We were honoured to have the chance to Keynote speak at the 2015 Be The Change celebration in Monterrey Mexico. It was an AMAZING event and a truly wonderful audience. Thank you to Alfonso and Christopher and Sofia for the invite.

1. INTRODUCTION
 Live in New Zealand
 Travel all Around the World
 Busy, Loud, Happy, Crazy Family of 6
 Working to be the change we want to see in the world
…Just like ALL OF YOU

2. YOU CAN
Change the World
Embrace
Innovation, Collaboration, Hope

3. WHERE IT ALL BEGAN – NZ SHEEPSKIN
BABY PHOTO (OBLIGATORY)

4. GROWING UP IN NZ IN THE 70’S-80’S – NOT
HIGH TECH (LOOK AT OUR TV!)

5. BEACHES, PICNICS, PLAYGROUNDS, THE
LIBRARY! LOVED KNOWLEDGE…

6. IN THE MOUTH OF A TANEWHA AT THE ZOO IN
AUCKLAND NZ

7. GREW UP IN A LEAFY AUCKLAND SUBURB

8. ROAD TRIPS AS A KID…LITTLE DID I KNOW I’D BE
ON THE ROAD SO MUCH AS AN ADULT

9. HIGHSCHOOL – SMART, NERDY, LONELY

10. SURROUND YOURSELF WITH GOOD AND
SUPPORTIVE PEOPLE – I’M STILL FRIENDS WITH
MANY OF THESE PEOPLE.

11. UNIVERSITY – FOUND MY PLACE IN THE WORLD –
FREAKS, GEEKS AND ACADEMICS

12. PITCH ’N TIME
 Bass player
 Wanted to slow down CDs
 No existing tech
 Redefined problem
 New solution!

13.  Formed in April 1998
 Business partner AJ Bertenshaw
 Plus my mother & his father
 Persistence!
 Public reveal November 1999

14. DIGITAL VINYL
 Problem: Replace vinyl records with MP3s
 Approach: “listen” to the record
 Timecode?
 NoiseMap

15. SCRATCH LIVE
 Released April 2004
 Sales as expected
…then exponential growth

16. CONTROL VINYL COLLECTORS
 Different colours, themes and prints
 Over 8,000 active collectors

17. CONTROL VINYL COLLECTORS

18. HATERS GONNA HATE
 If you have critics…
 …then you’re doing something important!

19. BUT YOU’LL HAVE FANS TOO

20. WHAT ARE THE LESSONS?
 Solve a problem you have!
 If you are suffering, thousands or
millions of others probably are too
 You are more likely to see a project
through if you are passionate about it
and familiar with it

21. LESSONS
 Be Sustainable
 Start small
 Be agile

22. LESSONS
 Collaborate
 Share with others, draw on their
expertise
 Identify your strengths and
weaknesses
 Find mentors
 Find partners that complement

23. LESSONS
 Be Nice!

24. WHAT NOW? WE’RE DOING IT AGAIN…

25. FOLLOWING OUR PASSION

26. INTRODUCING DEE
 Innovation
 New ideas are exciting there is always a better way
 Collaboration
 Working with many people to fill in blind spots
 Learning every day
 ENTHUSIASM
 Nothing great was every accomplished without
enthusiasm – Ralph Waldo Emmerson

27. WHY WE LOVE DFC!
 FEEL
 IMAGINE
 DO
 SHARE

28. ALWAYS BE KIND.
ALWAYS.
 Everyone is
infinitely important,
whether you are
just getting started
or on top of the
world, always work
very hard to be
Kind!
 An investment that
costs you nothing

29. BETTER TOGETHER
 Mistakes are how we
learn – We all make
them!
 Avoid “yes” people
 Find Cheerleaders
 We Learn by Teaching
 We Learn by DOING
 Seek Truth

30. THANK YOU!
 Thank you so much
for your time, we hope
you enjoyed it as
much as we did!

31. QUESTIONS
 Every question you ask will win a T-Shirt!
 We’re excited to share our knowledge about:
 Serato
 Charge.net.nz
 Entrepreneurship
 Having a young Family
 What we try to teach our kids
 What school was like for us
 Stuff we have learned