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1. How I stopped watching
p0rn and other
*kinkiness*?
Akshay Surve, Wannabe p0rnStaR!
@AkshaySurve / akshaysurve.com
#BCM9 - June 2012
2. Warning
- Don‟t follow this presentation at home
- If you ignore the earlier warning; keep in mind that I
have suitably had to modify the presentation when I
uploaded it online. The *original* presentation only
had the *p0rn* side of things; I added my speaker
notes to this presentation as intermediate slides to
make it meaningful for anyone who is viewing it.
3. Confession
- What I say, what I write and what I present are a
figment of _ONLY_ my imagination and please don't
hold me, my colleagues, my family or people I
mention accountable.
- BUT
I have two words for you >>>
4. Confession
- What I say, what I write and what I present are a
figment of _ONLY_ my imagination and please don't
hold me, my colleagues, my family or people I
mention accountable.
- BUT
I have two words for you >>>
5. Presentation Aid
- I'm a perverted personality; excuse me if I use words
interchangeably
startup >> p0rn / sex / k1nky
funding >> d1ck
revenues >> ba11s
- Use your imagination for the rest |*|
|____|
6. Presentation Aid (notes)
I‟m a tinkerer; and I am sometimes blamed to use words
interchangeably. If I do so today, please excuse me.
Before I start I would like confess this is the most explicit
presentation I have given and do take this in good spirit;
if possible have a heart laugh; contribute when you feel
like; draw parallels when you see them and fascinate as
much as you like about things you want to.
7. Background
- Started watching p0rn when I was around 16;
books; TV; magazines; lil online. 16 - 22 was
exploratory!
- First worked for a p0rn film at 22
- I have two HomeMade / Handycam films to my credit
- Worked in phoren p0rn film; character role, small
crew; X-rated BOX Office HIT
8. Background (notes)
- I started in a very naive way; not sure of where I wanted to be. Newspapers,
self-help books was all I knew about. Everything felt very glossy,... I found
myself in awe entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship.
- Straight out of engineering college I got a job in a startup; I will tell you more
about this story and how it is relevant today
- I have also worked on a couple of my own startup-sy ideas; you may not
have heard of them but they were personally the most satisfying
experiences
- I was also the core team member of a NYC based startup – which is the
fastest growing fashion based ecommerce startup in US
- Currently, I‟m working on a 3rd startup; bigger crew and with seed funding –
deltax.com
- I‟m here to share 3 stories which got me out of just being a watcher /
follower of startups to actually being an insider
9. Story #1
#BCM1 - 2006 (The Opportunity)
(the new comer)
(the p0rn film-maker / producer)
10. Story #1 (notes)
- Mid-2006, with my final year engineering exams still to begin, and I had
already secured a placement in PCS; I read about this thing called
“BarCamp Mumbai” I found it very interesting to start with; add to it the path
breaking thought of no-speakers; no-audience only „participants‟. I thought
to my self this would be really interesting.
- A night before the BarCamp, I thought let me share a small project that I
was working on in my free time. It was called „TagSufer‟. I won‟t get into
what the project was all about but let me share with you how it lead to
things.
- I met Mahesh Murthy (Pinstorm / Seedfund / Business Bazigaar fame)
there; He was also a fellow presenter. I didn‟t know a lot about him then, but
all I know 2 hours after the conference he drove me in his car to the
Pinstorm office and introduced me with the whole team there. This place
which he called his office felt like a coffee shop, buzzing with energy. I knew
I wanted to be here; I knew I wanted to work at this place – I didn‟t know
what I would work on.
- And to cut the long story short; I did make it to Pinstorm and that‟s how
BarCamp led me to my first job.
11. Story #2
2007 - 2010 (Fcuk fests)
CodeCamp Mumbai
Pune Ruby/ Rails (2007)
Hackthon
Yahoo!
(2006)
Open Hack Day
(2009)
#piHackathon
(2011)
12. Story #2 (notes)
- 2007 was when I left Pinstorm; I will tell you in brief what I did but here is what
I was doing in the background – tinkering
- I must confess that I love high energy places. Ruby was the hottest chick in
town; I wooed her big time. One thing led to another – and if I look back at the
last 3-4 years I won and participated in some exciting events.
