Eamon Leonard at Refresh Boyne 21 Jan 2015

A talk about my experience of being a freelancer, owner of a dev shop, a product builder, an angel investor and a whiskey maker.

Transcript

1. Refresh Boyne
2. Eamon Leonard @EamonLeonard eamo@eamo.net
4. About Me
5. About Me
6. 42 Lessons Learned from Being New Starting a Company Freelancing Raising Money Diversity in Tech Community Building Teams Public Speaking Making Whiskey at Comfort Zones & Happiness Customers
7. Comfort Zones
8. On Freelancing Say No Get paid Experience, not time Work / Life balance Accountant Self-promotion
9. On Starting Up Co-founding is like marriage Starting is half the battle Can’t get it out of your head Pitch family first
10. On Raising Money How you solve it Know the Problem Who your customers are Investment is about relationships It’s not about the money How you will convince them to pay you
11. On Building Teams Firing != Killing someone Generalists > Specialists Hire people smarter than you Culture is seeded by the founders Getting people to work well together is hard Every person you add changes the culture
12. On Diversity in Tech Many solutions Big problem Your team and culture It’s the Right Thing Diversity is about equality
13. On Customers Volume Value
14. On Community Get out what you put in Heart and soul of Industry Don’t need permission Great proving ground for ideas One of the best ways to level up
15. On Public Speaking Talk about your experience Start small Empathise One of the best ways to level up
16. On Public Speaking Talk about your experience Start small Empathise One of the best ways to level up
17. On Making Whiskey It’s not software
18. Comfort Zones
19. Charting Success Career Time
20. Charting Reality Happiness Life
21. Charting Reality Happiness Life
22. Refreshing Cities Refresh is a community of designers and developers working to refresh the creative, technical, and professional culture of New Media endeavors in their areas. Promoting design, technology, usability, and standards.
23. Refreshing Cities Try new things.
24. @EamonLeonard eamo@eamo.net