What you can learn in a startup as an employee, what you should consider as you make the transition, and which resources can help as you join the startup universe.

1. Transitioning into startups
Stephan von Perger
@vonperger
22 June 2013

2. Stephan von Perger - @vonperger - 22 June 2013
 Execution
 Make decisions with little guidance & take risks
 Negotiate and sell a product to a third party
 Achieve results with little resources
 Management
 Hire, build and manage a team
 Handle external suppliers
 Solve operational issues
 Knowledge
 Manage e-commerce fulfilment
 Understand retail value chain
 Talk about technology startup metrics
 Fun & informal
atmosphere
 Up-to-date
toolkit
 Financial upside
of equity
 “Startup world”
network
 More control of
schedule
Working in a startup is a great environment to take on
operational and people responsibilities and “get stuff done”
Stephan von Perger - @vonperger - 22 June 2013
WHAT YOU CAN LEARN IN A STARTUP
OTHER
BENEFITS

3. Stephan von Perger - @vonperger - 22 June 2013
Some of the points to consider when making your “investment”
decision of moving into a startup
 You
 Key skills – Business, coding, design?
 Timeline – Temporary or long term?
 Ambition – (Co)-founder or top-5 employee?
 Income – How much do you need?
 Company
 Idea – Do you believe in it? Is it unique?
 Team – Serial founder? Other startup alumni?
 Maturity – Early stage vs late stage?
 Funding – Which investors? Amount raised?

4. Stephan von Perger - @vonperger - 22 June 2013
 News
 techcrunch.com, pandodaily.com, launch.co,
venturevillage.eu
 twitter.com – @eileentso, @davemcclure,
@sacca, @jason, @ycombinator, @techstars
 Newsletters, articles & videos
 thestartuptoolkit.com – variety of good articles
on how to get started
 startupdigest.com – London events and general
reading list email list
 angelpad.org – Thomas Korte weekly articles
email list
 bothsidesofthetable.com – Mark Suster
 thisweekinstartups.com – videos by Jason
Calacanis (news & interviews)
 Company research
 angel.co & crunchbase.com – list of startups,
people and investors
 duedil.com – financial data (UK companies)
READING
 Networking
 campuslondon.com – events & space
 3-beards.com – “Silicon Drinkabout”; event
listing emails and London jobs
 Learning
 generalassemb.ly – Global startup learning
platform with London office (find job video)
 codeschool.com – learn how to code (free entry
level classes)
 Building
 “Building weekends”: startupweekend.org,
launch48.com
 Finding a co-founder: founderdating.com,
cofounderslab.com
 Job listings
 workinstartups.com – UK/London focus
 movemeon.com – post-”consulting” roles
 escapethecity.org – alternative careers
 themuse.com – career advice & US jobs
DOING
How to prepare for the transition into the startup world?
Activate your network and check the resources below!

5. Stephan von Perger - @vonperger - 22 June 2013
Thank you!
@vonperger