- These events have helped me immensely; they allow me to cut the crap and
do what I best do – code.
14. Story #3 (notes)
- I still kept hustling, still trying to find my sweet spot
- Worked on two projects which were very close to my heart – SocialSync
and Ads4Good; also got a close feel of incubators (UnltdIndia and
GoodCompany Ventures in Philadelphia); participated and won B-Plan
competition
- The best part about this phase was the exposure
15. 3 things I discovered
about the p0rn Industry
- What you see is not how it's really shot
- *Big d1cks* & *Big ba11s* (and don't forget the new
found fascination for *Small d1cks* & *Big ba11s*)
- 0rgasms are over-rated; pain is TRUE.
Note: Presentation Aid; use your imagination where neededstartup >> p0rn / sex /
k1nky
revenues >> ba11s
funding >> d1ck
16. 3 things I discovered (notes)
- People cook-up stories; or let me say this that the media loves to cover rags
to riches; small town to making it big; years of hardwork vs. overnight
success. I don‟t blame them but everything that you see and read is not the
whole story
- Funding and acquisition news stories are the holy grail of the *startup
times*. I would remember reading countless articles about startups raising
funding, personal experiences of founders and loads of howto‟s but all that
true is that there is no magic formula. You be at it and you crack it or you
can atleast see through things
- How much ever I say that I love working and how satisfying this job feels –
there have been times when it‟s been really painful. Sometime more than
painful it‟s been putting yourself under the bedsheet all alone away from the
world.
17. STOP watching START doing!
- Be part of a p0rn film
- Don't shy away from going indie; star in your own
HomeMade / MMS
- Keep h00king with other *perverts*; they are
everywhere!
18. STOP watching START doing (notes)
- Work at a *good* startup; or a smart workplace. Nothing better than seeing
and observing things for yourself
- There is never a right time. If you really ask me; I would advice you should
have started „yesterday‟ but at the same time you are neither late. Nothing
better than learning to walk by falling numerous times and at times crawling
on all your fours.
- Today companies are acquiring startups not for the business idea that they
are working on but for the team that is working on the business idea. Being
at the place you are, you will not be able to buy talent – you can only team
with it. Where and how will you find the talent that you want to achieve your
startup idea; colleges and workplace is where you get a change to form
you‟re A-team; don‟t miss it! The co-founders for all the projects/startups I
have worked on have been from either my college, the startup that I worked
for or someone I met through hackathons.
19. 5 things people will vouch for in the
p0rn industry (sometimes over-repeated)
- Choose a *professional* crew not *thurkeys*
- Good forep1ay is key
startup >> p0rn / sex / k1nky Note: Presentation Aid; use
funding >> d1ck your imagination where needed
revenues >> ba11s startup >> p0rn
- Size of your d1ck doesn't matter revenues >> ba11s
funding >> d1ck
foreplay >> vet your idea
- Having ba11s is important
- Search for the G-sp0t is what keeps everyone busy
20. 5 things people will vouch (notes)
- I‟m not going to stress on this but for once I will let your imagination fly!
(Didn‟t explain this slide during the presentation but…)
- Team is critical and sometimes fatal
- Vetting the idea is important
- Funding is not everything
- Revenue will keep you going
- You can find your own sweet spot; do what you love and love what you do
21. Parting Confessions
- I still watch p0rn; but now as a insider;
news.ycombinator.com is my *current* p0rnHub
- This event is no less than an 0rgy; you will find
p0rnstars, film-makers, producers all around
P.S: H00k up with me @AkshaySurve or tweet with
hash tag #bcm9 #p0rnif you want to take part in an
0rgy on twitter
22. Parting Confessions (notes)
- Over the years I have been able to move from being outside to an insider. I
still catch-up on startup news, articles and books but now I cannot only
relate better but also look through things
- This is probably the only part of my presentation when I‟m going to use an
expletive word during the presentation. This is the best orgy in town; if you
come out of your shell there Is no reason why you would go back home
without hooking up with someone.