2. Interface3
• We make attention grabbing digital
experiences.
• We use the latest technologies (augmented
reality, mobile games, Kinect, interactive
tables) creatively to make things that stand
out.
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7. • Tigerface creates collaborative learning games
on mobile platforms.
• Our games support collaborative learning and
foster group-based problem solving skills in
the Primary School classroom.
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10. Some stats
• Started Interface3 in Nov 2009 (a week after
thesis submission). 3.5 years ago.
• Grew from 1 person (just me) to 5 full time
staff and 2 part time/interns.
• Turnover is well over 6 figures, and have had
double digit year on year growth for the last 3
years.
11. 6 BITS OF ADVICE ON STARTING UP
A BUSINESS
(Listen to the bits you like, discard the ones that are irrelevant.)
15. • Executing means getting stuff done.
• Your one and single worry at the start is: 1)
how to make something people want. 2)
making it.
• If you’re doing anything else, you’re doing it
wrong.
17. • It is well known and well established that a
company can only move as quick as the
CEO/Founder can learn.
• As professional learners – you should be
better than anyone else at this.
18. Reading list
• Getting to Plan B, John Mullins and Randy
Komisar
• The Lean Startup, Eric Ries
• The Startup Owner’s Manual, Steve Blank and
Bob Dorf
• Do more Faster, David Cohen and Brad Feld
• Rules for Revolutionaries, Guy Kawasaki
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20. MOVE FAST. SPEED IS THE ONLY
ADVANTAGE OF BEING IN A SMALL
COMPANY.
Number 4
21. • You will have 101 decisions that you have to
make every day.
• Decide what is reversible, and what is not.
Then make the decisions quick and move
quickly.
• If you’re not moving fast enough to break
something, then you’re doing it wrong.
25. • Startups are hard. Statistically, you’re more
likely to fail than you are to succeed.
• Pick something that you’re so passionate
about, that even if it fails, you will like it was
worth it.
