Startups: The Extreme Sport of Business

Venture for America Detroit Training Camp talk, July 2018

Transcript

1. Good Engineering is good enginee startups the extreme sport of business
11. about me
12. about me
13. geek
14. Good Engineering is good enginee skateboarding
15. 
 art & design
16. hacking
17. Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them a!er a while. That’s because they were able to connect experiences they’ve had and synthesize new things. – Steve Jobs
22. #DuoInSpace
23. a2techfilm.com
24. Kid Koala
25. Royce Da 5’9
26. Detroit Jit
27. Redman
30. #givefirst
31. culture & revolution 1984 today
32. culture & revolution 1984 today
33. we reject kings, presidents, & voting join up join us join in
34. we believe in rough consensus & running code – David Clark, 1992
35. open source gi! culture win! win!
36. 1999: birth of the hackathon
37. 1999: disrupting the music industry via MP3
38. 1999: disrupting the music industry via MP3
39. 1999: disrupting the music industry via MP3
40. hackers save the internet
41. hackers save the internet
42. hackers save the internet
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45. Entrepreneurs, Ex-Cons, Billionaires w00w00 in 2014
46. security and responsibility devious tactics! creative 
 m isuse!
47. ethics of responsibility • Do not contribute with your work to social harm. • Contribute with your work to the social good. • These obligations stem from your professional role. Philip Rogaway, “The Moral Character of Cryptographic Work”
48. D&D builds character(s) Breaks rules Plays by rules Helpful Harmful Chaotic Lawful Good Evil
50. Lawful Good Neutral Good Chaotic Good? Lawful Neutral True Neutral Chaotic Neutral Lawful Evil? Neutral Evil Chaotic Evil
51. Students Install Hot Tub on North Campus February 22, 2012
53. hacking UM
54. cypherpunks write code “privacy is necessary for an open society in the electronic age”
55. 2014: 600m users go dark
56. 2014: 600m users go dark
57. “so!ware is eating the world” – Marc Andreesen WSJ, Aug 2011
58. startups are science
59. startups are community
60. startup coworking & community
61. all hands active
62. sharing geek culture
63. asian (billionaire) dad says Teens: Be A Good Student,
 Learn to Learn 20s: Follow a Good Boss, 
 Not a Company 30s: Work for Yourself,
 Choose Best Field 40s: Be Aware Of and
 Utilize Your Strengths 50s: Young People Lead;
 Invest in Them
64. thank you!