitch, Repeat. Eat, Sleep, Pitch, Repe
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Eat, Sleep, pitch that shit. Pitch, Repea
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itch, Repeat. Eat, Sleep, Pitch, Repeat. Eat, Sleep
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11. GO NUTS or GO HOME

12. THANKS for
LISTENING!
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