Matthew Brimer is a social entrepreneur, community builder, and general mischief instigator with a penchant for turning experiments into businesses and art projects into global movements. He’ll share his entrepreneurial journey and lessons learned from building GoCrossCampus, General Assembly, the global Daybreaker dance party series, and beyond.

1. From Games to Education to
Morning Dance Parties:
Lessons Learned from the Field
Matthew Brimer
Co-Founder, General Assembly
Co-Founder, Daybreaker
Board Member & Investor, Truffle
Lean Startup Conference — Nov. 2, 2016

2. Hello.

9. Lesson 1
Don’t have too
many cooks in
the kitchen.

12. Lesson 2
Karma is real!
Give and be useful
without asking for
anything in return.

16. Lesson 3
Bring it offline.
Turns out people
like to be around
people.

21. Lesson 4
Before you even
have a product,
start by defining
your core values.

24. Lesson 5
Treat every new
project or venture
like a science
experiment.

25. Now What?
If your startup is
hiring, General
Assembly is an
awesome (and
free!) source of
great talent.
Talk to Anna at
anna@ga.co
If you want to
start off your day
in the most epic
way possible, join
Daybreaker.
Wake up and
dance at
daybreaker.com
If you like food
and/or people,
get on Truffle!
Secret dinners
coming soon…
Get the app
and join the
community at
heytruffle.com
If you’re an
American eligible
to vote, DO IT.
We need you.

26. Matthew O. Brimer
Facbook: /brimer
Instagram: @brimer
LinkedIn: /mobrimer
Thank You!
General Assembly
ga.co
Daybreaker
daybreaker.com
Truffle
heytruffle.com
My Experiments: