Drawing comparisons between baseball and startups. Emphasizing that base hits are just as good as the elusive home run in the startup world. No matter what you do, keep swinging and don't let the strike outs keep you from the game.

1. STARTUP WEEKEND

2. BE LIKE HOBBS

3. WE DON’T PLAY BY THE RULES

4. HOWEVER...

5. Baseball...? Startups...?
starting and
hitting are similar

6. 85% of all startup weekend pitches ride the roller
coaster of wild, whacky, new, awesome, next and
highly unlikely
Most if not all Startup Weekend pitch ideas give ya
the vibe of insanity, wtf, impossible, lol, yeah right,
and highly unlikely.

7. and generally... that’s accepted, however it doesn’t
mean you exactly.. win.

8. =
strikes do add up, and they can take a toll on you,
your life, your spouse, your income, your capacity to
dream and more...

10. home runs in startups, especially for first timers is hard
total strike outs are the norm
its the base hit single that most people don’t consider

11. there’s more to startups
than home runs

12. hobbs law
• Aspire to play the game regardless of the rules.
• Home runs are the black swans of the startup
world, possible, but rare and critical of human
nature.
• Base hits, singles and doubles make the game great.

13. base hit logic
• Improve on the known by 1-5% and incrementally
ramp that up as you net traction.
• The known isn’t striving for home runs, its building
on established norms- find a biz that works today,
and improve it.
• Remember you’re still playing the game.

14. YOUR MISSION

15. GET UP TO THE PLATE!

16. GOOD LEADERS INSPIRE, GREAT
LEADERS GET OUT OF THE WAY

17. YOU CAN’T HIDE
FROM IT
GET DATA
TALK TO POTENTIAL
USERS/CUSTOMERS
VALIDATE THE GUT
BAD IDEAS

18. VALIDATE
THE CORE IDEA
NOT THE
FEATURES

19. talk..
to some REAL users
do..
some USEFUL surveys
leverage..
the MENTORS that
are here to help you

20. no devs
be 1000 times
more creative
have devs be
1000 times more
productive
the tech really
doesn’t matter
BUILD IT
you don’t need
code to talk to
customers and
get data

22. have a blast

23. NEVER STOP