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Rock Kickoff 2013
Rock Center for EntrepreneurshipSeptember 17, 2013
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Meredith McPherronDirector
Tom EisenmannFaculty Co-Chair
Bill SahlmanFaculty, Co-Chair
Peggy YuAssociate Director
Anamarie FarrCoordinator
Jessika DuBayStaff Assistant
Joanne Chi BlottnerDigital Media Manager
Meet the Rock team
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Meet: Camille
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“…I thought I might want to work for a start-up, but worried I was too young, too
inexperienced; that start-ups would be too messy, wasn’t sure I could be flexible enough or that I could work well with
ambiguity.”
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Founder: My mindset upon entering
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Founder: RC year
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Founder: RC year
member of
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Founder: RC year
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Founder: RC year
advice from
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Entrepreneurs in Residence
CPD
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Founder: RC year
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Founder: RC year
trekked to
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Silicon Valley Immersion Trip
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Founder: RC year
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Founder: RC year
rocked on with
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Founder: EC year
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Founder: EC year
took
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Founder: EC year
took
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LTV
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Founder: EC year
took
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LTV Founder’s Dilemma
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Founder: EC year
took
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LTV Founder’s Dilemma
FMSF
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Founder: EC year
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Founder: EC year
solo journey with
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Independent Project
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Founder: EC year
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Founder: EC year
rocked on with
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Founder: EC year
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Founder: EC year
hunkered down at
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Founder: EC year
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Founder: EC year
explored MEDIA LAB
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Founder: Landed
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“Don’t think too much about it, just start something. Entrepreneurship is about starting.
Your idea will change, the opportunity will change, your team will change. But what won’t
change is your passion and desire to build something. So get out and do something!”
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Meet: Cynthia
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Joiner: My mindset upon entering
“…I was sure that I wanted to move into start-ups ... either join or try to start my
own…I always knew I liked the entrepreneurial space. I was that girl
selling batches of potpourri I made in 6th grade."
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Joiner: RC year
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Joiner: RC year
member of
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Joiner: RC year
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Joiner: RC year
trekked to
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Joiner: RC year
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Joiner: RC year
rocked on with
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Joiner: EC year
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Joiner: EC year
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explored MEDIA LAB
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Joiner: EC year
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Joiner: EC year
took
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Joiner: EC year
took
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CS50
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Joiner: EC year
took
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CS50ENT FIN
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Joiner: EC year
took
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CS50ENT FIN BSSE
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Joiner: EC year
took
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CS50ENT FIN BSSENegotiation
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Joiner: EC year
took
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CS50ENT FIN BSSENegotiationCompeting with Social Networks
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Joiner: EC year
took
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CS50ENT FIN BSSENegotiationCompeting with Social Networks
The Online Economy
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Joiner: EC year
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Joiner: EC year
solo journey with
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Independent Project
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Joiner: EC year
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Joiner: EC year
hunkered down at
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Joiner: EC year
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Joiner: EC year
rocked on with
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Joiner: Landed
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“Focus your efforts on just a few startups – I recommend no more than 3-4. Through
research, find out what their biggest holes are and see if there's a good fit. Then,
SHOW them. Honestly. Fly to their doorstep and show them how you can add value with a tangible deliverable that you've
come up with.”
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Meet: Ellie
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Funder: My mindset upon entering
“…I would be in an operating role, just probably earlier stage. I wanted to join a
start-up, not found one. Never crossed my mind to be a VC as I perceived it to be too
amorphous and abstract…"
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Funder: RC year
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member of
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Funder: RC year
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Funder: RC year
explored many
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boston meetups
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Funder: EC year
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Funder: EC year
took
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FMSF
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took
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FMSF ENT FIN
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Funder: EC year
took
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FMSF ENT FINBoD
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took
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FMSF ENT FINBoDCompeting with Social Networks
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Funder: EC year
took
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FMSF ENT FINBoDCompeting with Social Networks
Managing Human Capital
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Funder: EC year
took
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FMSF ENT FINBoDCompeting with Social Networks
Managing Human Capital
Operations Management
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Funder: EC year
took
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FMSF ENT FINBoDCompeting with Social Networks
Managing Human Capital
Operations Management
Negotiation
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Funder: EC year
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solo journey with
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Independent Project
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Funder: EC year
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Funder: EC year
networked at
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“…I feel like you’re missing something if you [take courses] on the same subjects. You
will always be with the same group of people in class. I purposely didn’t want to do too
much finance. I wanted to stretch. I wanted to diversify…”
Funder: Landed
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Introducing Eve & Sam
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Rock Center
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ROCK ON
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Appendix
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We’ve got your back
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