This is my deck from a mentor session at the Funder Institute's Hong Kong chapter from July 28, 2014. Since my slides are not very descriptive let me elaborate my talking points in this SlideShare's description. Overview Slide 2-18: About Phonejoy Slide 2-8: Covers the early concept stage (2011), market discovery, the problem, to creation of MVP with friend, colleague and later co-founder Alexander Moroz (Phonejoy Analog, Slide 8, in 2011/2012) to Full Product of the Phonejoy controller in 2013/2014. Slide 9-12: Product overview Expandable, patented Bluetooth game controller for smartphones with its own app on iOS and Android. Slide 13 Raised successfully some money on Kickstarter and through Angels. Slide 14 A lot of press coverage. Slide 15-16 Full production by late 2013, early 2014 with retail presence in stores like HMV (Hong Kong/Singapore) as well as Amazon (US), Newegg (US), eBay, and many more. Slide 17 Honored by Hong Kong Internet Society as Startup Of The Year 2014. Got to present product to C.Y. Leung. Slide 18 Lot of internal and external problems. Led to me resigning from company day-to-day business as unable to manage the company in its state. Slide 19 Wordcloud of some of the challenges we were facing, and why today's topic of hiring and finding co-founders, key employees and advisers matters to every tech startup. Slide 20 Ideal Founding Team more in comments Slide 21 Hiring and Retaining Your Employees more in comments Slide 22 Finding Advisors more in comments Slide 23 Categorising Advisors and Advice more in comments