What i wish someone had told me about entrepreneurship, silicon valley, and successful careers

THE TRUTH ABOUT STARTUPS What I wish someone had told me about entrepreneurship, Silicon Valley, and successful careers In the past, most people would tell you to: Get a job at a big, established company Achieve security ladder Climb thejob corporate Achieve job security Sounds great, but… Mmm, yeah, I’m going to have to go ahead and ask you to come in on Sunday… Nowadays, it’s all about startups: Work projects, side projects, learning projects, open source, hackathons, prototypes, inventions, art, music, teams, communities, … How to become great: Study Build Share Share everything you’ve learned Write Speak Open source Why? Quality: you better work when others are looking Branding: you become an expert by sharing your expertise Mastery: the best way to learn is to teach That’s why I’m here today To share what I’ve learned with all of you To learn more, see Hello, Startup hello-startup.net Questions? References & image credits Office buildings: Floriane Vita Man in suit: energiepic.com Ladder: Miguel Virkkunen Carvalho Cubicles: Tim Patterson Office Space: 20th Century Fox The Social Network: Columbia Pictures Silicon Valley: HBO The 4-hour Work Week: Tim Ferriss Ping pong: SageChimera Biz Stone: Joi Ito Coding: Hitesh Choudhary Steve Jobs: Matthew Yohe Mark Zuckerberg: Brian Solis Reid Hoffman: Joi Ito Idea maze: Chris Dixon Robert Heinlein: Wikimedia Primitive Wheel: John O’Neill Camp Fire: Eric Dufresne Code: Ilya Pavlov Software frustration: Tim Gouw Coffee: David Mao Steve Blank: Eric Millette Paul Graham: Dave Thomas Dustin Moskovitz: Dustin Moskovitz Ambulance: Paul Sableman Stressed woman: Aledander Dummer Woman writing: Startup Stock Photos Man and whiteboard: Startup Stock Photos Classroom: Wokandapix Journals: Lum3n Meetup: Sebastiaan ter Burg T-Shaped Person: Valve Writing: Alvaro Serrano Teaching: Pop Tech Pair coding: Startup Stock Photos Expert: Graham Lavender ... takes about a decade Are you willing to give 10 years of your life to this idea? Myth #2: I? ??m going to get rich! Reality: Most startups pay lower salaries and offer few benefits The stock is often... hello-startup.net This is the book I wish I had in college hello-startup.net I hope this talk & book help you in your career hello-startup.net Outline Startup myths Startup truths Startup careers Getting started... companies went public around 8.25 years, on average.” Note: “exits” for the investors Founders stay on longer So if you remember nothing else from this talk, remember this: Building a successful startup