Inside Apple @startup2startup #daily notes

Should you run your startup like steve jobs?

How apple works:
Learn to Say No
Focus just on one thing at atime
Ceo is involved in this thing
Only talk about your product
All work local in cupertino
DRI direct responsible individual
Business leader dont need to make money, they focus on products
They dont do customer focus groups but they do testing
Apple is no fun play it is a work environment youre proud about
If you work for apple, its not about you anymore, its about apple.
Ceo gives feeback every 2 weeks
Apple people dont multitask, they do one thing at a time.
Competing internal teams on same topic

Take Aways:
Wolfe pack Team
Focus
Simplicity
Product or manager CEO
Not for startups
Pick only one from the list as startup
Excitement
Military similarities to focus
Responsebility





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Angelpad demoday pitches spring 2012 #daily

2000 applications - 10 pitches

@academize 2/4

#education personalized video lesson creator

@embark anywhere 2/4

#travel mobile booking app

@elasticbox 2/4

#deploy applications in the cloud

@spotivate 2/4

#local event discover app

@mobile captain 2/4

#mobile local ad platform for sme

@piggybackr 3/4

#fundraising for young people

#crowdfunding for good

@spotsetter 2/4

Social Search engine to find out: Where do I go?

@hall.com 2/4

Future of enterprise communication

#collaboration

@rolepoint 2/4

Social recruitment platform

@dropt 2/4

Watermark platform for images to connect to ecommerce

#Todos

Hall.com

Rolepoint

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Startup conference summary and pitches #startupconf #daily notes

#Keynote Dave McClure  500 startups  

Reinventing venture capital through innovation, incubation, iteration 

Changes in tech startups

- less capital required

- more customers online

- lots of little bets: accelerators, angels, angel list (ycombinator, tech stars, 500 startups, angel pad)

 

Web2.0 + lean startup

1. Startup costs: lower

2. Users, bandwidth: bigger

3. Transaction $$$: better 

 

Building product - cheaper, faster, better

Getting customers - easier, more measurable

Iterative product & marketing decisions based in measured user behavior.  

Successful platforms have: features, users, money.

AARRR model:   

Acquisition

Activation

Retention

Referral 

Revenues 

 

 #Startup Pitches

@leadferret 2/4
Address lists

@busyflow 2/4
Integrating productivity tools like: pivotal, google docs, github, basecamp, dropbox, evernote etc.

@flipgigs 3/4
Marketplace for student labor
Internships

@GZpoints 3/4
Discounts for kids on local stores based on their grades

@daring.is 2/4
What to buy - answering engine

@sonarflow 2/4
Music recommendation app

@vuukle 2/4
Credibility filter for comments


#Keynote @JustinKan Exec
Starting companies -
@Kiko web calender never got users
@Justin.tv got funding from YC
@Twitch.tv asked customer what they want: justin.tv for gaming
@Socialcam mobile streaming
@EXEC. Outsorce tasks via video message for $25
Good time to start a company right now: just because its so easy with Heroku to build web apps
You will never win if you don't try.

#Keynote @TimDraper,
Is looking for:
-Revolutions
-Businesses with zeros on their balance sheets (no costs)
-Heros and riskmasters
Recommends countries to invest in: singapore and korea

#tracktion panel
With @99designs @seatgeek @wepay @inporia
Recommendations: lean startup idea, mvp,

#Investors panel
Pitch: show dont explain, tell stories

#Keynote Jerry Kaplan
How to fix the 5 biggest mistakes founders make?
1 write down your goals and mission
2 dont try to be right, find out the right idea.
3 distribut your equity and dont be greedy (equity is like shit if you keep it in a pot, but it grows if you spred it out)
4 hire people you need and not nessesarly you like.
5 know when to let go.

Best qualities you need
1 belief that you can make a difference
2 passion
3 optimism
4 tolerance for uncertainty
5 genuine concern for others

Skills
1 Leadership - build consensus in the face of uncertainty
2 Communication - everyone should know their job and how it contribute
3 Knowing when to make a decision - amateurs too early, perfectionists too late
4 Teamwork - delegate, trust,msupport (Think of yourself as an employee of your company.)
5 Ability to telescope - attention to detail while seeing the big picture

Companies have the personality of their CEOs

#Todos for UFOstart
Data guy
Customer service guy
Get Dealflow On the platform via landingpage

Legal document generator for startups: http://Venturedocs.com  
#funding #termsheet #equity @UFOstart @heiko_rauch

#FounderShowcase #2 startup pitches @itembased @talentina #Daily notes #UFOstart

My votes out of 4 points > 2 I would probably invest

@einztein 2/4
Learning profile to share what u r learning
Raising 600k for product and market

@itembased 4/4
Inventory list of all items you bought
Community around all your items
All manuals of your items
Current value
Sell on ebay interface
#crowdsourcing
#ecommerce innovation for second hand sales
Raising 1.5m

@talentina 3/4
Platform for personal coaching
#crowdsourcing
Raising 500k

@paycento 2/4
Micropayment with your social ID
Raising 2.5m






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#FounderShowcase startup pitches, summary and my votes #daily notes #UFOstart

