1.
LONDON SAN FRANCISCO READING NEW YORK
UR STORY is THE evolution of social Data
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STORY OF DATASIFT + DOING IT ALL AGAIN
NICK HALSTEAD presents
www.BusinessofSoftware.org

2.
“YOU DISAGREE WITH EVERYTHING EVERYONE ELSE
SAYS”, (what my wife said)
HOW IT ALL BEGAN

3.
THE BEGINNING (2008)

4.
LONDON NETWORKING

5.
LEARNING TO TELL A STORY

6.
ANGEL INVESTORS 101
SMART
PEOPLE
PEOPLE WITH
MONEY
PEOPLE WHO
DONT
INTERFERE
DOESN'T EXIST

7.
TWEETMEME

8.
WHAT DO THE FOLLOWING HAVE IN COMMON?

9.
ROBERT SCOBLE
GUY KAWASAKI HERMANN HAUSER

10.
BATTLE OF THE BUTTONS

11.
BEING FIRST

12.
BUTTONS SOLD TO TWITTER

13.
DATASIFT

14.
SMART
PEOPLE
RAISINGVENTURE CAPITAL
PEOPLE YOU
KNOW
PEOPLE WITH
LOTS OF MONEY

15.
CEO CTO

16.
THE GOOD …

17.
THE BAD …

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AND THE CRAZY …

19.
CTO CEO

20.
DOING IT ALL AGAIN (WITH LESS MISTAKES?)

21.
HIRING THE BEST

22.
RAISING CAPITAL
THINGS TO AVOID

23.
LEARNING DILUTION
see http://bit.ly/1TEKd1U
STATE OF TYPICAL COMPANY AFTER SERIES ‘C’
STARTING NUMBER OF CO-FOUNDERS HAS
THE BIGGEST IMPACT ON HOW MUCH
YOU EXIT WITH

24.
GOING THE EXTRA MILE

25.
STORY
STORY
STORY

26.
COGNITIVE LOGIC
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