Download - SQUAR Start Up Lessons
RITA NGUYEN!Co-Founder & CEO!
Start Up Lessons!
Sunday, 7 July, 13
Lesson 1: Define the product
✦ Find a problem to solve and validate it as quickly as possible
✦ Get in front of your customers quickly and often
✦ Stop reading TechCrunch - you’re not going to build the next Instagram so how are you going to make money?
Sunday, 7 July, 13
Lesson 2: Funding
✦ Not as scary as you read about✦ Tell your story over and over...and
over✦ Delay it for as long as you can✦ Don’t forget that they need you
more than you need them✦ Stop reading TechCrunch - dilute
if you need to
Sunday, 7 July, 13
Web LaunchLesson 3: Advisors & Staff
✦ Surround yourself with people who are way smarter than you
✦ Sell them on the dream - if they don’t believe then they have no business taking these early steps with you
✦ Don’t let them drown out your inner voice
✦ Stop reading TechCrunch. Just stop.
Sunday, 7 July, 13
Lesson 4: JFDI
✦ Don’t be afraid to talk about it...with everyone
✦ Take the leap without all the answers
✦ BTW, you’ll never be ready✦ Be prepared to stop sleeping ✦ Now go pitch TechCrunch
Sunday, 7 July, 13