My votes out of 4 points, > 2 means I probably would invest

@Blueseed 2/4
Off shore incubator on a cruise ship near to San Francisco
Raising 750k
>Bubble 2.0, high infrastructure costs, will be dead with the startup visa

@LendSocial 3/4
Local social lending
#crowdfunding #p2p lending
Raising 500k
Missed to explain the power of social

@leaves 2/4
Facebook for elderlies

@YumvY 3/4
Recipes for dummies
Cooking advisor app, innovation for recipes
#crowdsourced content
Raising 500k





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Startupism summary day 2 and pitches #daily notes #startupism

#changing the world

#accelerating innovation @dfjSteve
Think about a company becomes most important in 20 years, has not created yet.
If anyone agrees on your idea its not radical enough to change the world.
Recession is the healthiest time to build a business, due to customer focus.
Every major invention is a combination of two or more previous ideas.
Life long learning is a good idea.
No team greater 7 gets more work done!

#death match contestants pitches

@txtRoo 2/4
Platform to use mobile phones like smart phones
* shrinking market

@letslisten 2/4
Turntable + timeline
* highly competitive

@justShareIt ridelink 3/4
Car sharing with control device
* how does it work?

@pixt 2/4
Photo sharing meets pinterests
*traction?

@justuno 2/4
Coupons for likes, tweets etc
*feature for every ecommerce system
*hard sales

@crowdcall 3/4
App to make Group calls
*how to make money?

@thoughtLeadr 3/4
Social advertising algorythm for UGC

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Startupism 2012 summary #daily notes

#Panel - mobile monetization
@gregoryKennedy inmobi
@marioTapia - getJar appstore
@michaelBayle - espn mobile
@tanTmangraksat - mobclix
@peterFarago - flurry
@edwardMarks - inedible software
Start with mobile web to discover app platform strategy
Nothing beats word of mouth
For every dollar on iOS you will get 24cents on android
Buy new users with the money you earned on selling your app.
Monetize your mobile app with consumers or corporations.

#keynote @PhilMcKinney
Philmckinney.com

The power of questions:
Don't stop with the first answer.
Ask questions you can not answer right now.
Killer questions force you to start discover before answer

Innovation is a skill anybody can learn.
1 Focus
search for opportunities
Challenge your assumptions (what if the opposite is true)
2 Ideation
Killer ideas from killer questions
Who? What? How?
3 Ranking
Will it Change?: -customer experience, -competitive positioning,
-Economics, your contribution? Generates margin?
4 Execution

Ideas without execution are a hobby
Talk to customers first
Innovate with a portfolio: (Focus on your core competency, Innovate via M& A)
Tell stories and put the person you talk to in the middle of the story.

#todo - book "Beyond the obvious"

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30 pnp expo pitches @arrived @ingidio #daily notes

My notes and votes, > 2 means I would probably invest

Name	Product (what are they doing)	Market potential	Money making strategy	Votes 1/4
@arrived  #ecommerce #crowdsouring #todo aron	reward system based on auto checkin	smb via affiliate, crowdsourced sales model, 3/4	1M raising 340k raised	3/4
@ividence	email advertising on behavioral targeting, paris, SF, NY former TD and double click team	online advertising, 3/4 very crowded, spam,	advertising $5eCPM 6M raising	2/4
@Jetlore #big data	social context curation via algorithms	unclear	not answered	2/4
@SpotFodo	find and book photographers	1/4	600k raising	1/4
@ComCom	private label market place 1/4	?	500k raising	1/4
@saex	CRM tool ?	?	address selling	1/4
@mozio	travel search engine with local transportation	crowded space	commissions, advertising 700k raising	2/4
@nixter #todo	night live app	?	raising	2/4
@MerryMarry	wedding planer	over crowded	500k raising	1/4
@KnowledgeFox	eLearning, micro learning app like cards	3/4	?	2/4
@skypaz #todo	platform to build apis ?	?	?	1/4
@facesin	single checkin	¼ its over	?	1/4
@wristag	wrist tag for events ?		commisions	1/4
@monstro	big data for music	big 3/4	¼ unclear 3m raising	1/4
@mindsumo	student recruting via #crowdsourcing			1/4
@flashgroup #todo	connecting people based on content		500k raising	2/4
voting via snooozy
@virool #todo	video promotion via viral	1/4	750k raising	1/4
@intentionis	mobile sensors			1/4
@news360	news
@inGidio #ecommerce #todo aron	shopping inside games, twitter, any website	huge 3/4	?	3/4
@storymix #crowdsourcing	video editing?		1m raising	1/4
@novachi	education platform			1/4
@nicereply #todo	feedback system		500k raising	2/4
@lifeware			direct sales	1/4
@zadara	cloud enterprise storage	crowded	10m raising	1/4
@mobspire	mobile advertising			1/4
@educed
@kidzloop #todo	parents social network			2/4
@trustgo	mobile security			1/4
@spyra	mobile game developer		750k raising	2/4
@decisionDesk #todo	virtual interviews,	smal 1/4		2/4

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