23-Feb presentation to IgniteNYC covering my 14 years of startup trials leading to 9 months of MyBlogLog blis and the sale to Yahoo! Focus given to how dumb it is to be early, that VC isn't for everyone, and that boring is best.

1. 15 years to overnight success

2. April 1992

3. 1992 - 2006

4. 1st startup = 16 years early

5. Camera-
phone
1997

6. 1999, 2004 & -$27M

7. 9 Months of Bliss

8. Oren & Co R killin’ it

9. Be a
1-hit
Wonder!

10. 1.
Only the rich profit from VC
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11. Mortgage houses, not startups
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12. All or
nothing

13. 2.
A little rich is critical
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14. 3.
Be late, or
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15. 4.
Be boring

16. Directories

17. Customer Lists

18. Analytics

19. Data Sales

20. Become invulnerable