Slides from my presentation at GeekWire Startup Day 2015, where I dive into the importance of company culture and values on team and business longevity.
Video of presentation: http://youtu.be/3HWuasiDE7o
4. HIGHLIGHTS
Paid Hacker
Netect
Company acquired »
Golden handcuffs » Boredom
Founding Developer
Napster
Summer ’99 » Bay Area » Craziness
Founder, CEO » CTO
Cloudmark
Anti-spam » Messaging Security
CTO
Columbia Music
Music2 – Built a software incubator
inside a big Record Label
Founder, CTO
CloudCrowd » Servio
Modern crowdsourcing on
steroids
Founder, CEO
Ivy Softworks
A better model for building early
stage startups
5. • Tons of open-source stuff
• Nominated, Software Designer of the
Year, WIRED Rave Awards
• Interviewed in Playboy Magazine
• Taught a class at Harvard
OTHER FUN FACTS
6. THAT ONE TIME
A brief story about
(IT WAS ONLY ONCE, I SWEAR.)
7. • First true time off, thinking about
what’s next
• Random reconnect from a prior investor
• Beers, crowdsourcing,
and an instant vision
• He’d run the business,
I’d build the tech & team
BACKSTORY
31. • Make peace with doing it all, by yourself
(at least once)
• Define values early & stay true to them
• Master how to evaluate values in others
THE HARDEST THING: PEOPLE
• Suffer happily, or choose to stop suffering
(IT CAN BE THAT EASY)