The startup industry is booming and the opportunity for having a fulfilled career and making an impact in the world couldn’t be greater. At the same time, it can be overwhelming! In this slideshare we start with a very high level approach to deconstructing a fulfilling career and work down all the way to tactical steps to get your foot in the door at a startup so you can land a job.

1. BREAKING AND ENTERING
INTOTECH STARTUPS
Sam Hysell
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2. Let’s take a second to realize what we’re actually living
through right now

5. HEDONIC ADAPTION
If you aren’t happy today,
You still won’t be happy when you get what you want

6. START WITH WHY?
Nobody cares what you do,
it’s all about WHYYOU DO IT!
Simon Sinek
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7. WHY AREYOU CHANGING
CAREER PATHS?
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8. IN ORDERTO BE FULFILLED,
YOU MUST LEARN
WHAT DOESN’T FULFILLYOU!
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9. FAIL
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10. THETRUE WAY ISTHROUGHTRYING
NEWTHINGS AND MEETING NEW
PEOPLE
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12. HOFFMAN REVERSE
ENGINEERING
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What are the key skills needed to
run a company?

13. MIKE KARNJANAPRAKORN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=r_yOzJqdXFQ
Founder and CEO of Skillshare
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16. TIME FOR A LITTLE EXERCISE
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17. TIME FOR A LITTLE EXERCISE
What are 3 things that excite you?
What are the 3 biggest issues/problems
you care about?
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18. SKILLSHARE COREVALUES
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19. PERSONAL BRAND
+
NETWORK
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20. YOU ARE WHOYOU CHILL WITH
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21. VALUE OF A NETWORK
“Your network is an indispensable source of intelligence because people offer private observations
and impressions that would never appear in a public place like the Wall Street Journal”
Reid Hoffman
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22. “CURATE WHOYOU FOLLOW. YOU’RE
LETTINGTHEM INYOUR BRAIN,ANDYOU
WANTTO SURROUNDYOURSELF WITHTHE
BEST IDEAS.”
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@bwats
Rising Star / Analyst at USV
http://bit.ly/nyctechguide

23. PERSONAL BRANDING
MOST PEOPLE ARE
BORING AS
$*%&
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*well at least that’s how they come off

24. HOWTO NOT BE BORING
Wear your passions on your sleeve (AKA Be Naked)
Both Online and Off
Nobody can turn down a hustler with a curious and
passionate mind
Only you know and see the world like you do!
Leverage your unique perspective!
Use the flinch as a motivator
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Read “How to Win Friends & Influence People”

25. WHAT DOES NETWORKING
MEANTOYOU?
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26. START MEETING PEOPLE
&
ADDINGVALUE
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27. HOWTO GROWYOUR NETWORK
Ask thoughtful & specific questions/feedback that exploit the
overlap of your why & theirs
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Stand the $*%& out through empathy
1. What are your biggest challenges?
2. What’s most exciting about what you’re working on?
Dig your well BEFORE you’re thirsty

28. YOU’RE SO LUCKYTO BE IN SI
NYC RIGHT NOW
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29. SO...
Hit up one Meetup each week
Talk to random people, ask them the 2 questions, and follow up (canned
responses)
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31. MENTOR HACK
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32. GETTING AN AWESOME MENTOR
Find someone already doing what you want
to do
Ask them what they recommend you do
now if you want to be like them 1 year out
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33. GETTING AN AWESOME JOB
1. Find a company you want to work for
2. Find the decision maker for your ideal role
3.Write an awesome email
1-3.Align Passion
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34. RAPPORTIVE HACK
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37. CRUSHING AN INTERVIEW
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38. One-sided interviews = Inferiority = Fail
Conversations = Equal Status =You’re Hired
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39. ScreenThem as Much asThey ScreenYou
Stephen Finance Story
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40. Create Urgency
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41. End with “What Concerns doYou Have?”
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44. HOLLA ATCHA BOIII
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