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0 to 100 Real Quick Learning from Failure Learning from Failure Learning from Failure - Get approved by Apple - Do as much work for the user as possible Version 1.0 - Frustration w/ Twitter Version 1.0 - Frustration w/

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0 to 100 Real Quick

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Learning from “Failure”

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Learning from “Failure”

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Learning from “Failure”

  • Get approved by

Apple

  • Do as much work

for the user as possible

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Version 1.0

  • Frustration w/

Twitter

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Version 1.0

  • Frustration w/

Twitter

  • “Yik Yak?”
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Version 1.0

  • Frustration w/

Twitter

  • “Yik Yak?”
  • The most

advanced tech ever (php, mysql, DO, Parse)

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Pop Quiz!

A) Walking around tailgates in a yak costume B) Flyers around a college campus C) Email the sororities and fraternities D) Drop beer off at greek houses

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  • Scalability
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  • Scalability
  • Personalization
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  • Scalability
  • Personalization
  • FOMO
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  • Scalability
  • Personalization
  • FOMO
  • Leverage Networks
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Try Everything

  • Scalability
  • Personalization
  • FOMO
  • Leverage Networks
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Getting Lucky

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Don’t take shots before a red-eye

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Don’t take shots before a red-eye Don’t count your chickens before they hatch

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Don’t take shots before a red-eye Don’t count your chickens before they hatch Don’t close doors

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It’s All About People

  • Raised $10MM

and started hiring

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It’s All About People

  • Raised $10MM

and started hiring

  • Sets the culture
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It’s All About People

  • Raised $10MM

and started hiring

  • Sets the culture
  • Something

special about first hires

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It’s All About People

  • Raised $10MM

and started hiring

  • Sets the culture
  • Something

special about first hires

  • Invest in people’s

development

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  • Traction attracts

money

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  • Traction attracts

money

  • Play hard to get
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  • Traction attracts

money

  • Play hard to get
  • Have multiple
  • ptions
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So what went wrong?

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Constant Negative Press Doesn’t Help Word of Mouth Growth

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Misbalanced the internal needs of the company vs the external needs

  • f the user
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Listened to ourselves instead of our users

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Start Simple. Start Small.

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Start Now.

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Questions