Presentation for StartupLive Split, 2012

1. from the middle of nowhere
to Silicon Valley
Tomaž Štolfa
vox.io @vox_io | @tomazstolfa

2. who is this guy?
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3. economist [booooo!]
creative director
MoMoSlo
vox.io
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4. 4

5. make communication better
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6. how a conversation is started
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7. permanent - vox.io/tomaz
one time - vox.io/qc/abc123
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8. how we communicate
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9. text
voice
video
web content
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10. 10

11. a perfect memory
of conversations.
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12. 12

13. web + mobile
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14. I’d like to tell you a story
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15. learning phase
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16. MarandLab
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17. 100+ proof of concepts
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18. 10+ products
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19. 4 years
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20. reading
TNW ∞ TechCrunch ∞ Netokracija ∞ HackerNews
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21. community &
local ecosystem
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22. friends & role models
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23. Zemanta
Celtra
Outfit7
Shout’em
ThirdFrameStudios
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24. started meeting the world
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25. crazy idea to first prototype
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26. 3 months
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27. it sucked. a lot.
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28. 28

29. 3 more months
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30. it starts working.
still sucks.
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31. challenging our luck
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32. Seedcamp
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33. http://skrci.me/ustour
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34. Seedcamp
vox.io
A VC
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35. Seedcamp
vox.io
Dave & Anil
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36. apply.seedcamp.com
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37. what now?
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38. we start gaining
some early traction
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39. we start getting invites to
speak at conferences
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40. 6 more months
of intensive product work
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41. LJU ✈ SFO
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42. the entire team of 9 moves
to SF for three months
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43. you just packed
and moved?
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44. yes. simple plan:
buy tickets. pack. move.
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45. goal:
become part of the ecosystem.
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46. and we did.
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47. San Francisco
& Silicon Valley
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48. everyone is building something
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49. everyone has a great story to tell
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50. people aim to change the world
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51. a lot of smart, ambitious and
experienced people in one city.
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52. also a lot of BS
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53. learn and bring it back
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54. btw: the story goes on...
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55. vox.io sucks much less
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56. we got a bit of
press in the process
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58. and a few users
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59. but we’re just starting
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60. lessons learned
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61. your team is the key
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62. everything sucks
at the beginning
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63. read books
TNW ∞ TechCrunch ∞ Netokracija ∞ HackerNews
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64. be part of the
community &
local ecosystem
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65. friends & advisors
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66. ship or die
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67. vox.io/tomaz tomaz@vox.io
MADE WITH