The Art of the Hustle - Street Smarts for Startups - Anand Agarawala

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How the hell does a kid from Calgary turn his Masters Thesis into a TED Talk and venture backed startup that eventually gets bought by Google? Anand breaks down some of the street fighting tactics that he learned along the way, like how to get crazy amounts of press, what led to the acquisition and how he raised lots of free money. Don't knock the hustle.

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The Art of the Hustle
Street Smarts for Startups

Anand Agarawala
http://honeybrown.ca

Friday, July 15, 2011

University of Toronto Masters Thesis

Friday, July 15, 2011

Relentless
Hunger +
Creativity
Friday, July 15, 2011

The Art Of

Getting Press

Friday, July 15, 2011

The Art of Getting Press

• Have something to talk about. Don’t be derivative

Friday, July 15, 2011

The Art of Getting Press

• Have something to talk about. Don’t be derivative

• The Tweet test. Create something that you would pass onto your friends

Friday, July 15, 2011

The Art of Getting Press

• Have something to talk about. Don’t be derivative

• The Tweet test. Create something that you would pass onto your friends

• Package it up for them. Tell a Story.

Friday, July 15, 2011

What if my startup isn’t demo-candy?

Friday, July 15, 2011

The Art Of

Free Money

Friday, July 15, 2011

We raised $140k+ of free government money

Friday, July 15, 2011

We raised $140k+ of free government money

• Canada has awesome grant programs

Friday, July 15, 2011

We raised $140k+ of free government money

• Canada has awesome grant programs

• Before you spend

• $60k U of Toronto, Heffernan Fellowship

• $50k OCE Market Readiness

• $30k NRC IRAP Youth Employment Strategy grants ($15k each student)

Friday, July 15, 2011

The Art Of Getting To

Speak at TED

Friday, July 15, 2011

The Art Of

Getting Acquired

Friday, July 15, 2011

Getting Acquired

• Process took about 7 months

Friday, July 15, 2011

Getting Acquired

• Process took about 7 months

• Mostly mechanics, structuring, negotiation, lawyer hell

Friday, July 15, 2011

Getting Acquired

• Process took about 7 months

• Mostly mechanics, structuring, negotiation, lawyer hell

• Really demanding, stressful and un-creative

Friday, July 15, 2011

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42. The Art of Getting Press • Have something to talk about. Don’t be derivative • The Tweet test. Create something that you would pass onto your friends • Package it up for them. Tell a Story. • Talking points (raised a round recently? famous angels? backlink to interesting trend/previous story) • Tricks: invite giveaways, press loves exclusivity Friday, July 15, 2011

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50. We raised $140k+ of free government money • Canada has awesome grant programs • Before you spend • $60k U of Toronto, Heffernan Fellowship • $50k OCE Market Readiness • $30k NRC IRAP Youth Employment Strategy grants ($15k each student) • After you spend • $100k’s SRED. Get back ~70% of your wage expenditures. Friday, July 15, 2011

51. We raised $140k+ of free government money • Canada has awesome grant programs • Before you spend • $60k U of Toronto, Heffernan Fellowship • $50k OCE Market Readiness • $30k NRC IRAP Youth Employment Strategy grants ($15k each student) • After you spend • $100k’s SRED. Get back ~70% of your wage expenditures. • Caveat: can take lots of time. Friday, July 15, 2011

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68. Getting Acquired • Process took about 7 months • Mostly mechanics, structuring, negotiation, lawyer hell • Really demanding, stressful and un-creative • Living in secrecy, don’t have cycles for product stuff really • Some key factors • Thought leadership in a really hot space (tablets since 2004!) Friday, July 15, 2011

69. Getting Acquired • Process took about 7 months • Mostly mechanics, structuring, negotiation, lawyer hell • Really demanding, stressful and un-creative • Living in secrecy, don’t have cycles for product stuff really • Some key factors • Thought leadership in a really hot space (tablets since 2004!) • Unique, highly sought after skillset of team. UX + Engineering Friday, July 15, 2011

70. Getting Acquired • Process took about 7 months • Mostly mechanics, structuring, negotiation, lawyer hell • Really demanding, stressful and un-creative • Living in secrecy, don’t have cycles for product stuff really • Some key factors • Thought leadership in a really hot space (tablets since 2004!) • Unique, highly sought after skillset of team. UX + Engineering • Press attention. Constantly in mindshare of decision makers Friday, July 15, 2011

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