In this presentation I share what I learned the first 3 years starting my business. About entrepreneurship, saas, startup, products, software, bootstrapping and so on.
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Startup 101 - What I Learned the Hard Way
1. Startup 101 - what I
learned the hard way
Pieter Eerlings (@pietereer)
2. For who?
● Thinking about starting your own business?
● Just started?
● Running a business but working hard for
little money?
→ This presentation is for you!
3. Goal of this presentation
● Make you earn more
● Make you work less
→ If I knew all of this before I started, I would
earn more today, and work less.
→ I learned most of it by making mistakes.
→ I'm fine with that. Bouncing your head
against the wall is the best way to learn & never
ever ever ever make the same mistake again.
4. About me
● Pieter Eerlings
● Founded web application and mobile agency
Zorros 3 years ago (service business)
● 7 people today
● Working on some SaaS applications
(product business)
● Bootstrapper
● Saxophone player
● Father
40. Investsetting up a money generating system. Don'tup your time
Invest your time in
your time in setting burn a
money generating system.
selling hours for money.
41. It takes as much time to run a crappy
hamburger restaurant as to run
McDonald's.
42. It takes as much time to be a full
time carpenter as to run IKEA.
43. Being cheap is a great way to attract
toxic and greedy clients.